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Legislate, you have the power to oversee. here we have a violation of the control act. the president doesnt spend the money, he gives no reason, he keeps it a secret. that cannot can be more than whats going out the door. they would say, you cant look into thatly. it would krip pelle your oversight capacity, and without your oversight capacity, your legacy capacity is crippled. thats the real world import of this legal window dressing. they would strip you of your ability to do meaningful oversi...

There. >> so we know from the mountain of evidence from the house that the president abused the powers of his office, right? he withheld the critical military assistance from ukraine to try to extract this personal political favor, interfere in our elections, but i also believe that in doing so he violated the control act, that the withholding was illegal and a violation of the law in a different sense as well, and that would hold true, i believe, even if we accepted the presidents sort of fanci...

Stalemate. i think we knew that at the moment. but mitch mcconnell confirming things stands where they stand. sorry i interrupted you. let me ask you, congressman, really quick. when you were on the appropriations committee, you handled this very thing. where money is -- where money is deemed to be going to, when it should, go and where -- where it should be going. you see these emails that have just come out. is this how the process works? >> no, kate, actually. i have news for the white house ...

President trump ordered the suspension of $391 million and provided military assistance are urgently needed by ukraine and the president did so despite his obligations under that control act, did you find that? so not only did the president abuse has powers for personal gain and not only was it illegal, his actions also harmed u.s. national security. so its a fundamental tenet of security to push back against russian aggression, pushing back against russian aggression. is it true that harming th...

Conclude that the president violated the control act of 1974 which congress passed as a response to president nixons abuse of power, so id like to explore that further and in this case my bipartisan support had appropriated taxpayer funds for the specific purpose of aiding ukraine in its fight against russia. not only had that money been appropriated, but it had been released to the department of defense, is that right? and suddenly without explanation, the president demanded those tax refunds b...

Congresswoman lawrence floated on sunday, a boatload backlash, she says im all in for impeachment, the chicago tribune editorial board is saying the case for censure, lets talk about it. it ensures final judgment of his misdeeds remain where it should be, that is barely 11 months hence. at that time voters will have the opportunity to expel him. ari fleischer tweeting a smart move would be to censure and drop impeachment so any chance that happens? >> know. for history the democrats need to show...

Roughly it was available for -- >> so perhaps 90 days or so, 95 days, something like that. i dont have a calendar in front of me. >> that sounds right. >> you both testified that the hold of the security assistance was not in the hold of the united states and the hold might embolden russia. weve heard from numerous other witnesses that have come before us and this was not the only issue with the hold. we understand the people within the united states government had significant concerns about the...

Was available. >> so perhaps 95 days or so, something like that? >> yes, i do not have the calendar in front of me, but that sounds right. >> you both testified that the security assistance was not in the security interest of the united states. and the hold might embolden russia. we have heard the same from numerous other witnesses that have come before us. but this was not the only issue with the hold, right? we understand that people within the united states government have significant concern...

Lifted and you covered that with the chairman. you had the press conference of october 17th, when mick mulvaney let the foley out of the bag and said the president talked about, quoting the corruption related to the dnc server and admitted, quote, thats why we held up the money. any other explanation for the hold is a farce. in my remaining 30 seconds, just so people understand what i referred to. in the 1970s, richard nixon just arbitrarily decided, i dont know because he had a general skip ske...

Illegal, because miss cooper, and i want you to help us walk through this. since the control act of 1974, the president has not had the authority to, on a whim or out of prudence, or as my republican colleagues say as a general skepticism of foreign aid to stop foreign aid. under our constitution its the congress not the president that controls the power of the purse. correct? >> yes, sir. >> and the security assistance -- the assistance that was authorized to ukraine was authorized and appropri...