...The Federal Bureau of Investigations does not take orders from Congress on who to investigate; especially since it's out of their purview...
Is not the FBI tasked to undertake background investigations of all persons nominated for high Federal Office, such as the US Supreme Court?
Allegations of sexual assault are certainly pertinent to any such background investigation.
It seems entirely possible that this (alleged) incident was "missed" during the course of earlier FBI investigations into Kavanaugh's background.
Consequently, the findings of such prior investigation(s) may be considered" incomplete" and thus render as premature any vote to confirm the nomination.
...I don't know how many times we have to repeat this, but this is not a federal issue at all...
I don't know how many times we have to repeat this, but FBI background investigations of nominees for high office are, indeed, a federal issue.
...There is nothing to investigate...
The (alleged) sexual assault against Ford by Kavanaugh represents newly-surfaced allegations which must be incorporated to amend prior FBI investigation(s).
...here are only three people involved: one who said he did it, the other who said he didn't, and a third person who said it never happened; nothing even close...
There are more than three, and a renewed FBI background investigation will uncover more people and it will shake out more facts and findings.
...So what are they supposed to investigate beyond that?
Whether this alleged sexual assault occurred, based upon testimony of others found to possess information relevant to the investigation.
The FBI has specialists well-versed in all aspects of criminal investigation, including criminal sexual assault.
Time to let the pros do their jobs.
If Republicans are foolish enough to bulldoze through this without doing justice to such serious allegations, they shoot themselves in the foot.
Politics is all about perception, and the perception (and Easy Sell) will be that Republicans do not care about the rights and well-being of assaulted women.
That's a damned-dangerous game to play, with the mid-terms less than eight weeks away.
But... ya'll (collectively) go right ahead... it's your funeral.