mr. hewitt describes. we now have an opportunity for reform and for reflection about how we want to shape the future of this institution. i hope my colleagues, with the support of majority and minority members, will seize this opportunity to enact positive change. thank you, mr. president, and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i have a couple of unanimous consent requests. mr. president, i have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. inhofe: and, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that davis, steven davies, a coast guard fellow and paul bankston a military fellow be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the year. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i'm going to talk about something that's different than anyone else has talked about here, but there's a very good rea

mr. hewitt, welcome, sir. >> thank you, chuck. >> you -- you've hosted quite a bit of these lawmakers makings case that there is -- that there are a lot of questions about the fbi's investigation. why not wait for the inspector general to do its job before muddying the waters here as badly as some in the house republican caucus want to muddy it? >> i've talked mostly to senators. 11 of them over two days, including today, dan sullivan of alaska and cory gardner of color and pat toomey of pennsylvania. four very responsible and all of whom want a dig deep investigation into the bureau concerning the text messages. they are willing to wait and see what comes up with. but dan sullivan was pointed, the fbi and the d.o.j. took down ted stevens in a corrupt prosecution in alaska and he has no -- no hesitation to believe that a few bad actors in the bureau or the d.o.j. can take it rogue. i personally think the republicans in the house are overselling the nunez report. they ought to lay back and put it out in two weeks and see what is in it but i would not over-promise and i would continue to say l

hewitt show on msnbc. i would say, hugh, often i think when we have talked, i have said that mr.sident cannot get through a week without sort of something going wrong. this feels like one of those weeks where most things went his way. >> almost everything "the new york times" story on white house counsel don mcgahn threatening to quit over mueller, that's a bad hit. on the other hand, the announcement just an hour ago from "the washington post" obtained details on the defense budget, $716 billion is going to be proposed by the president in defense spending not only is the defense sector going to be happy, but all of the hawks out there, security conservatives will be very happy with that number that might get us to the dl 335-ship navy we need. i also lookted at the daca deal, and i say, i have been waiting for this for 12 years. both the extreme left and extreme right are upset with the proposal, but border security conservatives and people who believe the d.r.e.a.m.ers at least and perhaps others ought to receive naturalization and citizenship eventually are cheering and i thin