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Ukrainian soldiers perished in battle. >> without objection? >> object. >> i'm not sure how many times that this is being perpetrated. but it was prospective money, not current money. >> the gentleman does not have the time. mr. -- >> coming from the los angeles times. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> to submit for the record the may 23rd letter from john rudd certifying that the government of ukraine has to decrease corruption. and i move to strike the last word. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the ranking member was right. it is important to repeat...

In ferreting out corruption in ukraine, do you know what he proposed? cutting it by more than 50%, anti-corruption efforts in ukraine. here is an article. trump administration sought billions of dollars in cuts to programs aimed at fighting corruption in ukraine and elsewhere. we restored the money. congress restored the money. he proposed deep cuts. that's not evidence of a serious commitment to fighting corruption. in addition to that, in a letter to the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, the secretary of defense says on behalf of the secretary of defense, this is dated may 23rd, 201...

The state department. i never talked to any ukraine official until the state department call immediate and asked me to do it and then i reported every conversation back to them. it's all here. right here. the first call from the state department. the debriefing of the -- >> why are they -- >> ambassador volker called me, asked me to do it, set up the meeting, helped me set it up. i debriefed them three times in great detail about it. >> all right. thank you very much, everybody. i'm with the president of ukraine and he's made me more famous than -- i will say he's got a great reputation. he'...

An invitation to washington. you invited me. but i think i'm sorry -- but i think you forgot to tell me the date. but i think the near future. >> they'll tell awe dayou a dat >> they know before us and i want to thank you especially, mr. president, to usa, to your government. like i said, i know many people, many faces, like the second family, and we know each other. thank you for your support. especially now when, you know, when we have two really two wars in ukraine. the first one is with corruption. you know, but we'll fight -- no. we'll be a winner in this fight, i'm sure, and the priority...

But i'm going far beyond that. i know the president and i've read a lot about ukraine, i've read a lot about a lot of countries. he wants to stop corruption. he was elected, i think, number one, on the basis of stopping corruption. which unfortunately has plagued ukraine. and if you could do that, he's doing really, the whole world a big favor. and i think he's going to be successful if. >> mr. president, on rudy giuliani. wipe was it appropriate for nor personal attorney to get involved in government business? >> ask rudy. i will tell you this. that rudy's looking to also find out where the p...