Government. And then simply says, but you can go to court because thats how things always work. Again, its just important to remember. The facts are clear. No president has ever, ever, ever obstructed congress in the manner that weve seen from President Trump. Will the gentleman yield . In a moment. And so as as we go forward, and i dont know how much longer well be here. Its always important to makel sure that the facts are clear. And that we dont muddy the waters by suggesting that something that is sosu unprecedented, that weve never seen before in the history of our country, is somehow just a parcel of thes way things work around here. They dont. Know it. Friends on The Other Side of the aisle know it. The American People know it. But mr. Johnsons right. Sometimes its important to remind them of it. T. I yield. Will the gentleman yield . Nt thank you. I just want to add a little
constitutional postscript to underscore the verye important point that mr. Deutch is making here. The ar
uncontroverted evidence the president pressured a foreign government, ukraine, to target an american citizen, joe biden, of political gain. at the same time withheld without explanation, $391 million in military aid that had been allocated on a bipartisan basis. ambassador taylor west point graduate, vietnam war veteran, appointed by reagan, bush, trump, to the diplomatic corps said the following about the withholding of that military aid. no legitimate public policy basis. no legitimate national security basis. no legitimate substantive basis. that s why congress proceeded. we had more than 200 national
the gentleman from texas talked about reasonable basis. the reasonable basis here is thatle there s uncontroverted evidence that the president pressured a foreign government, ukraine,a to target an america citizen, joe biden, for political gain. and at the same time, withheld, without explanation, $391 million in military aid. that had been allocated on a bipartisan basis.y ambassador taylor, west point graduate, vietnam war veteran. appointed by reagan, bush, trump, to the diplomatic corps said the following about the withholding of that military aid. no legitimate public policy basis. no legitimate national security basis. no legitimate substantive basis. that s why congress proceeded.