you spent a shorter amount of time at fincen. i'm trying to find out what fincen does.ike there are a lot that send their employees over to work hand in glove in fincen so lots of different agencies can get access to their records. is that a fair assessment? >> rachel, i wouldn't necessarily say that lots of agencies send their folks over to fincen on what we in the government call a detail but it happens, yes. >> and your work there, can you describe the -- can you describe what you did but also what the relationship was between an agency like the justice department and fincen, if the department wanted to use documents that fincen might have, how would that process work? >> i served as a senior adviser to the deputy director of fincen. the deputy director is now serving as the acting director of fincen. and i served as a senior adviser. i went over there as a career employee. it was not on a detail. justice did not send me. but i went over and was hired by treasury to serve in that role. with respect to your question about could other agencies get information from finc

fincen has been investigating allegations of foreign money laundering, purchases of u.s. real estate. whereas the president's tax returns would show us whether he has foreign bank accounts and how much profit he receives from his ownership in myriad partnerships. whereas the president hired a law firm to send a letter to senator lindsey graham to fight suggestions he has russian business ties. this letter left open the question whether mr. trump or his firms receive -- received russian income or loans or derived income from russian-linked partnerships. whereas donald trump jr. saw money pouring in from the russians and russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross section of a lot of our assets. whereas the white house will not confirm whether the president has filed a 2016 tax return. whereas congress gave itself the authority to review an individual's tax returns to investigate and reveal possible conflicts of interest of executive branch officials involved in the teapot dome scandal. whereas president donald trump's executive order on the review of designations unde

fincen has been investigating investigations of foreign money laundering through purchases of real estate. whereas the president's tax returns would show us whether he has foreign bank accounts and how much profit he receives from his ownership in myriad partnerships. >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: members please take your conversations rom the floor. >> i can't hear myself above the din in the chamber, mr. speaker. i'd ask that you call for order again. the speaker pro tempore: members , om both sides of the aisle mbers from both sides of the aisle, please. >> whereas donald trump jr. said the trump organization saw money, quote, pouring in from russia, and that, quote, russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross section of a at of -- of a lot of our assets, end quote, whereas the white house will not confirm whether the president has filed a 2016 tax return, whereas congress gave itself authority to review a tax return to investigate and review possible conflicts of interest of executive branch officials involved dating back to the teapot dome s