For anyone, the media or watching on TV or watching in this room, for anyone to think that this was not a baked deal is not being honest with themselves.

Chairman Schiff couldn't even read the transcript. He had to make it up, because if he didn't make it up, it didn't sound as bad.

I think Congress ought be held accountable for their oath of office as well and not to do what we're doing right now.

This is a stunning abuse of power and a shameless travesty of justice that will stain the reputations of those responsible for generations to come.

The current legal case for impeachment is not just woefully inadequate, but in some respects dangerous and the basis for impeachment of an American President.

In fact, what happened? They did--my colleagues on the majority had live readings from Capitol Hill. They made dramatic podcasts.

As an attorney, as a chairman, as a Member of Congress who swore an oath to tell--basically to be honest with the American people and to uphold the Constitution, that was such a massive malpractice I've never seen.

The author of the Schiff report is not here. Instead, he's sending his staff to do his job for him.

What's worse is that the documents they decided to dump on us are not all of the underlying records we need to review.

the President or any potential witness to this impeachment inquiry should be allowed to raise defenses without it being used as an adverse inference against him.

They intentionally made it literally impossible for us to review all material in any meaningful way mere hours before this fateful hearing.

When Sondland even asked the President directly, he said: What do you want? The President: I want nothing.