us. it is obvious to me that this president has put his personal interests above this country. and with that i will yield back to the gentleman from rhode island. >> i thank the gentle lady for yielding. we've just heard our republican colleagues claim that there was no demand, no conditionality for the release of this aids and, in fact it was motivated by the president's deep desire to ferret out corruption. that is laughable. the president of the united states had two phone calls with president zelensky. he never once uttered the word corruption. because it wasn't about corruption and the reason we know that is the department of defense had already certified that steps had been taken to combat corruption back on may 23rd and despite that certification, that hold