There is a its interesting, theyre talking almost exclusively about the abuse of power, theyre not talking much about the obstruction of congress. But i think this has been a civil he had kageducation here,e can decide whether this has been an Impeachable Offense here, because the issues have been aired out well on both sides. Theyre about to finish the roll call. The republicans will lose the democrats who will win, and then a second one will be introduced. Mr. Richmond, you are not reported. No. Mr. Richmond votes no. Are there any other members that havent voted who wish to vote . Mr. Chairman, there are 17
ayes and 23 nos. The amendment is not agreed to. Is there any further amendment. Mr. Gates . I amend to the desk. The gentlelady reserves a point of order. Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to hr 755 offered by mr. Gates of florida, page 3, strike out lines 10 and 11 and enter the following. A known Company Named burisma and. This amendment strikes the refe
Mr. Buck votes aye. Mr. Ratcliffe . Yes. Ms. Roby votes aye. Mr. Gaetz votes aye. Mr. Johnson of louisiana votes aye. Mr. Biggs votes aye. Mr. Mcclintock votes aye. Ms. Lesko votes aye. Mr. Reschenthaler votes aye. Mr. Cline votes aye. Ms. Armstrong votes yes. Any members wish to vote who havent voted . The clerkve will report. Mr. Richmond, you are not recorded. No. Mr. Richmond votes no. Ared there any other member who havent voted who wish to vote . The clerk will report. Mr. Chairman there are 17 ayes and 23 nos. The agreement is not agreed to. Any substitute . Mr. Gates . I have an amendment at the desk. The gentleman has an amendment at thetl desk. The clerk will report the amendment. The gentlelady reserves point of order. Amendment to Thein Amendmentn the nature of a substitute offered by mr. Gates of florida page three strike lines 10 through 11 and insert the following. A, aer wellknown Corrupt Compa Burisma and corrupt hiring of hunter biden. The gentleman is recognized to e
on the hillary clinton stuff. she thought that because she was in a presidential election that her crimes didn t have to be held to account, and in a way, that turned out to be the case. but you know what, it shouldn t be the standard in the united states of america, and i m glad we have a president who is at times skeptical of foreign aid, who does put america first, who understands that in corrupt places, the resources we provide don t always make it to an area of need. but we conclude with this. once the meeting has happened that demonstrated president zelensky was a true reformer, that he wasn t corrupt, that he was honest, honest from it the point of his campaign all the way up to the point where he said there was no pressure put on him from this government for his aid. if you put that in perspective, it s very clear that the president was appropriate in his questions. now we have reached point in time that president trump isn t
the gentleman yields back. i recognize the gentleman for his request. this article came out july 12, 2019, two weeks before the call to president zelensky, where he asked if he should worry about running against joe biden. no objection. there are votes on the floor, a number of votes on the floor. the committee will stand in recess until after the votes. please reconvene immediately after the votes. the committee stands in recess. all right, they started at 9:00 this morning eastern time. it s now approaching 1:00 p.m. here on the east coast. four hours of this hearing. they ve been reviewing amendments, two amendments specifically so far, two of the articles of impeachment, two articles of impeachment against the president of the united states, abuse of power, obstruction of congress. they re getting through the second amendment. the democrats are in the
the only president being attacked in this hearing. i heard the governor of tennessee go after zelensky as an actor, a politician. they presume he s a liar when he said there was nothing wrong. they re attacking zelensky and it just shows the absurdity. the gentleman s time has expired. i was asked if i could respond as i was called. i d like to strike the last word. the lady is recognized. i thank the chairman. sdp this is about distraction, distraction, distraction. our good friend spent three hours saying the president did not target the bidens, now they re saying that he did. which is it? i m holding the classified/unclassified conversation, and let me just clarify a certain point, and that point is that i did read the transcript, and it did say