gentleman from new york. thank you, distinguished gentlelady from california. there were fact witnesses who testified during the intel hearing, 12. and we don t hear a thing about those witnesses from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, a thing. those witnesses were not political operatives. they were patriots. in fact, they were trump appointees. ambassador taylor, trump appointee. ambassador sondland, trump appointee. dr. fiona hill, trump appointee. jennifer williams, trump appointee. lieutenant colonel vindman, trump appointee. ambassador yavonovitch, trump appointee. at the same time they held without justification $391
and the vastness of the impeachment process does include the excess of power by the president of the united states. now, i knew barbara jordan. and my friends wanted to quote her. she also said, the framers confided in the congress of power if need be to remove a president in order to strike a delicate balance between a president swollen with power and preservation of the independence of the executive. you can violate the crimes of the constitution, abuse of power includes that. this amendment should be defeated. the gentlelady s time is expired. mr. chair? for what purpose is mr. ratcliffe s recognition? i move to strike the last word. i want to recognize my colleague from georgia, mr. johnson s question, that he asked before. is it ever okay to invite a foreign government to become
ayes and 23 no s. the amendment is not agreed to. is there any further amendment. mr. gates? i amend to the desk. the gentlelady reserves a point of order. amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to hr 755 offered by mr. gates of florida, page 3, strike out lines 10 and 11 and enter the following. a known company named burisma and. this amendment strikes the reference of joe biden as the center of the investigation and replaces it with the true topic of the investigation, burisma and hunter biden. an essential element of the abuse of power is that the bidens did nothing wrong. it can only be an abuse of power and not a correct use of power if the president was pursuing