Eric Swalwell: “All of the arrows continue to point to Russia. It is not disputed that Russia carried out this attack. It is not…”

“All of the arrows continue to point to Russia. It is not disputed that Russia carried out this attack. It is not disputed that it was ordered by President Putin. It is not disputed that they sought to help Donald Trump. It is not disputed that Donald Trump admires President Putin and can't say a single bad thing about him. Despite disparaging our allies in Australia and Mexico, he can't say a bad thing about Putin. In fact, he wants to ease some of the sanctions against Russia and wants to roll back the influence of NATO. Of course, while all of this is going on, the President will not show us his tax returns. With all of those arrows pointing to Russia, the American people deserve to know what was the political, personal, and financial relationship between the President and his team and Russia. The only way to get there is to have an independent, bipartisan- appointed commission. Defeating the previous question and bringing up the Protecting Our Democracy Act will get us one step closer. I believe that my Republican colleagues--who love this great country as much as I do--can join us, and this can be a bipartisan quest to say that never again will we allow a foreign adversary to interfere in our elections.”