he would have more flexibility after his election. maybe that flexibility was to question to the witness. deny lethal aid to the ukraine, mr. ratcliff, your time is dwindling. i suggest you use it. allowing russia to march right >> i will eyield back. in and kill ukrainiaukrainians. again, in your deposition, you . urged the obama administration >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. oukent, some people have officials to provide lethal suggested that the real reason defensive weapons to ukraine in that presidenton trump's pressu order to deter further russian campaign on the ukraine was to aggression. and now they have that under this administration. don't they? root out corruption in ukraine. >> they have them, yes, sir. >> i would like to yield the i've gone back and read the remainder of my time to mr. memorandum of call two or three timeswo actually and i don't ratcliffe. recall ame single instance wher >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. so, no pressure. the president ever used the word no demands, no conditions. nothing corrupt. corruption, nor the word corrupt. nothing. nothing on the call. i know in answer to the that's what we heard president zelensky say. chairman's opening questions, and because house democrats charges against president trump you had indicated you had gone have been publicly repeatedly back and read it about a month consistently been denied by ago. do you recall the president in president zelensky, you heard that july 25th phone call with president zelensky ever uttering the defense now. the word corrupt or corruption? >> i don't recall but it would be a matter of aho recordru>> n