number of persons that i can name who either went to the senate or went to the house, i think of fred thompsonsee, i think of -- what was the guy, gopher on the love boat, fred grandy who went to the house, i think of arnold schwarzenegger. all of these persons went back into entertaient. are you in politics to stay or will the day come when we'll see you back on "snl" telling jokes again? >> well i hope to live a long time. so i don't know. i can't tell you exactly. i plan to run for election, if that's what you mean. unless a really good part on a sitcom becomes available. >> and then you'll reconsider? >> i'm planning to stay in politics for now. but you know, george burns, you know, worked until he was 100 and i don't know. i don't want to be senator until i'm 100. i know that. and i want to -- you know, i don't know if retirement is all that great of a thing. >> it seems like -- >> maybe. i don't know. >> it seems like the folk in your home state, you won that election by 300 votes and it was like an 8-month investigation into who voted where. >> a recount. >> yeah. not investigation but

echos of fred thompson questioning butterfield about the nixon administration's recording devices ine oval office. it's just extraordinary. >> rose: h he went a tweet out saying james comey better hope there are no conversations -- tape of the conversations before he starts leaking to the press. that sounds like a threat. >> i don't know how you could interpret that but if someone at the briefing asks the press secretary why did he threaten comey, sean spicer. wait a minute, that was not a threat. i don't know how you can see it as anything but a threat. the other question i have, charlie, is if he's saying comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversation, if he's suggesting there may be tapes of the conversations, well, this was a meeting, a dinner at the white house. who would be recording that if it weren't the president?Ñi you know, thisñr clearly suggess the president is taping his conversations. like you said, there's precedent for that, but we haven't seen that we know of, the white house recordings of presidential conversations, routine recordings of the conversations

i'm grateful that the senate has approved that measure naming the fred d. thompson federal building in nashville. i stand at the desk of former senator thompson. this was a desk that senator howard baker also had. i have the desk myself because senator thompson and i were inspired by senator baker to be involved in politics and government. and our state and the house of representatives, our delegation -- and i thank senator carper and his committee -- all seem to think that it's very appropriate that the new national courthouse be named for senator thompson. that gives me a great deal of pride and personal privilege to be able to ask that be done. i thank congresswoman blackburn in the house for her leadership and all of the members of the delegation and the members of the senate for their cooperation in this. i thank the senate. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i ask unanimous consent to vait indicate the quorum call -- vacate the quorum call. the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. wyden: i ask un

. >> update among other people, on the oversight committees, fred thompson and a lot of people in congresspdate, 2 significant matters, rob rosenstein. >> rosenstein never ran, recused himself at the white house, do we read anything into that. >> that is the way it should be, not form over substance. he made a decision to appoint special counsel. >> did you feel the needs to forget or clarify -- plenty of such movements. >> it was necessary to protect the ongoing integrity of the investigation. >> criticized as speaking of the prosecutor with regard to issues, that is what i felt was necessary to protect the investigation. >> the things go far afield. >> they can go far afield, rob rosenstein retained power to decide whether to grant an expansion, bob mueller. there will be judgment involved, then unusual thing for any criminal investigation. >> statutory, and steered in a different direction. >> he will trigger concerns to something bigger. the president also is entitled to an expeditious and responsible conclusion to the investigation on the assumption there is no there there. if there i

building and united states courthouse located at 719 church street in nashville, tennessee, as the fred thompson building and united states courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on the motion to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on the postponed questions at a later time. the house will come to order. all members are asked to take their conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. ross: mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1293, to amend title 5, united states code, to require that the office of personnel management submit an annual report to congress relating to the use of official time by federal employees, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 71, h.r. 1293, a bill to amend title 5, united states code, to require that the office of personnel management su

building and united states courthouse located at 19 church street in nashville, tennessee, as the fred d. thompson federal building and united states ourthouse. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. he house will come to order. members and staff please take your conversations off the floor. lear the well. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the house will come to order. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to pay tribute to brian c. cooper. this gentleman right over here. who is retiring from the office of the parliamentarian after 35 years on capitol hill. mr. womack: brian is a native of baltimore, maryland, graduate of frederick douglass high school and the community college of b