Dispute. Now turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on September 5th with senator with murphy. And he wanted johnson wanted the aid released so he calls the president and sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said im not ready to lift the aid. They had this Senator Johnson, he writes a tenpage letter, very detailed, and he gives some remarkable detail and i would like to read it. Its on page 6. I this is Senator Johnson speaking, he said i asked him whether there was some kind of
arran arrangement where ukraine would take some action and the hold would be lifted. Without hesitation, Senator Johnson says, President Trump immediately denied such an arrangement existed and he started cursing. He said, no way. President trump said no way. I would never do that. Who told you that . And Senator Johnson goes on to say that President Trumps reactionnt here was adamant, vehe
presentations. mr. castor i believe you ve been talking for approximately 75 minutes today. and i want to thank you for that. my wife thanks you as well. she likes it when i do the talking when she s not around. time permitting today, i wouldpe like to cover four or fe areas, distinct areas, there s a lot of facts that the american people have not heard. and there s a lot of contradictions in certain people s testimony, that is fair to s say, mr. castor? i would like to talk about some of the people in this story that have s firsthand knowledge of t facts. we have ambassador volker, ambassador sondland, and secretary perry. you had the opportunity to talk to two of those three people, is that correct?
yes. and the democrats report would like us it to believe that these three individuals were engaged in some sort of nefarious venture, but that s not true, is it? no. in fact, these three people were at all relevant times, and even nttoday, acting in the bes interest of the american people, is that true? that s right. and with the highest integrity. that s right. i think everyone testified th thatambassador volker is one of the most experienced diplomats in our foreign service. across the board, all the witnesses including ambassador yovanovitch talked about the integrity that ambassador volker bringsin to the table. there s a lot of people with firsthand knowledge we didn tit talk to, is thatrs correct?