i've been communicating with my colleague, the chair of the committee, michael mccord. we've been talking on the phone back and forth trying to make sure. my purpose is we're staying on the same page to talk about passing this bipartisan bill that came out of the senate. so we've been talking in that regard and will continue. i hope to have another conversation with him. i've been talking to my colleagues on the democratic side of the committee. we've gathered, and we've had some meetings and conversations among ourselves and trying to make sure that we update one another. i've been sending out any messages that i'm getting out that's not classified to my colleagues so when we get back to washington tomorrow we'll have an opportunity, and i've requested a meeting, in fact. i've requested and asked for the opportunity at its earliest convenience to have a classified meeting with the white house to talk about what has taking place, what they're looking at and where we're going from here. i think that's important to do. i think as a result, again, all from all that i have