new jersey state senator robert gordon is the democrat who chairs the oversight committee. and bob ingle is a reporter for "the asbury park press" and the co-author of "chris christie: the inside story of his rise to power." a remarkable story hit the new jersey press today, a local news outlet called nj spotlight ran this report. the christie administration informed senator robert gordon, chairman of the senate legislative oversight committee that it is christie administration policy that no members of the governor's office are allowed to appear before legislative committees. well, in this particular case, it was christie's office stonewalling the state's legislative oversight committee which wanted access to hurricane sandy officials inside the governor's office. but what this means for the state's super committee, which is leading the investigation into the bridge scandal itself is the much bigger question. we reached out to christie's office today and got a response from colin reed, the governor's spokesman who said, in part, quote, it doesn't exist. it would be inaccur

senator robert gordon, who's chairman of the legislative oversight committee in new jersey.d been told by the christie administration, that the christie administration policy that no members of the governor's office are allowed to appear before legislative committees. senator gordon told the new jersey spotlight this is a christie administration policy? there was no such policy before this in previous administrations. now senator gordon wanted testimony from people who work in the governor's office on a matter sort of unrelated to bridge gate, it was something having to do with hurricane sandy recovery, if it is a blanket policy of the christie administration that's just being announced now, that no staff from the governor's office is never allowed to testify before the legislature, this has big implications for the whole scandal. we got four more subpoenas for people. getting a subpoena doesn't mean you're necessarily going to be called to testify. anyone who works in the governor's office isn't allowed to testify. >> tonight governor christie's office says despite what he