congresswoman and intelligence member jackie speier. thanks for being with us. this report from republicans, now they are arguing that the pressure that president trump put into the democratic rivals stem from a quote deep-seated genuine and reasonable skepticism of ukraine due to the history of pervasive corruption. what do you say to that? >> i think it's poppycock. and i think it is once again an effort by the president and all of the members of the house and senate on the republican side to try and weave say falsehood into a trueism. it was very clear what the president wanted. and certainly the hearings we had showed how much time and energy the tres amigos, sondland and perry and volker had to tap dance around the meetings with