states senators in august the aid was probably going to be released long before there was any notion about a whistleblower or anything else. senator johnson from wisconsin has testified to that effect. and again, with all due respect, i mean the last administration for four years didn't provide any military assistance to ukraine. the idea that 55 days was somehow life and death in this situation, particularly during a period of transition from one government to another, you know, it just -- pretty thin to impeach the president of the united states on. mr. chairman, you know, with all due respect to my friends here, who i admire both and who i think have been very helpful in their testimony and is always straight and forthright, my view chairman schiff ought to be the person answering questions in front of the rules question. it's his report. i don't blame the president for passing on the opportunity not to go before the judiciary for