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Theyre helping us fight russian aggression. and he did it for personal gain. he should be held accountable. mr. chair, i yield back. >> mr. chairman, unanimous consent? >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my first unanimous consent request is the record of correspondence served on officials by chairman schiff. three were served prior to the passage of 33660. >> reserve the right and well take a look at it. >> two letters sent by the office of the vice president dated octo...

Aggression because when ukraine fights russian aggression, theyre helping us fight russian aggression, and he did it for personal gain and he should be held accountable. mr. chair, i yield back. >> gentle lady yields back. >> i have unanimous consent. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the first is the record of the kpons and subpoena served on executive branch by chairman schiff. we have concerns because three were served prior to the passage of 660. >> well take a look...

State department might be coming to the committee sooner or later, we dont know exactly what he meant by that. it did send a bit of a murmur through the hearing room because it seemed to be inldicating he had reason to believe the impeachment committees might be getting some of these documents, from of these notes from the witnesses, some of this paper thats been subpoenaed from the state department and more broadly the administration. in the normal course of events that is what youd expect. aft...

Position that both parnas and fruman seemed to have had. >> yeah, that document request and request for testimony came prior to the indictment. they said they wouldnt be complying, and then they were both arrested at dulles with one way tickets. cynthia, today was the first day of i believe jury selection for roger stones trial. its kind of striking when you stop and think about the fact one of the presidents long time associates and advisers of his throughout the campaign is on trial, and its n...

Were discussing. trump and his white house counsel insisting impeachment is currently illegitimate without a vote and thus they wont cooperate. but, of course, these democrats you see on your screen and a heck of a lot of other people already know the white house has been resisting cooperation in all kinds of congressional probes regardless of any new vote or potential vote. tonight the vice president says he wont comply with the document request, noting this is a, quote, purported impeachment i...

Ago, really questioning the entire legitimacy of the impeachment inquiry. just to give you an indication of the indifference, when i asked about the document request, ive always been met with blank stares. the president is tweeting about this this, this morning. hes talking about the entire inquiry being illegitimate. there is no transparency. i do think well learn something today that is there will be a divergence in the white house and omb. and the state department up to this point complied. w...

This afternoon, those same chairmen followed up with an extensive document request. there was a brave face, a snarky scoffing at the did demand for materials. im sure that played well in the white house, but vice president pence know theres no reason to expect that he will have all of the same nooks and crannies in the law. which a president can use to evade scrutiny and prosecution. vice presidents have a little bit of that immunity, but ask spiro agnew, it doesnt work out the same way when the...

From the press secretary, essential just saying that the subpoenas dont change anything. and i do want to know one thing. even before the subpoenas were issued, the white house was contemplating sending a note to speaker pelosi saying they didnt have to hand over any documents, citing the fact there hasnt been an actual formal vote in the house. while we havent heard from the white house on those subpoenas, we did just moments ago hear from secretary of state mike pompeo on that missing deadline...

Deadline, making a little bit of news. take a listen. >> the state department sent a letter last night to congress which is our initial response to the document request. well obviously do all the things were required to do by law. i was a member of congress once. article 1 has a certain set of powers and article 2 has an obligation to make sure we protect officials at the state department. >> reporter: so obviously a little bit of news that they say they are going to eventually turn over those d...

>> thats right. the state department missed deadline from the house committees leading the impeachment inquiry. they had requested a range of documents surrounding this ukraine matter, and the secretary of state is essentially suggesting they may comply eventually, but he wouldnt give an explanation for why. listen to what he said. >> the state department sent a letter last night to congress, which is our initial response to the document request. well obviously do all the things were required to...