Lankford: ‘I Have Faith’ the House Intel Committee Will Bury the Axe

‘You can’t find ten independent people in Washington, D.C. ‘

CAMEROTA: "Listen, after the House debacle, many senators, Republican senators even, are calling for an independent commission to investigate this because they say that all the things that have been fraught in the House proves that Congress really cannot do this task." 
LANKFORD: "I don't agree, actually. There are -- you can't find 10 independent people in Washington, D.C. As you get a chance to walk through the security clearances and all the things that have to be done to pull up a committee and say these individuals are going to be nonpartisan, it's hard to find nonpartisan people in any of these issues. What I think is best case scenario is to be able to allow the Senate Intelligence. Hopefully the House Intelligence committee can get a chance to bury the ax and they can go through this together as well. But at the end of the day we have the security clearance. We have the connections. We have the access to all the documents. If you startup a new committee, it is going to protract this thing at least two years while they just get organized, get clearances, get caught up to where we already are."
CAMEROTA: "Do you have faith that the House will be able to bury the ax?"
LANKFORD: "I have faith that they can, and we'll see if they do. How about that?"
CAMEROTA: "OK, that's a start."

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