and it did not effect security assistance, having meetings with them. if it would, there would have been a lot of people he wouldn't have met with. >> thank you, dr. hill. mr. chairman, i seek unanimous consent to add to the record a politico article of december 1st, 2016 entitled "russia accuses ukraine of sabotaging trump." it outlines russian senior officials making allegations that there was ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. >> without objection, mr. conway. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield to mr. ratcliffe. >> thank you, gentlemen, for yielding. i want to pick up where my colleague across the aisle, congressman hymes left off earlier purchasefully, dr. hill, he was not dochedding you. he was defending himself and democrats. i want to make sure record is clear. ranking member nunes is correct. he correctly noted in his opening republicans, not democrats on this committee, were the first ones. the first ones to raise the