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densically record shows wrong acts on that scale here. it shows a president who delayed meeting a foreign leader and provided assistance that congressed a his own advisers agrees serves our national interests in promoting democracy and in limiting russian aggression. saying, russia, if you re listening, you know, a president who can t have the constitution say russia if you are listening, but out of our elections. it shows a president who did this to strong arm a foreign leader into smearing one of the president s opponents in our ongoing election season. that s not politics as usual. at least not in the united states or not in any mature democracy. it is, instead, a cardinal reason why the constitution contains an impeachment power, put simply, a president should resist foreign interference in our elections, not demand it, and not welcome it. if we are to keep faith with our constitution and with our republic, president trump must be held to account. thank you. thank you, p ....
now, turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. yes. on august 31st, senator johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on september 5th with senator murphy. and he wanted johnson wanted the aid released, he calls the president, he actually sought permission to be the bearer of good news. right. the president said, i m not ready to lift the aid. and they had this senator johnson. he writes a ten page letter, very detailed. and he gives some remarkable deta detail. and i d like to read it, it s on page 6. i add this is senator johnson speaking, i asked him whether there was some kind of arrangement where ukraine would take some action and the hold would be lifted. without hesitation senator johnson says, president trump immediately denied such an arrangement existed. and he started cursing. and he said no way, president trump said no way, i would never do that. who told you that? and senator johnson goes on to say that president trump s reaction here ....
whether you think that s good or bad and matches the abuse of powers is an open question. and then he goes through and argues he doesn t see what he calls a statutory crime. and we ll see that debate as well. there are people you re going to hear from who are going to say it s got to be an actual felony and then there are going to be other people pointing out the constitution doesn t require that. it has words like treason, bribery and high crimes. so we re going to get into the weeds here, but the big picture is keep your eye on which witnesses and exchanges are talking about the serious question of what s impeachable. the other noise you can try and tune out as with any hearing. mr. wiesman, your last words of advice as we settle in to watch the legal experts. i think it s very important to keep your eye on the facts and the law. and i think one of the things that the public is rightly upset about is the rule of law not being applied. and so i think the quote you read is ....
to exclude from trial? therefore, from the american public evidence. i mean, we re prosecutors, we are used to evidence. that s how we measure our cases, measure our progress. and if senator mcconnell has decided in coordination with the white house that it s going to be run in a particular way to exclude facts and evidence and witnesses an documents what does that make the senate? it is just an amazing point for you to be making. america s history is being an advocate around the world for the i think it is fair to call that a banana court, a banana republic, a kangaroo court. we used to be a country that helped bring the rule of law to other countries. so impeachment wasn t designed to be a trial like in an article 3 court but it was designed to be a process and a high mined one in which facts mattered. right? the framers had this fascinating trial. you could have put an impeachment trial in the judiciary. they didn t want to. theoretically, the house, the house had the ....
mr. buck votes aye. mr. ratcliffe? yes. ms. roby votes aye. mr. gaetz votes aye. mr. johnson of louisiana votes aye. mr. biggs votes aye. mr. mcclintock votes aye. ms. lesko votes aye. mr. reschenthaler votes aye. mr. cline votes aye. ms. armstrong votes yes. any members wish to vote who haven t voted? the clerkve will report. mr. richmond, you are not recorded. no. mr. richmond votes no. ared there any other member who haven t voted who wish to vote? the clerk will report. mr. chairman there are 17 ayes and 23 nos. the agreement is not agreed to. any substitute? mr. gates? i have an amendment at the desk. the gentleman has an amendment at thetl desk. the clerk will report the amendment. the gentlelady reserves point of order. amendment to thein amendmentn the nature of a substitute offered by mr. gates of florida page three strike lines 10 through 11 and insert the following. a, aer well-known corrupt compa burisma and corrupt hiring of hunter biden. the ....