host: we had here republican congressman keith rothfus, number -- member of the house judiciary committee. i wouldn't you think of democrats' call to put off the submission process until after the american public has weighed in the of you november elections. rep. rothfus: i don't think we need to do that. we have a majority rule in our country. we have a president that is going to begin nomination, and they should go ahead and have hearings and have a vote is fall. host: do using the supreme court nomination becomes a new focus of the 2018 elections? republicans had been planning on running on the tax cuts. rep. rothfus: i think it is another issue people are going to be talk about it. i talked to a lot of voters not to have a with the choices of clinton versus trump, but the president trump because they knew the supreme court was going to be an issue. host: what do you say to voters whenever have the supreme court in this fight to come? how has the: supreme court got to this point would have gotten so powerful? when you take a look back and see how the court has ruled over the decades an

want to thank my good friend from california, juan vargas, and my colleague from pennsylvania, keith rothfus, for their work together to co-sponsor h.r. 6069, the fight illicit networks and detect trafficking act. this is extremely important and it's in keeping with the work we've been doing in our subcommittee on terror finance, illicit financing, and also the work we've done on this house floor about stopping human trafficking that we see ithis country and also the intensive work in the last two weeks on opioid work and trying to stop these kinds of drugs coming into our country. this legislation would require the government accounting office, the g.a.o., to study and report to congress on how online marketplaces, including those on the dark web, are used as platforms to facilitate the financing of goods associated with drug trafficking or sex trafficking. they would study payment methods, including virtual currencies, peer-to-peer payment services that are also being used in drug and sex trafficking online. illicit funds have been transmitted online and how virtual currencies are reintegr