Mazie Hirono: “``Aloha.'' I send a question to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator…”

“``Aloha.'' I send a question to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Hirono for the House managers reads as follows: In contrast to arguments by the President's counsel, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney stated that President Trump held up aid to Ukraine to get his politically-motivated investigations. He claimed: ``We do that all the time with foreign policy'' and ``Get over it.'' What was different about President Trump's withholding of aid to Ukraine from prior aid freezes? Are you aware of any other Presidents who have withheld foreign aid as a bribe to extract personal benefits? Mr. Manager SCHIFF. Thank you, Senator. I will respond to the question, but let me begin with something in the category of: You can't make this stuff up. Today, while we have been debating whether a President can be impeached for essentially bogus claims of privilege for attempting to use the courts to cover up misconduct, the Justice Department, in resisting House subpoenas, is in court today and was asked: Well, if the Congress can't come to the court to enforce subpoenas because, as we know, they are in here arguing, Congress must go to court to enforce its subpoenas, but they are in the court saying: Congress, thou shall not do that, so the judge says: If the Congress can't enforce its subpoenas in court, then what remedy is there? And the Justice Department lawyers' response is impeachment--impeachment.…”