Jim Himes actually said...

it sort of looks like the president wasn't telling the truth when he told the American people he had no deals with Russia.

my God, I mean, in terms of inappropriate, that one of our chief antagonists around the world would have the ability to dangle something in ...

I believe that he wanted to, whether he was ever going to be permitted to do so is a totally different question.

It is very clear to me that given that he goes into this with an adverse opinion on this investigation, he should recuse himself right away.