Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, some of my colleagues across the aisle have said, ``Hey, where are the facts?'' as if we have the burden of proof. Madam Speaker, it is their burden of proof. It is the Democrats' burden of proof. But the facts are unchanged. Ukraine received aid that they were promised and appropriated for. The aid was lawfully disbursed. In fact, it was disbursed within the time limits set by this Congress. If you wanted it sent to them before September 30, 2019, you should have put that in the legislation. You did not. The Ukrainians gave nothing in return. The Ukrainian President said he felt no pressure, no coercion, no duress, no conditionality. What changed? On the day that the aid was released, two anticorruption measures were signed into law by the Ukrainian President, President Zelensky. Democrats have manufactured this sham and then argue that refusing to cooperate is impeachable. The Supreme Court is currently considering the extent of executive privilege when fighting dubious subpoenas. But instead of taking their process to court or waiting for the Court to rule on the pending case, the Democrats chose to press forward because, simply, they said: ``We don't want to wait.'' ``We don't have time,'' they say. But failing to do so is an abuse of power of this institution that will have grave consequences for our Republic.…”