unprecedented effort to obstruct congress's impeachment inquiry into his conduct. and with that context in mind, i would like to turn to the evidence of president trump's conduct concerning ukraine. my colleague, mr. castor just said it revolves around eight lines in one call record. but that's sorely ignores the vast amount of evidence that we collected of a month's long scheme directed by the president. but i do want to start with that july 25th phone call because that is critical evidence of the president's involvement and intent. it was on that day that he held his second phone call with the new ukrainian president. the first in april was short and cordial, following the ukrainian president's election success. but this second call would die