Not enjoyed, and opportunity that they had not enjoyed, and no doubt, on some level, youre grateful and its created a since of pain you. Is that fair to say . Very fair. Why then, sir, with your courage to come before us does that same standard not apply to mr. Mulvaney, mr. Duffy, mr. Pompeo, mr. Bolton, mr. Volt, mr. Giuliani, why wouldnt those same sentiments be within their hearts to do their patriotic duty and do what you have done, sirteed, whdoesne standard apply to the president of the United States . I wish i could answer. Suspect you cant because there is no good answer. But i do appreciate your willingness to come here today. With that, i yield back, mr. Chairman. Thank you, congressman. Mr. Jordan. Thank you, i ask yiewp unanimous consent to enter into the record a statement from chief of staff mick mulvaney. We havent seen all the statements but i presume theyre accurate and no objection. Ambassador, President Trump is not a big fan of foreign aid, is that right . I dont k
You cover that with the chairman and then of course we have the press conference of october 17 ed Mick Mulvaney let the cat fully out of the bag and revealed President Trump talk to him the corruption related to the dnc server a and admitted tt is why be held at the money, any other explanation for the hold . In my remaining 30 seconds just so people understand what i refer to, in 1970 Richard Nixon decided, i dont know a general skepticism of foreign aid but he decided to hold a congressionally mandated aid. As a result, Congress Went to work and passed the control act of 1974. Which prohibits the president from withholding congressionally appropriated funds without the approval of congress for any reason. Is that correct . I am not a lawyer, but that is my understanding of the provision. I will go with the approximate. Thank you very much i yield back my balance back mr. Conway. Thank you, mr. Chairman. My colleague failed to put certain issues on certification. The certification was
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
Out there for the north bay mountains, east bay hills and diablo range. Any time they vindman, now serving as the ukraine now exrtdehearg mary, democrats expect that vindman is going to be their star witness. Reporter george, hes a decorated combat veteran and said he was so concerned by what he heard on that phone call between the president and the ukrainian leader that he feared it could undermine u. S. Neuratil security. He said it was not proper to ask the ukrainian president to investigate the bidens and he quickly alerted his superiors. The president has attacked vindman as a, quote, never trumper, but vindman will describe himself as a patriot. He has served for 20 years and received a purple heart. We saw him a short while ago and he is in full military uniform. Republicans though are going to go after his judgment and his loyalty to the president , and george, while republicans so far have been dismissing much of the testimony as hearsay, that argument will be difficult for th
It has become the center of these impeachment proceedings. Now, as you can see, the Committee Room in the long Worth Building is already gng toromee officials who were listening in on that call. Theyll be giving public testimony. Jennifer williams, an aide to Vice President mike pence. She described President Trumps actions on that call as, quote, unusual and inappropriate. We are also going to hear from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman. Aries the top ukraine specialist on the unusual security council. He called the president s actions troubling, disturbing, and wrong. This afternoon we will hear from former National Security council official tim morrison who also listened in to that call and former ukraine envoy kurt volker who was part of communications between ukraine and the president s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. Both are witnesses the republican members of the committee asked to hear from as well. So that sets the table for us. Lets go to nancy cordes who is outside the