hours of work through depositions, open hearings, and compiling all of the evidence into today's report. it was an enormous task, and i want to begin by acknowledging the great work of the great and late cleek olleague of mine eli cummings. we continue to be inspired by his legacy and guided by thoughts of his integrity and the great moral clarity that he always showed in his work. i also want to thank my colleagues chairman engle, chairmanwoman ma loloney for th tremendous work as well. this report chronicles a scheme by the president of the united states to cores s coerce an al ukraine into doing the president's political dirty work. it involves a scheme in which