trump for a second, if the congress allows a president of the united states now or later to ask a foreign government, head of state, to investigate a political rival, what precedent does that set for american diplomacy, safety of americans overseas, and for the future of our country? >> that's a very bad precedent. >> very bad precedent and going forward, if that were ever the case, i would raise objections. >> thank you both. i yield back. >> mr. ratcliffe. >> thank you, chair. want to return the favor, recognize, yield to my colleague, congressman conaway. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. hill, i don't think there's a lot of questions one of putin's primary objectives in the united states is to foe meant unrest with the nation to cause us to have lost confidence in the elections, results of elections, those kinds of