Senate. I want to commend congressman John Sarbanes for being such a tremendous leadership in integrity and government, by working this issue for a long time. Then became h. R. 1, when the democrats had the majority in congress. Andas been one who has seen heard from the public how concerned they are about the role big, dark money in politics undermines their confidence that congress can ever act to lower Prescription Drug prices, to protect our environment. The list goes on and on. Because of that big dark money. So his role as chair of the Democratic Reform Task force and lead sponsor of h. R. 1 is to be commended for anyone who wants reducing thet only role of money in politics, but restoring the confidence of the American People in what we do here. I also want to acknowledge the leadership of madam chair, the chair of the House Administration committee, did he do lofgren. She is a zoe lofgren. She is a champion, a brilliant legal mind, that we call upon in many arenas areas here. A
Because it would h one favor was to investigate biden. What a quid pro quo would mean, i am requesting you do me a favor and what is implied is if you dont do this favor, you are not getting the money. Host what is this whistleblower complaint that was released yesterday, where is it leading you next in terms of who you want to talk to . Guest the whistleblower complaint was very detailed and what was the whistleblower complaint identified the call between donald trump and ukrainian leader, all of the elements and was verified by the transcript the white house put out. That put credibility towards the whistleblower complaint. The Inspector General deemed the complaint urgent and credible and the whistleblower complaint lays out not justice call for trump essentially tries to get the ukrainian leader to investigate his political opponent, it alleges a massive coverup. They put it into a different lockdown system for Sensitive Information related to National Security. This call did not h
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