served. and in terms of laying out the evidence, i think the process of releasing the transcripts other than probably forcing me to up my eyeglass prescription has been done in a professional way. it's been stripped of sort of partisanship. i think the highlights have been where the eregular policy channel, which is how ambassador bill taylor describes it, deviated from stated u.s. foreign policy. and i think the two witnesses are there for advocates of what american policy had always been against russia's enemies who used to be our friends. it would seem to me to the democrats are trying to underscore the themes that have come up during trump's presidency. whose side is he on? >> and even the testimony that's been released, it's pretty voluminous for most americans to absorb, which is why the testimony of these witnesses is going to be so important. and i do agree that i think it's going to be really difficult to