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Testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. You may be seated. The microphones are sensitive so you will need to speak directly into them. Without objection, your written statements will made be made part of the record. Mr. Holmes, you are recognized for your Opening Statement and when you conclude, dr. Hill, you will be recognized thereafter for your Opening Statement. Mr. Holmes thank you. Good morning, mr. Chairman. Members of the committee. My name is david holmes. Im a Career Foreign Service officer with the department of state. Since august 2017, i have been a political counselor at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine. While it is an honor to appear before you today, i want to mak ....
Trump will have on the impeachment inquiry . Republicans, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Democrats, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Is 202 nts, your line 7488002. And since he was mayor of new york city for so long, we want to hear especially from new york city residents. You have a special line, 202 7488003. Keep in mind, you can also text is your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media, on and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Our focus it will be on former new york city mayor will be on for former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani. I will read a little bit for you this morning to layout this issue. Current diplomat george kent told congressional investigators in closeddoor testimony this week that Rudy Giuliani asked the state department and white house to grant a visa to the former ukrainian official who joe biden had pushed to ha ....
Sought to protect us. But now along comes a president who actually says he is constitutionally empowered to do whatever he wants. That he can neither be prosecuted or even investigated for any crime. And that he can totally ignore any impeachment proceeding of which he disapproves. These are the claims of a wanna be tyrant who has extowed the virtues of tyrants from manila to moscow. To advance tyranny, he adopts an openborder policy. Inviting foreigners to come into our country and intrude in our elections. Foreign nations have their own agendas. Especially, adversaries like rush s russia and china. American citizens should be the only ones determining the fate of america. If the president continues demanding more foreign interference, we will never have trulyfree elections. And we will not be free. We act today, recognizing the solemn responsibility to safeguard our security and constitution. We pledge allegiance to the flag. And the republic for which it stands. Not to one man who w ....
Report and seeking additional information. This was a reference to an article in the Washington Examiner shown here on a slide in front of you. The white house withheld this email from the house, of course, we first learned of it from duffys deputy sandy saying that he was copied on it. Subsequently as a result of a lawsuit under the freedom of information act the public and therefore congress received a copy of that email. But the white house still refuses to comply with the subpoenas for this and other documents. On june 20th, mchusker responded to President Trumps inquiry by providing sandy information on the assistance program. Sandy shared the information with duffy but he did not know whether duffy shared the information with the white house. Laura cooper also recalled receiving an email inquiry of Ukraine Secu ....