it. we have an upcoming election. they also want us to continue to fund government. they re also quite proud and maddened by the fact that we have passed 400 bills. 285 of them bipartisan. and 80% of them sit dead in the senate. so this is a congress that is walking, chewing gum, and as i like to say, flossing at the same time. flossing. congressman madelyn dean. democratic judiciary committee and financial services. thanks for coming on sharing your views. and as democrats begin drafting articles of impeachment, some republicans in capitol hill are struggling to defend what the president did when it comes to ukraine. here s congressman doug collins, the ranking republican on judiciary speaking to republic to reporters yesterday. you keep saying that the president was concerned about corruption. but in neither of those phone calls, he mentioned the word corruption. why is it why why didn t the president mention the word corruption and instead ask ukrainian president to invest
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don t you you know, frame your questions differently. he said this is what he wanted looked into. he said he said help us as a country because we re trying to heal. as mr. jordan said earlier and did a great job, we had just come off the mueller hearing which most all of you covered and found out to be a total disaster for the impeachment narrative democrats have been saying. what we re simply saying here is the issue was what happened on that call? and then there became all these stories from the whistle-blowers about all these things that supposedly happened upon since then, fact witnesses and even hearsay evidence has said, no, that s not what happened. with that, let s turn to republican congressman mike johnson. he is also on the judiciary committee. congressman, thank you for coming on. appreciate it. hey, thanks, chuck. thanks for having me. let me start with this based on what we ve seen out of judiciary. do you think the president might be making a mistake here by no
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to have done a lot of harm. it s clear that he s abused his power. it s clear that he s tried to use his office to benefit himself politically and personally, which is not what he s in office to do. and it s jeopardized our national security. and it s part of the constitution. and people will see at least part of that. open-minded folks and i think that 7% are probably the most open minded of the group. not having kind of made a decision. and when you re open minded, you ll see the facts as being damning to the president. and damning for our country. our country, really it s it s at stake. the constitution s what we re about. it s not just a piece of paper. it s not just something you read about in history. it s a living, breathing embodiment of the united states of america and what it stands for. and it s under attack. i ve spoken to fellow members of the of your committee. congressman madelyn dean and congressman jamie raskin in the past couple days and they ve walked us throug
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personally, which is not what he s in office to do. and it s jeopardized our national security. and it s part of the constitution. and people will see at least part of that. open-minded folks and i think that 7% are probably the most open minded of the group. not having kind of made a decision. and when you re open minded, you ll see the facts as being damning to the president. and damning for our country. our country, really it s it s at stake. the constitution s what we re about. it s not just a piece of paper. it s not just something you read about in history. it s a living, breathing embodiment of the united states of america and what it stands for. and it s under attack. i ve spoken to fellow members of the of your committee. congressman madelyn dean and congressman jamie raskin in the past couple days and they ve walked us through how this first house judiciary committee hearing is going to look. they re going to explain what an impeachable offense is. what a high crime and
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