Order. Good afternoon, everyone. This is the sixth in a series of public hearings the committee will be holing as part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. There is a quorum present. We will proceed today in the same fashion as our other hearings. I will make an Opening Statement and the Ranking Member nunes will have the opportunity to make a statement and we will turn to our witnesses for their Opening Statements if they should choose to make one. For audience member, we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with this hearing. As chairman, ill make any necessary or take any necessary appropriate steps to maintain order and ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that, i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Tr
Having all the facts. Its bad for our future as the left and some members of the liberal media try to undo the will of the american voter. Tonight im setting the record straight. And guess what . Sean spicer is here. Hes live with me tonight. I saw his dancing with the stars john travoltalike performance. He made it on the show for another week. Trish regan primetime begins now. Night a dramatic increase in the violence we are seeing on the streets of hong kong as Police Officers fire live ammunition directly at protesters. One protester left seriously injured. The communist party rule 70th anniversary celebration. They are showing off missiles the communist party says are capable of hitting anywhere in the United States of america. At some point in time it will come to a situation, i think you could see another tienanmen. The people in hong kong are not backing off this. It has been unbelievable, the brutality. The demonstration, they were warned, do not ruin the 70th anniversary. It
Having all the facts. Its bad for our future as the left and some members of the liberal media try to undo the will of the american voter. Tonight im setting the record straight. And guess what . Sean spicer is here. Hes live with me tonight. I saw his dancing with the stars john travoltalike performance. He made it on the show for another week. Trish regan primetime begins now. Night a dramatic increase in the violence we are seeing on the streets of hong kong as Police Officers fire live ammunition directly at protesters. One protester left seriously injured. The communist party rule 70th anniversary celebration. They are showing off missiles the communist party says are capable of hitting anywhere in the United States of america. At some point in time it will come to a situation, i think you could see another tienanmen. The people in hong kong are not backing off this. It has been unbelievable, the brutality. The demonstration, they were warned, do not ruin the 70th anniversary. It
To discuss the matter. As of both matters before the committee, i believe its extremely important that their work be handled in a secure setting with adequate protections in a bipartisan fashion. And based on facts rather than leaks to the president. To the press. It is regrettable that House Intelligence Committee chairman schiff and senator schumer have chosen to politicize the issue. Circumventing the established procedures and protocols that exist so the committees can pursue sensitive matters in the appropriate, deliberate bipartisan manner. Although we dont know the substance of the allegations there is speculation it relates to our relationship with ukraine. For my part, mr. President , as i stated earlier this month, i was very glad to see the white house release Security Assistance funds for ukraine. I championed u. S. Security assistance to ukraine over the objections of the Obama Administration in 2014. I consistently believed in the importance of helping our ukrainian partn
With you to see these pieces come together and it is truly a privilege to introduce our first speaker who is a fellow wisconsinite like myself. My first speaker this morning will be eight noted landscape historian and author of the awardwinning white house historic and publication a garden for the president , history of the white house grounds. Jonathan will be signing copies of this book later today during the reception in the gift shop. You will have the opportunity to meet with him and talk about how great his presentation was no pressure. [laughter] welcomingn me in jonathan plus got [applause] yes hello. Honored to bey speaking at this wonderful garden symposium. I would like to thank the White House Historical association, open spring and all the other sponsors for having me here today and for hosting the event as well as that splendid reception last evening at the u. S. Botanic garden and of course thank you all for attending. Totask here this morning is give you an overview of