sander levin? -- senator levin? >> thank you. your response about providing documents, you said that you would do so if appropriate. that is a big loophole. what is not appropriate? give us your menu. what documents do you believe are in the possession of the cia that we should not see? pre-decisional, i assume legal, right? counsel is general in a different position. were i to be confirmed, i would make sure that you are provided with an explanation of the legal basis. on some occasions, stephen preston provided the committee with an oral briefing as well as a written paper explaining the for classified matters and i would, of course, be comfortable doing that as well. whatever would best serve the committee's understanding of the legal basis. in terms of what is appropriate, i think that -- >> what would not be appropriate for this committee to see? >> i am not sure. i am not having insight into what types of documents the cia has and generally provides or does not provide to the committee. but it would seem that the presumptio

senator heinrich, i believe you are next, and then sander levin. >> in the interest of time, i will submit additional questions for the record. >> we ask that all written questions be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on friday and we have asked both of you to respond to them as soon as possible and then we can hopefully vote on your nomination. senator levin? >> thank you. your response about providing documents, you said that you would do so if appropriate. that is a big loophole. what is not appropriate? give us your menu. what documents do you believe are in the possession of the cia that we should not see? pre-decisional, i assume legal, right? >> yes, but general counsel is in a different position. were i to be confirmed, i would make sure that you are provided with an explanation of the legal basis. on some occasions, stephen preston provided the committee with an oral briefing as well as a written paper explaining the legal basis for classified matters and i would, of course, be comfortable doing that as well. whatever would best serve the committee's understanding of the legal basis. in term

congressman sander levin of michigan and former congressman bob schaffer, now congressman jim gerlach, we all worked to create a presence inside our congress to relate to the newly elected parliament of ukraine after 1991. i have a very long history with ukraine. i am of polish-american heritage, but our grandmother and grandfather came from there, fled from there before world war i -- host: fled from ukraine? guest: it was a czarist territory then, but the bolsheviks were taking over. our grandmother came here at 17. because their one cow was taken away. when that was done by the bolsheviks, they couldn't feed themselves, so they came here with nothing. and now i, two generations later, am a member of the congress of the united states. this is such a great country, and only because of the liberty that we have a mileage of stress my opinion on behalf of the people ever present, and also u.s. a member of the free press. this is so precious. this cannot happen in russia. cannot happen still. we hope for a. historians who have written about what president putin has done have been fired f

in the caller's homebase of royal oak, representative sander levin, carl levin's brother cometh the currentresentative. he is getting up there in age as well and it is an open question of whether he will retire anytime soon. john conyers from detroit's has served since 1954 in the house. so there is a lot of impending suleiman -- impending seniority loss in michigan which is another obstacle for the state to overcome. snyder,s governor the challenge for a lot of governors is that they really have to prove that their number one focus is bringing companies, bringing jobs to their state. that is what voters are going to judge him on this fall. host: another way of looking at the different race ratings around the country, here is rollcall's race rating map. a lot of solid red and solid blue on that map, showing the upper midwest, the michigan area that the last caller was from. very few yellows there. how big if the playing field the cycle in the house compared to previous cycles? guest: that is an excellent question. we currently rate 14 races that top the political report. excuse me, 15 i bel

would wish to thank the ukrainian caucus, founded by members here today, especially congressman sander levin of michigan, who has fought at our side for so many decades, actually, for the freedom of ukraine. i want to thank the chairman of the committee, mr. ed royce of california for his continued leadership and vedge lens, and congressman carney for allowing me the time today. most americans and people in the world don't know the full history of ukraine, but no place suffered more in the 20th century than that place. through forced starvation by the then soviet union, by invasion by the great terror by then the invasion of the nazis and the german government. a bit later, over 14 million people slaughtered or starved to death or assassinated and buried alive inside the boundaries of what we call ukraine. there is no greater moral obligation for the world community than to stand at ukraine's side now in her fateful hour. i am so very proud of our country for being a positive force, to get a diplomatic resolution and a peaceful settlement and to stop any further bloodshed. what a shame that

congressman sander levin of michigan and former congressman bob schaffer, now congressman jim girl lacke all worked to create a presence inside our congress to relate to the newly elected parliament of ukraine after 1991. i have a very long history with ukraine. i'm a polish america -- i am of polish american heritage, but our grandmother and grandfather came from there, fled from thei re before world war i -- host: fled from ukraine? guest: it was a czarist territory than come but the bolsheviks were taking over. our grandmother came here at 17. because their one cow was taken away. when that was done by the bolsheviks, they couldn't feed themselves, so they came here with nothing. and now i 2 generations later i'm a member of the commerce of the united states. his is such a great country, and only because of the liberty that we have a mileage of stress my opinion on behalf of the people ever present, and also u.s. a member of the free press. this is so precious. this cannot happen in russia. cannot happen still. we hope for a. historian severin about what president -- historians who h