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They called him a politician, an actor. they called him weak. they called him everything else in the world. he s cowering. use the adjectives. if they don t believe me here, if it looks like a dauk, acts like a duck, walks like a duck, that s what hear doing, tearing him down in the eyes of the public and keep doing it over and over again to try to get at the president. this is crazy. do you know why they do it? i m going to repeat it one more time. there seems to be a problem of reruns around here. the reason i keep repeating this is they can t make their case. they keep putting this out there. it is amazing to me. the next untruth that we re dealing with here today, and this is very sensitive to many in the military, many who have been texting me who have been serving overseas. we agreed to put it in the record. 13 ukrainian soldiers were killed during president trump s administration, withholding aid. guess what, my colleagues, there ....
To the power, the power of the united states of america. and president trump used that unequal bargaining position. he leveraged his power in that relationship not for the benefit of the united states of america, but for his own benefit. he, again, held president zelensky over a barrel up there in new york, the same way he did on the telephone call on the 25th of july. and he told him, look, i know that you need those javelins, but i need you to do me a favor or do us a favor. and who was us by the way? was it the american people or was it the trump campaign? and all of those corrupt officials that he aligns himself with, half of whom are in jail or facing charges, or facing ....
Ambassador taylor, when he came and testified under oath, he said during our call on september 8th, ambassador sondland tried to explain president trump is a businessman, when a businessman is about to sign a check to someone who owes him something he asks that person to pay up before signing. i argued, he said, that made no sense. ukrainians did not owe president trump anything. that s true. they owed him nothing to get the white house meeting. they owed him nothing to get their aid, and they owed nothing to him for his assistance in his campaign. i yield back. mr. chairman? gentleman yields back. what purpose? i move to strike the last word. gentleman is recognized. i yield to the ranking member. thank you. it is amazing to me that, again, the things that will come out of this markup is not the simple fact that they ll mark this up and send it to the floor. it s what they will perpetrate to try to hide the weakness of ....
Everybody knows this. this is one of these things in the law that s just well understood. look, every witness on the record, every witness testified that president trump was concerned about corruption with foreign governments. that includes ukraine. and the white house released a transcript of the remarks between president trump and president zelensky before the bilateral meeting in new york, september 25th. this is after the funds released, of course. he s explaining that he became convinced that the new ukrainian administration was concerned about reform measures. president trump says i m here with the president of ukraine. he is very, very strongly looking into all sorts of corruption and some of the problems he has had over the years. i think it s one of the primary reasons he got elected, the president says. his reputation is absolutely sterl. it s an honor to be with you. president zelensky responds thank you for your support, especially now when you know we have two, really two ....
It s just amazing, continuing discussions to get people distracted. people died because money was held. that s not true. quit saying it. and i don t care how many times you put it in a newsweek article. it s still not true. when you understand what s going on here, that at the end of the day, it s very simple. i ll make it very slow for you to copy. they can t make a crime. they hold back to the fact that we can impeach him for anything and that s what they ve done. i yield back. consent request, mr. chairman? mr. chairman? the gentleman yields back. unanimous consent request. gentleman is recognized. los angeles times story, trump froze military aid as ukrainian soldiers perish in battle. is that an objection? i object. ....