a delegation. there were 14 of us, to spain for the copp 25. we were very well received there. our message was we re still in. the president has opted out of paris, the paris accord. we are there saying in the house of representatives, in state houses and governors mansions and in city halls across the country, private sector and in public sector americans are still in. our children know better than some of the leaders in washington, d.c. the urgency of the climate crisis. it is a public health issue. clean air, clean water, food safety. it is our job to issue. an economic issue, jobs, jobs, jobs, good paying green jobs to keep america number one in green technology. it s a defense issue because the world is in peril from the
it s an defense issue because e world is in peril from climate crisis. if you were c there, you would have heard very dire comments, a recent un report saying how close to a real problem we are. the clock is ticking. as you know, we have a great deal of exuberance in our caucus on thisex subject, and we want work together under leadership of kathy castor our chair on the select committee on climate as well as other committees of jurisdiction. the last pointte i ll make if y do believe that this is god s creation, we have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of it. if you don t agree it s god s creation, you must believe we have a moral responsibility to pass it onor the planet on t future o generations. so that s ledge slate.
that s separate and apart from who was honest and who is cutting deals and quid pro quo. that dollars was aproved by congress for a reason that wasn t charity, wasn t about being nice to ukraine. that is absolutely correct. it s a national defense issue. it s a nato issue. so it is, to me, a violation, something that the american public and that s why can look at, can see for themselves and read with their own eyes, that is, in fact, abuse of power and soliciting the aid, just like we said russia, i want you to do this for me. he s now clearly said, ukraine, help me. you know, go back in. then he said let me send the attorney general barr into this. let me send giuliani into this. let them help you with this investigation. that s clearly where his interest is when you re reading this. not the security and safety of an ally from the russians. congressman, good to talk to you. thank you for joining me.
still shifted the threshold for congressional notification was met and the intelligence chief blocked it. it was an urgent matter, the director of national intelligence made the unprecedented decision not to share the complete with congress. he called the claims another fake news story, by referring to the fact that other officials were likely listening to his call saying is anybody dumb enough to think i would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader among such a heavily populated call. american leaders are often measured by what they tell foreign leaders, then president obama famously told the outgoing russian president they would have, quote, more flexibility to negotiated defense issue after the election. today the house minority leader was skeptical. i know the media always wants to rush something sensationalist and 9 times out of 10 we find out it is not true. the new york times has experienced that in the last week.
it was an urgent matter, the director of national intelligence has made the unprecedented decision not to share the complaint with congress. on twitter president trump called the claims another fake news story and referring to fact that other officials were likely listening to his calls is anybody dumb enough to believe that i would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially heavily-populated call ? american leaders are often measured by what they tell foreign leaders. then-president obama famously told the russian president he would have more flexibility to negotiate a defense issue after the election. today the house minority leader was skeptical. another media always wants to rush when they think something sensationalist and nine times out of ten we find out a lot of that is not true. i think the new york times experienced that in just the last week. than the whistle-blower complaint may further stress the relationship between the in