The committee is considering subpoenaing the former vice president.
The former chief of staff said that it could be a bad precedent.
Lawmakers could question any vice president, according to Short.
The Chief of Staff for the former Vice President said it would be a risk to have him testify in front of the committee.
"I think that for the committee there should be a reflection and an appreciation that there are real separation, and balance of power, here, but there's also I think a precedent that's of great concern," he said.
When Republicans take control of Congress in November, they will be the ones who want to have investigations into former vice presidents, because there is a former vice president who sits in the Oval Office today.
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The congressman said the committee was considering asking the two men to testify.
In the past, Trump tried to get Pence to overturn the election. He didn't have the right to throw out electoral college votes in swing states. The Senate chambers were emptied after a mob of Trump supporters shouted threats to hang the former vice president.
It was a risk to have vice presidents testify.
Do you want a precedent where all the sudden you're allowed to bring former vice presidents to talk about what they were doing when they were vice president, in the Congress to talk about their conversations with the president of the U.S.? There was a short question.
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