Assess over the last 76 days is this whether President Trump abused the power of his office through a quid pro quo robbery extortion or whatever by withholding a meeting or Security Assistance as a way of pressuring ukrainian president selenski to investigate the president s political rival former v. P. Biden for the president s political benefit in the upcoming election a secondary allegation that has been levied is whether President Trump obstructed congress during the inquiry. Evidence of taim during the inquiry does not support either of those allegations the republican report of evidence lays out the reasons in more detail but i will summarize i will begin with the substantive allegation about an abuse of power. The inquiry has returned no direct evidence of President Trump without a meeting or Security Assistance in order to pressure president alinsky to investigate former v. P. Biden witnesses who testified in the in korea have denied having awareness of criminal activity or eve
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
State for Political Affairs david hale. 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. Rep. Schiff the committee will come to order. This is the sixth in a series of hearings. There is a quorum present. We will proceed in the same fashion as the other hearings. We welcome you and respect your interest in being here. Ordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that, i now recognize myself to gi
Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon everyone, welcome to the National League both cities, its a pleasure to have you and what we call city hall away from your city, town or village in america. The National League of cities is an organization that represents 19,000 city, towns and for being here because were releasing the 34th annual city fiscal conditions report. Each person in this room is here for a reason. Youre interested in what is happening in cities all over america. Perhaps you enjoy digging into data and understanding the fiscal nature of the data on our communities. You really want to hear about the pressures city leaders face every day in balancing their budget, dealing with issues, the various policy issues and the federal impact on those issues. Or you just want to make sure that youre in the right place at the right time dealing with and learning about what america will be dealing with as it relates to the fiscal impact of our economy. For all of these reasons at its
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the National League of cities. My name is clarence anthony. Im the ceo and executive director of the National League of cities. Its a pleasure to have you in what we call city hall away from your city, town or village in america. The National League of cities is an organization that represents 19,000 city, towns and for being here because were releasing the 34th annual city fiscal conditions report. Each person in this room is here for a reason. Youre interested in what is happening in cities all over america. Perhaps you enjoy digging into data and understanding the fiscal nature of the data on our communities. You really want to hear about the pressures city leaders face every day in balancing their budget, dealing with issues, the various policy issues and the federal impact on those issues. Or you just want to make sure that youre in the right place at the right time dealing with and learning about what america will be dealing with as it relates