unfortunately, you have adam schiff, that still refuses to open up these hearings. we're talking about impeaching the president of the united states. there is no transcript that guess along with this. what i was told by my republican colleagues is that john ratcliffe, he absolutely tore this thing apart piece by piece in less than two minutes. but we don't me that because this isn't open and transparent. >> well, it's the investigation. >> it's simply a statement. >> this is the investigation, though, just to make it clear for the audience. >> sure. >> you don't usually get as a defendant a team in there to help you in an investigation. but republicans are there. and you just said one of them did a good job on this. so let's talk about that? how do you tear this apart? >> well, i don't know. >> mr. taylor has no reason for animus. he is your guy. you asked him to take the job. he is a life-long republican and a veteran. >> well, chris, i don't know. they haven't opened the transcript. if they would open the transcript, we would be able to see it. if they would just open the process. they won't allow me into the hearing room. i mean, we're talking about