REPUBLICANS TRYING TO PROTECT
THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND SO
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE
AFTER THE BREAK, CHRIS.
>> KEN BUCK, WHO HAS BEEN ON THE
PROGRAM ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS
AND WHO HAS SOMETIMES BROKEN
WITH HIS PARTY OF REPUBLICANS,
IS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THIS HEARING IS A SYMBOL OF
THE DYSFUNCTION IN WASHINGTON
AND ALTHOUGH WE KNEW HE WAS NOT
GOING TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, HE
HAS JUST PUT OUT A STATEMENT.
WHAT DOES IT SAY, JULIE?
>> Reporter: YEAH, EXACTLY.
HE PUT OUT A STATEMENT, CHRIS,
THIS IS REALLY NOTABLE.
THIS MAKES REPUBLICANS’ MARGINS
EVEN SMALLER.
I’M A JOURNALIST.
NOT THAT GOOD AT MATH SO WE’LL
CALCULATE LATER, BUT THEY WERE
TIGHT.
HE WROTE IN PART IT HAS BEEN AN
HONOR TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF
COLORADO’S FOURTH DISTRICT.
HE SAID TODAY I’M ANNOUNCING I
WILL DEPART CONGRESS AT THE END
OF NEXT WEEK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING
INVOLVED IN OUR POLITICAL
PROCESS AS WELL AS SPENDING MORE
TIME IN COLORADO WITH MY FAMILY.
HE HAD BROKEN WITH HIS PARTY AS
YOU MENTIONED ON KEY VOTES
INCLUDING THE IMPEACHMENT OF
MAYORKAS CAUSING IT TO FAIL.
HE SAID BEFORE HE WOULD BE
RETIRING BUT THIS IS NEWS THAT
HE IS LEAVING AT THE END OF NEXT
WEEK.
HE HAS YET TO TALK IN THE
HEARING BEHIND ME, BUT HE IS ON
THE JUDICIARY BEHIND ME.
I SAW HIM WALKING BACK AND
FORTH.
HIS REACTION TO THE HEARING IN
REAL TIME.
IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS HE
NOTED IN WHY HE CHOSE TO EARLY
UP HIS RETIREMENT, IF YOU WILL,
BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS GOING TO
MEAN BIG PROBLEMS FOR SPEAKER
JOHNSON.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
WHAT’S ON THE DOCKET.
WHEN THEY HAVE TO FUND THE
GOVERNMENT, THEY’RE TRYING TO DO
IT IN A PARTISAN WAY, AND THEY
HAVE THE AID BILL THE SENATE