Instruments of oppression. I said that and believe its true. So finally, mr. Kent, for as long as i can remember. Policy predicated on principled interest in Democratic Values notely freedom of speech, pre and fair and other elections in the rule of law. Mr. Kent, when american leaders ask foreign governments to investigate their potential rivals, doesnt that make it harder for us to advocate on behalf of those Democratic Values . I believe it makes it more difficult for our diplomatic
representatives overseas to carry out those policy goals, yes. How is that, sir . Well, theres an issue of credibility. They hear diplomats on the ground saying one thing and they hear other u. S. Leaders saying something else. Ambassador taylor, would you agree with that, sir. I would. Is there anything youd like to add how it mike mate it more difficult for you to do your job, sir . Our credibility is based on a respect for the United States, and if we damage that respect, then it hurts our credibility
i thank the gentleman. mr. chairman for purposes thank you, chairman. unanimous consent to enter into the record mr. mulvaney s statement about lesolutely no qo quo. without objection. closing comments? mr. chairman. i recognize mr. nunes for his comments. we will get your motion, after mr. nunes brief closing remarks and mine. my intention to excuse the witnesses. we ll have a very brief recess. members should not go far. we will resume and take mr. c conaways motion. mr. nunes. thank you. i ll be brief and reiterate what i said earlier that we really should stop holding these hearings until we get the answer to three important topics. the first being the full extent of the democrats prior coordination athe whistle-blower, and who did the
striking here, kyle, is like other state department employees, he was ordered to not testify by the state department. he was then subpoenaed. he did it. he is also the current chief of mission appointed by the trump administration to runte the embassy in kiev at this moment evenv as the white house puts t a statement calling him a radical bureaucrat. that s kwun of tone of the r things. some of these witnesses are serving in the role they re testifying about over the objection of thebo secretary of state and the existence of this cable that we ve talked about points to the fact that the state department itself has actually blocked a lot of documents and primary source evidence from the committee, from the impeachment investigators that these witnesses actually want. gordon sondland himself wants some of his notes and documents to gette to congress and he can get them there. so it shows you the sort of split that s happening in real-time within the state department. that s a good po
refused to adopt them. refused to put them before congress. i don t think they would have been accepted by congress had they been proposed. there is a huge sum of money paid out, billion in a four-year cycle, paid out to people in financial assistance programs. they go to national associations around the world. there is no accountability for that money. if it is being misspent or embezzled, nobody will know. that s why people will be so happy to maintain the status q o quo. you can pocket money without anyone really realizing. the question he for me, to really broaden it, why the audits of fifa. kpmg, not really pushing them. very, very hard. how is it that we have seen in this indictment from the united states that a $10 million,