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Businesses need more clarity on where they stand around liability, for example, if a covid outbreak is linked to their premises.— covid outbreak is linked to their premises. and also, the issue of self _ their premises. and also, the issue of self isolation, - their premises. and also, the issue of self isolation, but. issue of self isolation, but remains in place until august 16. how are your members navigating that? it is a real problem for some businesses, when many members of staffjust cannot be at work. when many members of staff 'ust cannot be at worki cannot be at work. yes, we are he...

Were contacts of some with covid having to isolate. for ten days. he will know that our right honourable friend, the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, was a beneficiary of that skin. will he say what the results of that pilot had been —— over that scheme. and when it might be available to the rest of us, hopefully before the third week in august. i hopefully before the third week in auuust. . ~ , hopefully before the third week in auuust. ., ~ , ., august. i thank my right friend for his support _ august. i thank my right friend for his support for _ august. i thank my right friend for...

>> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you both for your true heroic efforts, both today and also throughout your careers. i'd like to start with you, mr. kent. in your testimony you said that you had a mid-august it became clear to me that giuliani's efforts to gin up politically motivated investigations were now infecting u.s. engagement with ukraine. ledge raving president zelensky's desire for a white house meeting. mr. kent, did you actually write a memo documenting your concerns that there was an effort under way to pressure ukraine to open an investigation to benefit president trump? >> yes,...

Dr. hill's recent replacement at the nsc on july 28th. mr. morrison told me that the call could have been better and that president trump suggested that president zelensky or his staff meet with mr. giuliani and attorney general william barr. i didn't see any official readout of the call until it was publicly released. by august i was more concerned. on august 16 i exchanged text messages with ambassador volker in which i learned that a senior advisor to president zelensky asked that the united states submit an official request for an investigation into burisma's alleged violations of ukrainia...

At the time the deputy was dan coats and sue gordon. you took office on august 16. prior to taking your new job or since, did you discuss the july 25th call or the whistleblower complaint with dni coats? >> i wouldn't have taken the job if i did. no, sir. >> how about with sue gordon? >> no, not at all. to the best of my ability, i do not think either director coats or our principal deputy sue gordon had any sense at all about this whistleblower complaint or that michael atkinson had it. >> before your current role, did you discuss ukraine with president trump? >> no, congressman, i haven't di...