You are recognized. Thank you. Madame ambassador, like a hallmark movie. You ended up at georgetown, this is all okay. [laughter] but it was not your preference seven or eight months ago, correct . No, it was not. It was not your preference to be a victim of a Smear Campaign, was it . No. It was not your preference to be defamed by the president of the United States including today, was it . No. It wasnt your preference to be ousted at seemingly the pinnacle of your career, was it . No. You wanted to finish your extended tour, correct . I did. What did you want to do after that . Did you know . I was not sure. There is nothing wrong with georgetown, it is a fine place, right . It is a wonderful place. But it is your only choice at the end of a distinguished career after all of that. It is not the end of a hallmark movie. It is the end of a really bad reality tv show. Brought to you by someone who knows a lot about that. [laughter] why did you, you previously testified that you sought a
Expired. Id like to have that unanimous consent mr. Quigley, youre recognized, mr. Quigley, youre recognized. Thank you. Madam ambassador, its like a hallmark movie. You ended up at georgetown, this is all okay. [ laughter ] it wasnt your preference seven, eight months ago, correct . No, it was not. It wasnt your preference to be the victim of a cemetery campaign, was it . No. It wasnt your preference to be defamed by the president of the United States including today, was it . No. It wasnt your preference to be ousted at seemingly the pinnacle of your career, was it . No. You wanted to finish your extended tour, correct . I did. What did you want to do after that . Did you know . I wasnt sure. Theres nothing wrong with georgetown. Its a fine place, right . Its a wonderful place. But its your own choice at the end of the distinguished career after all that. Its not the end of a hallmark movie. Its the end of a really bad Reality Tv Show brought to you by someone who knows a lot about t
a meeting for mr. giuliani. but those are not people actually in government or became in the zelensky regime. is that correct? no. okay. mr. chairman, i yield back. thank you. mr. castro. thank you, chairman an thank you ambassador for your 33 years of service to our nation. a big question here today is why you were pushed aside as ambassador. for example, americans know that an employer has a right to fire an employee but shouldn t do it for certain reasons. you shouldn t be fired because you re disabled, because you re a woman, because you re black, and for other reasons. and i think most americans agree that a president shouldn t fire an ambassador or recall an ambassador because the ambassador is standing in his way of doing a corrupt act. so i want to ask you, did the president ever tell you why he was recalling you? no. did anybody at the white house ever tell you why you were being recalled? no. did the president ever
parnas to get a meeting with rudy giuliani. but those are not people in the zelensky regime? no. mr. chairman, i yield back. mr. castro. thank you chairman, think you ambassador for your 32 years of service to our nation. a big question here today is why you were pushed aside as ambassador, for example, americans know that an employer has a right to fire an employee, but they should not do it for certain reasons. you should not be fired because you are disabled, because you are a woman. , because you are black, and for other reasons. and most americans agree that a president should not recall in a basilar because ambassador standing in his way of doing a corrupt act. so i want to ask you, did the president ever tell you why he was recalling you? no. did anybody at the white house tell you why you were being recalled? no. did the president consult you
fruman and parnas to get a meeting with mr. giuliani. those were not people actually in government or became in the zelensky regime, is that correct? no. okay. mr. chairman, i yield back. thank you. mr. castro. thank you, chairman, and thank you, ambassador, for your 33 years of service to our nation. a big question here today is why you were pushed aside as ambassador. for example, americans know that an employer has a right to fire an employee, but they shouldn t do it for certain reasons. you shouldn t be fired because you re disabled, because you re a woman, because you re black, and for other reasons. and i think most americans agree that a president shouldn t fire an ambassador or recall an ambassador because the ambassador s standing in his way of doing a corrupt act. so i want to ask you, did the president ever tell you why he was recalling you? no. did anybody at the white house ever tell you why you were being recalled? no.