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
mr. chairman, i ask unanimous kent to enter into the record the transcript from the july 25th call between president trump and president zelensky. you yourself, mr. chairman, mischaracterized the consulted in the the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman will suspend by unanimous kent be happy to enter the call record into the record. rogd ro recognized for five minutes. thank you. what year did you graduate from west point? 1969, height of the vietnam war? height was about that time. what was your class rank at west point? number five. how many people were in your class. 800. 800 cadets you were number 5. yes, sir. so when your top 1% of your class at west point you probably get your pick of assignments but you picked the infantry.
been there transcribing and taking notes? that is the norm, but it is also possible it is not unusual to not have it recorded. so you know that the state department is holding your notes and refuses to provide them to congress, despite a duly authorized subpoena, and we know that in some instances your notes may be the om documentary record of what happened. do you, you are aware of that? correct? yes, ma am. and mr. kent, you are aware your notes have not been turned over to congress? i turned all records in my possession to the state department, because whatever we do is considered a federal record not a personal record. thank you so much, mr. chairman. i yield back. mr. chairman i at request? general stat is requested. i have a new york times op-ed stating why president trump should have done more investing in ukraine by a trio of ambassadors including william
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
i can t tell what the true motivations are of the republicans. whether it is a political motive to just demonize this guy or to get more evidence, that s a question that people can decide for themselves. and davidush lan, let me ask you, i thought there were two republicans that made arguments with the witnesses that basically were solid republican arguments but also bolstered the credibility of the witness. one was congresswoman stefanik that said that george kent raised objections, appearance of a conflict of interest and impropriety with hunter biden being on the board and she got that on the record and then congressman win strop who got bill taylor to point out, isn t it great that trump is the one that got lethal military aid to the ukrainians and president obama never did. meanwhile, other house republicans and the white house and the gop are attacking these two witnesses. look, i don t think you could attack the veracity of bill