co-equal government, in a government like the united states. and you know what? what i am going to do is implore with republicans, elected republicans particularly in the senate, to for once during this administration put your damn country over your damn party. you know, we're talking about the ukraine. this is -- this is a country where republicans invested so much. i remember all the times that john mccain went there. there's a street named for him because the u.s. was with the ukrainian people, against the invasion of russia and crimea because the u.s. was such an integral part of wanting to build a democracy and a strong government in ukraine. so now for republicans to look the other way and play dumb is absolutely grotesque. >> mr. lotter, "the washington post" has new reporting on this point, and chris murphy, who is obviously a democrat, right, senator from connecticut -- he says that there is a question.