with us, leonard lance of new jersey. thank you for taking the time to be with us. >> thank you for having me, christ i. >> sure. i want ask you about the silence we seem to hear from the gop from the headlines this week. why are we not hearing more, except for the president? >> i am certainly not silent. i think we have to protect the mueller investigation. i am the lead sponsor of that legislation in the house of representatives. and i think it's very important for the mueller investigation to continue unimpeded, not impeded by the white house or by us in congress or by the public and i hope that the mueller investigation will reach its conclusion. >> you did. i want to read a tweet so people understand your position fully. you tweeted this week the conviction of manafort and cohen only bolster my belief the special counsel must impede its investigation unimpeded by the white house, i leave in protecting the mueller investigation. how much republican support have you had to back mueller's process to colleagues? >> we've

joining me now is republican congressman, leonard lance of new jersey, a member of the house energy andittee. also sits on the house ethics committee. the president tweeting this is something done all of the time in politics. your reaction to the president's characterization of that, what you read this morning about that meeting that took place in 2016. >> certainly, david, people in political life examine the opposition. that is done. but not involving foreign governments. >> i want to ask you about that report. the president obviously reacting, privately brooding, but publicly roaring, casting questions about his feelings about the manafort trial taking place in virginia. this news as described by liz holtzman surrounding his son's neck legally when it comes to this meeting and other issues. what's your sense of the president's role as the leader of your political party? >> i favor the mueller investigation. i was the first republican member in congress to suggest that jeff sessions should recuse himself and that recusal led ultimately to the appointment of mr. mueller. and let the in

in new jersey, leonard lance, you've got to buy new york television time to get into that district.pen seat there and i think there's a question there. so extreme cost in some of these cases. >> howard fineman, one of them that looks like it's on the chopping block is rod bloom and he's the first district republican congressman in iowa. what's interesting about that district is on one hand it is a traditionally labor union district, the heart and soul of the iowa democratic party at times, but there's a trumpy feel to it at times too. the fact that iowa -- that this one is early on the chopping block, that would have me nervous in every iowa district if i were a republican. >> i think so. i think iowa has become a sort of classic swing state. >> it's back being vacillating back. >> it's now back in that category. i think that's very, very important. i think the one in western p.a. is too, because don't forget, unlike some of the other places, that really was trump country in this last election. outside of allegheny county, which is pittsburgh, every county in western pennsylvania we

up, leonard lance of new jersey. this is bloomberg. to your bloomberg business flash. backing harley davidson owners who say they will boycott the company if it moves out of the u.s.. harley does not sell bikes overseas. petrochina wants to stay out of the trade conflict. bloomberg has learned the gasany may quit buying for to avoid paying additional taxes. a stunning debut for a movie about a 70 foot shark. was almost wife what analysts estimated. it was produced by a warners chinese joint venture. sec taking his term at are treating clients fairly. considering a best interest standard. good to have you back. the last time was back in the day. a couple of years ago they put forward a rule that was pulled back on the trump administration came in. how is what the sec proposing different than what labor did? >> in some ways it is the same. in other ways it is different. the sec started down this road before the department of labor. the most important difference is , it applies to all retail investment accounts. this is a broader scope. the second thing is this will accom