OR POLITICAL INTERESTS. I NOW RECOGNIZE RANKING MEMBER
NUNES FOR HIS REMARKS.
>> I THANK THE GENTLEMAN.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT TODAY AND
FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK WE WILL
CONTINUE ENGAGING IN THE
DEMOCRATS’ DAY LONG TV
SPECTACLES INSTEAD OF SOLVING
THE PROBLEMS WE WERE ALL SENT TO
WASHINGTON TO ADDRESS.
WE NOW HAVE A MAJOR TRADE
AGREEMENT WITH CANADA AND MEXICO
READY FOR APPROVAL, A DEAL THAT
WOULD CREATE JOBS AND BOOST OUR
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. MEAN WHILE WE HAVE NOT YET
APPROVED FUNDING FOR THE
GOVERNMENT, WHICH EXPIRES NEXT
WEEK.
WEEK. ALONG WITH FUNDING FOR OUR MEN
AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
INSTEAD, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
CONVENED US ONCE AGAIN TO
ADVANCE THEIR OPERATION TO
TOPPLE A DULY ELECTED PRESIDENT.
I’LL NOTE THAT FIVE -- FIVE
DEMOCRATS ON THIS COMMITTEE HAD
ALREADY VOTED TO IMPEACH THIS
PRESIDENT BEFORE THE
TRUMP-ZELENSKY PHONE CALL
OCCURRED.
OCCURRED. IN FACT, DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN
VOWING TO OUST PRESIDENT TRUMP
SINCE THE DAY HE WAS ELECTED.
SO AMERICANS CAN RIGHTLY SUSPECT
THAT HIS PHONE CALL WITH
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY WAS USED AS
AN EXCUSE FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO
FULFILL THEIR WATERGATE
FANTASIES.
FANTASIES. BUT I’M GLAD THAT ON WEDNESDAY,
AFTER THE DEMOCRATS STAGED SIX
THE BASEMENT OF THE CAPITOL LIKE
SOME KIND OF STRANGE CULT, THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE FINALLY GOT TO
SEE THIS FARCE FOR THEMSELVES.
THEY SAW US SIT THROUGH HOURS OF
HEARSAY TESTIMONY ABOUT
CONVERSATIONS THAT TWO DIPLOMATS
WHO HAD NEVER SPOKEN TO THE
PRESIDENT HEARD SECOND HAND,
THIRD HAND, AND FOURTH HAND FROM
OTHER PEOPLE.
OTHER PEOPLE. IN OTHER WORDS, RUMORS.
THE PROBLEM OF TRYING TO
OVERTHROW A PRESIDENT BASED ON
THIS TYPE OF EVIDENCE IS
OBVIOUS.
OBVIOUS. BUT THAT’S WHAT THEIR WHOLE CASE
RELIES ON BEGINNING WITH
SECOND-HAND AND THIRD-HAND
INFORMATION CITED BY THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER.
WHISTLE-BLOWER. THAT’S WHY ON WEDNESDAY THE
DEMOCRATS WERE FORCED TO MAKE
THE ABSURD ARGUMENT THAT HEARSAY
CAN BE MUCH BETTER EVIDENCE THAN
DIRECT EVIDENCE.
DIRECT EVIDENCE. AND JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE
SPECTACLE COULDN’T GET MORE
BIZARRE, THE COMMITTEE
REPUBLICANS RECEIVED A MEMO FROM
THE DEMOCRATS THREATENING ETHICS
REFERRALS IF WE OUT THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER.
WHISTLE-BLOWER. AS THE DEMOCRATS ARE WELL AWARE,
NO REPUBLICANS HERE KNOW THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER’S IDENTITY
WHISTLE-BLOWER’S IDENTITY BECAUSE THE WHISTLE-BLOWER ONLY
MET WITH DEMOCRATS.
NOT WITH REPUBLICANS.
CHAIRMAN SCHIFF CLAIMED NOT TO
KNOW WHO IT IS.
YET HE ALSO VOWED TO BLOCK US
FROM ASKING QUESTIONS THAT COULD
REVEAL HIS OR HER IDENTITY.
REPUBLICANS ON THIS COMMITTEE
ARE LEFT WONDERING HOW IT’S EVEN
POSSIBLE FOR THE CHAIRMAN TO
BLOCK QUESTIONS ABOUT A PERSON
WHOSE IDENTITY HE CLAIMS NOT TO
KNOW.
KNOW. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MAY BE
SEEING THESE ABSURDITIES FOR THE
FIRST TIME BUT REPUBLICANS ON
THIS DAIS ARE USED TO THEM.
UNTIL THEY SECRETLY MET WITH THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER DEMOCRATS SHOWED
LITTLE INTEREST FOR THE LAST
THREE YEARS IN ANY TOPIC ASIDE
FROM THE RIDICULOUS CONSPIRACY
THEORIES THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
A RUSSIAN AGENT.
WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE
PHONE LIKE THE DEMOCRATS DID
WITH THE RUSSIAN PRANKSTERS
OFFERING YOU NUDE PICTURES OF
TRUMP AND AFTERWARD YOU ORDER
YOUR STAFF TO FOLLOW UP AND GET
THE PHOTOS, AS THE DEMOCRATS
ALSO DID, THEN IT MIGHT BE TIME
TO ASK YOURSELF IF YOU’VE GONE
OUT TOO FAR ON A LIMB.
EVEN AS THEY WERE ACCUSING
REPUBLICANS OF COLLUDING WITH
THE RUSSIANS THE DEMOCRATS
THEMSELVES WERE COLLUDING WITH
THE RUSSIANS BY FUNDING THE
DOSSIER.
DOSSIER. MEAN WHILE THEY TURNED A BLIND
EYE TO UKRAINIANS MEDDLING IN
OUR ELECTIONS BECAUSE THE
DEMOCRATS WERE COOPERATING WITH
THAT OPERATION.
THAT OPERATION. THIS WAS THE SUBJECT OF A JULY
20th, 2017 LETTER SENT BY
SENATOR GRASSLEY TO THEN DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN.
THE LETTER RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT
THE ACTIVITIES ALEXANDER CHALUPA
A CONTRACTOR FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE WHO WORKED
WITH EMBASSY OFFICIALS TO SPREAD
DIRT ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
AS SENATOR GRASSLEY WROTE,
CHALUPA’S ACTIONS, QUOTE,
CHALUPA’S ACTIONS APPEAR TO SHOW
SHE WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKING
ON BEHALF OF A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT, UKRAINE, AND ON
BEHALF OF THE DNC AND THE
CLINTON CAMPAIGN IN AN EFFORT TO
INFLUENCE NOT ONLY THE U.S.
VOTING POPULATION BUT U.S.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. UNQUOTE.
UNQUOTE. AFTER TOUTING THE DOSSIER AND
DEFENDING THE FBI’S RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION, WHICH ARE NOW
BEING INVESTIGATED BY INSPECTOR
GENERAL HOROWITZ AND ATTORNEY
GENERAL BARR DEMOCRATS ON THIS
COMMITTEE IGNORE UKRAINIAN
ELECTION MEDDLING EVEN THOUGH
CHALUPA PUBLICLY ADMITTED TO THE
DEMOCRATS’ SCHEME.
DEMOCRATS’ SCHEME. LIKE WISE, THEY ARE BLIND TO THE
BLARING SIGNS OF CORRUPTION
SURROUNDING HUNTER BIDEN’S WELL
PAID POSITION ON THE BOARD OF A
CORRUPT UKRAINIAN COMPANY WHILE
HIS FATHER SERVED AS VICE
PRESIDENT AND POINT MAN FOR
UKRAINE ISSUES IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. BUT THE DEMOCRATS’ MEDIA HACKS
ONLY CARED ABOUT THAT ISSUE
BRIEFLY.
BRIEFLY. WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO STOP
JOE BIDEN FROM RUNNING AGAINST
HILLARY CLINTON IN 2015.
AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, THESE
HEARINGS SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING
AT ALL UNTIL WE GET THE ANSWERS
TO THREE CRUCIAL QUESTIONS THE
DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO ASK.
FIRST, WHAT IS THE FULL EXTENT
OF THE DEMOCRATS’ PRIOR
COORDINATION WITH THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER AND WHO ELSE DID
THE WHISTLE-BLOWER COORDINATE
THIS EFFORT WITH?
SECOND, WHAT IS THE FULL EXTENT
OF UKRAINE’S ELECTION MEDDLING
AGAINST THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN?
AND, THIRD, WHY DID THE COMPANY
HIRE HUNTER BIDEN?
WHAT DID HE DO FOR THEM?
DID HIS POSITION AFFECT ANY
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS UNDER THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION?
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION? NOTE THAT HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOWED
THEY WOULD NOT PUT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THROUGH A WRENCHING
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS WITHOUT
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. AND THEY HAVE.
ADD THAT TO THERE EVER GROWING
LIST OF BROKEN PROMISES AND
DESTRUCTIVE DECEPTIONS.
DESTRUCTIVE DECEPTIONS. IN CLOSING, MR. CHAIR, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
RELEASED HIS TRANSCRIPT RIGHT
BEFORE THE HEARING BEGAN.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT I READ
THIS INTO THE RECORD SO THERE IS
NO CONFUSION OVER THE FIRST
PHONE CALL THAT OCCURRED ON
APRIL 21st WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT
ZELENSKY.
ZELENSKY. I’D LIKE TO READ IT.
THE PRESIDENT, I’D LIKE TO
CONGRATULATE YOU ON A JOB WELL
DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A
FANTASTIC ELECTION.
FANTASTIC ELECTION. ZELENSKY, GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
IT’S NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE THE
CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. THE PRESIDENT, THAT WAS AN
INCREDIBLE ELECTION.
INCREDIBLE ELECTION. ZELENSKY, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO
VERY MUCH.
VERY MUCH. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE TRIED VERY
HARD TO DO OUR BEST.
WE HAD YOU AS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
THE PRESIDENT -- I THINK YOU
WILL DO A GREAT JOB.
I HAVE MANY FRIENDS IN UKRAINE
WHO KNOW YOU AND LIKE YOU.
I HAVE MANY FRIENDS FROM UKRAINE
AND, FRANKLY, EXPECTED YOU TO
WIN.
WIN. AND IT’S REALLY AN AMAZING THING
THAT YOU’VE DONE.
I GUESS IN A WAY I DID SOMETHING
SIMILAR.
SIMILAR. WE’RE MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS
IN THE U.S.
WE HAVE THE MOST TREMENDOUS
ECONOMY EVER.
ECONOMY EVER. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE
YOU.
YOU. I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL BE A
FANTASTIC PRESIDENT.
FANTASTIC PRESIDENT. ZELENSKY: FIRST OF ALL, THANK
YOU SO VERY MUCH.
AGAIN, FOR THE CONGRATULATIONS.
WE IN UKRAINE ARE AN INDEPENDENT
COUNTRY AND INDEPENDENT UKRAINE.
WE’RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING FOR
THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE. YOU ARE, AS I SAID, A GREAT
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. WE ARE HOPING WE CAN EXPAND ON
OUR JOBS AS YOU DID.
YOU WILL ALSO BE A GREAT EXAMPLE
FOR MANY.
FOR MANY. YOU ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR OUR
NEW MANAGERS.
NEW MANAGERS. I’D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU IF
POSSIBLE TO THE INAUGURATION.
I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE BUT IF
IT’S POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO COME TO
THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
GREAT FOR YOU TO DO TO BE WITH
US ON THAT DAY.
THE PRESIDENT: THAT’S VERY NICE.
I’LL LOOK INTO THAT.
GIVE US A DATE.
AT THE VERY MINIMUM WE’LL HAVE A
GREAT REPRESENTATIVE OR MORE
FROM THE UNITED STATES WILL BE
WITH YOU ON THAT GREAT DAY.
SO WE WILL HAVE SOMEBODY AT A
MINIMUM, A VERY, VERY HIGH
LEVEL, AND WILL BE WITH YOU,
BRILLIANT AND INCREDIBLE DAY FOR
AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT.
ZELENSKY: AGAIN, THANK YOU.
WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR
VISIT, TO THE VISIT OF A HIGH
LEVEL DELEGATION, BUT THERE’S NO
WORDS THAT CAN DESCRIBE OUR
WONDERFUL COUNTRY, HOW NICE,
WARM, AND FRIENDLY OUR PEOPLE
ARE, HOW TASTY AND DELICIOUS OUR
FOOD IS, AND HOW WONDERFUL
UKRAINE IS.
UKRAINE IS. WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE OUR
COUNTRY SO IT WOULD BE BEST FOR
YOU TO SEE IT YOURSELF.
SO IF YOU CAN COME, THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
BE GREAT. SO, AGAIN, I INVITE YOU TO COME.
THE PRESIDENT: WELL, I AGREE
WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
ALWAYS HAD GREAT PEOPLE.
UKRAINE ALWAYS VERY WELL
REPRESENTED.
REPRESENTED. WAS ALWAYS VERY WELL REMD.
WHEN YOU’RE SETTLED IN AND READY
I’D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. WE’LL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO
TALK ABOUT.
TALK ABOUT. BUT WE’RE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY.
ZELENSKY: THANK YOU FOR THE
INVITATION.
INVITATION. WE ACCEPT THE INVITATION AND
LOOK FORWARD TO THE VISIT.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
THE WHOLE TEAM AND I ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE VISIT.
THANK YOU FOR THE
CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. AND I THINK IT WILL STILL BE
GREAT IF YOU COULD COME AND BE
WITH US ON THIS IMPORTANT DAY.
THE RESULTS ARE INCREDIBLE.
THEY’RE VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR US.
SO IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY
FANTASTIC IF YOU COULD COME ON
THAT DAY.
THAT DAY. THE PRESIDENT: VERY GOOD.
WE’LL LET YOU KNOW VERY SOON.
AND WE WILL SEE YOU VERY, VERY
SOON REGARDLESS.
SOON REGARDLESS. CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. AND PLEASE SAY HELLO TO THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND YOUR
FAMILY.
FAMILY. LET THEM KNOW I SEND MY BEST
REGARDS.
REGARDS. WELL, THANK YOU --
ZELENSKY: WELL THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE A SAFE FLIGHT AND SEE
YOU SOON.
YOU SOON. THE PRESIDENT: TAKE CARE OF
YOURSELF AND GIVE A GREAT SPEECH
TODAY.
TODAY. YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND
I’LL SEE YOU SOON.
ZELENSKY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT’S DIFFICULT FOR ME BUT I WILL
PRACTICE ENGLISH AND I WILL MEET
IN ENGLISH.
IN ENGLISH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE PRESIDENT: LAUGHING, THAT’S
BEAUTIFUL TO HEAR.
THAT IS REALLY GOOD.
I COULD NOT DO IT IN YOUR
LANGUAGE.
LANGUAGE. I’M VERY IMPRESSED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ZELENSKY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE PRESIDENT: GOOD DAY.
GOOD LUCK.
GOOD LUCK. I WAS ABLE TO READ THAT INTO THE
RECORD SO NOW THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE KNOW THE VERY FIRST CALL