acting chief of staff mic mulvaney feels about aid because, on october 17, at a press conference, he discussed the hold on security assistance for ukraine. ambassador taylor, i would like you to listen to what he said. >> i will read it for you. it's in response to a question but to be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo. it is money will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happens as well. in response to that question, mr. mulvaney said mr. taylor, we do that all the time with foreign policy. my question, ambassador taylor, the president conditioning security assistance on an investigation into his political opponent prior to this administration, is this something we would do all the time? >> no, sir. >> why not? >> we condition assistance on issues that will improve