being anccused of abuse of power is, in my opinion, a policy disagreement on how the president should have approached the issues that are out light there. goes, theforeign aid issue of the $391 million of foreign aid to ukraine, is practically every bit of foreign aid the united states s purses following the congressional appropriation is contingent on something. or another. common trends, whether in the ornate enactment there, is whether or not is any type of corruption that is involved in that. i think we have conceded that ukraine has been a corrupt country and that president anensky was elected on anticorruption platform and we wish it well. the fact is, i think the president would have been derelict in his duties had he held off or just given the foreign aid without trying to check on corruption. that is what was going on. as far as obstruction of congress is concerned, earlier today i talked about the fact that this article is drafted so loosely and so weakly that it ar
who they offer on the other side? president trump. 14,435 lies to date, since he has been president. not under oath, but we should take his word for it. then it is so absurd because in a call, we know the presidents vocabulary. we know what he doesn t what he does not say. he might say winning a lot, he might say great. but in his ordinary conversation he does not use the words quid pro quo. when he has the conversation after the whistleblower is known to everybody, he gets a call, first thing out of his mouth is i don t want a quid pro quo. where did that come from? it came from the fact that you are guilty of the crime that is charged. just like a kid who just got caught going into the cookie jar, with crumbs on his mouth, when his mother says what are you doing. he says i did need that cookie. we have a call out of the blue in the first thing he says is i don t want a quid pro quo, i want them to do the right thing. no you would not have held up vital military aid. this is
sensenbrenner votes. i mr. chavez? mr. shouted both. i mr. gohmert? i. mr. jordan? mr. jordan votes yes. mr. back? mr. backfoot yes. mr. ratcliffe? mr. ratcliffe as. yes mister will be? miss robots i. mr. gates? mr. gates but i. mr. johnson of louisiana? mr. johnson of louisiana bird s-eye. mr. bigs? mister exhibits i. mr. mcclintock? mr. maclean talk about i. miss lesko? missed last but i. mr. reschenthaler? mr. reschenthaler boats i. mr. cline? mr. cline votes i. mr. armstrong? mr. armstrong votes yes. mister still be? mister studios yes. are there any members of the committee who wish to the clerical report. mister, chairman there are 17 eyes and 23 knows. the amendment is not agreed to. the committee will now stand in recess for half an hour. the house judiciary committee continues its work on the articles of impeachment. they are debating amendments, and they re taking but have our breaking during this break were going to take your phone calls. get your r
articles of impeachment, abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. now more from the house judiciary committee hearing, starting with ken box from colorado. . the gentleman is recognized. i heard my colleague from rhode island say this isn t about policy differences, this is about our obligation to protect and defend our constitution. it is about courage. it is about policy differences because you said nothing on your side, when president obama sent his surrogates out to lie about benghazi. you said nothing when president obama s administration entered into a gun running deal with mexican cartels, and the fast and furious program was developed. you said nothing about democrat leaders. this is about a policy difference. it is not about courage. i do not question anyone s courage on the other side of the aisle, i question your judgment. i do not question your courage. i think the american people are getting tired. i say that because i have a friend from college, jim. and j
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