the u.s. house of representatives. i appear here today only to provide factual information based upon my knowledge and recollection of events. i will not waste time restating the details of my opening statement from my deposition on october 31, 2019, which that recently been made public however will highlight the following key points. first, as previously stated i do not know who the whistle-blower is, nor do i intend to speculate toos who the individual may be. second, i have great respect for my former colleagues from the nsc and the rest of the inner agency. i am not here today to question their character or integrity. my recollection and judgments are my own. some of my colleagues recollectioning play differ from mine but i do not view those differences as an untoward purpose. third, i continue to believe ukraine son the front lines of a strategic competition between the west and vladimir putin s russia. russia is a failing power but it
the u.s. house of representatives. i appear here today only to provide factual information based upon my knowledge on the recollection of events. i will not waste time restating the details of my opening statement from my deposition on october 31, 2019 which has recently been made public. however, i will highlight the following key points. first, as i previously stated, i do not know who the whistle-blower is, nor do i intend to speculate as to who the individual may be. second, i have great respect for my former colleagues from the nsc and the rest of the agency. i am not here today to question their character or integrity. my recollections and judgments are my own. some of my colleagues recollections of conversations and interactions may differ from mine but i do not view those differences as the result of an untoward purpose. third, i continue to believe ukraine is on the front lines of a strategic competition between the west and vladimir putin s russia. russia is a failing power,
october 31, 2019. in addition, the statement says if former vice president joe biden becomes president, hunter will agree not to serve on boards of or work on behalf of foreign-owned companies. republicans say hunter biden s international business deals made when his dad was vp should be investigated. this is what people hate about the swamp. this is a part of how donald trump won in the first place, saying that we re going to get rid of these sweetheart deals, we re going to make sure that we clean up the axis of power in a place like washington, d.c. where someone like hunter biden gets a $50,000 a month retainer for ukrainian energy company when everybody knows that he doesn t have that skill set. reporter: on capitol hill, house democrats are trying to decide how to proceed with witnesses in the impeachment inquiry and how public to make the whistleblowers and their testimony. republicans say it should all be out in the open. senator bernie sanders is