welcome, as i said last, a couple of days ago, to the witnesses, welcome to year four of the impeachment proceedings. i'm sorry that you have gotten dragged into this. for three years we've heard these outrageous and, frankly, unbelievable accusations regarding russian collusion. accusations that we now know are absolute nonsense. there was no basis at all despite promises from some members of this committee that they had secret proof that would prove this collusion. we know that it was nonsense. in year four we apparently move to ukraine and quid pro quo, culminating yesterday when the speaker announced that the president would indeed be impeached and removed from office for bribery. with that statement, i would now feel compelled to ask you, madam ambassador, as you sit here before us, simply and directly, do you have any information regarding the president of the united states accepting any