I wanted to confirm a Point Of Order is the rules of decorum. I dont believe the gentleman from florida meant to violate them and i give him the benefit of the doubt. More than once he referred to a new york lawyer. If he could explain what he meant i withdraw my Point Of Order. Thats not a recognizable Point Of Order. Mr. Chairman, Point Of Order regarding the schedule. There is no Point Of Order regarding the schedule. In this case, there is. Will you answer my question . The gentleman will suspend. There is no recognizable Point Of Order regarding the future schedule. Will you recognize that . No. Mrs. Mcbath is recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to follow up on one part of President Trumps conduct. I asked our constitutional scholars about last week. The Investigative Committees found evidence President Trump
intimidated, threatened and tampered with prospective and actual witnesses in the Impeachment Inquiry, correct . Yes. It is a federal crime to intimidate or seek to i
intimidated, threatened and tampered with prospective and actual witnesses in the impeachment inquiry, correct? yes. it is a federal crime to intimidate or seek to intimidate any witness before congress, is that right? yes. there s a little bit more to it but that s the gist. am i correct president trump publicly attacked witnesses before, after and even during their testimony? that is correct. i d like to quickly go through some examples. on twitter the president tried to smear ambassador bill taylor, a former military officer who graduated at the top of his class at westpoint, served as an infantry commander in vietnam and earned a bronze star and medal for a d device for valor.
one attack when one port would cost us more money going into the future years than any small amount. i agree with you on that, yes. let me ask you, there has been criticism of the fbi and the attorney general holder from muslim american groups, undercover fbi agents who went into a mosque in california. the young man in oregon where they supply ad device to he felt was an explosive but it was from an fbi informant. do you think the fbi has gone too far? i think the fbi has done a commendable job and on many occasions but every institution needs to be about improving what it does and becoming more effective. i would just council the fbi keep on reaching out and keep on talking. don t shut anybody out of the conversation. you don t have to agree with what people say but be engaged. i m not here to say there has been any i don t think that the fbi has failed but i do think there is room for