a part of these proceedings. nonetheless, we do know how acting chief of staff mick mulvaney feels about aid because on octoberid 17 at a press conference, hess discussed the hold on security assistance for ukraine andis ambassador taylori would like you to listen to what he said. i'll read it for you. in response to a question what you just sdibed is a quid pro quo. funding will not flow in. in response to that question mr. mulvaney said, mr. taylor, we do that all the time with foreign policy. my question ambassador taylor, the president conditioning security assistance on an investigation into his political opponent prior to this administration is this something we would do all the time? >> no, sir. >> why not? >> we conditioned assistance on