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On the recordOctober 18, 2019
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I know he is very interested in reading the whole thing, so let me read him some more of the report we got from the White House. The other thing: ``There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that.'' So: ``Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution, so if you can look into it''--that doesn't sound to me like the 2016 election--``if you can look into it, it sounds horrible to me.'' What do you mean he doesn't mention Biden? I will give you a copy of this, if you would like, if you want to read the whole--I have read the whole thing. What do you think Giuliani was talking about? 2016? No. Two of his compatriots, of course, million-dollar bail; the Ambassador, fired. Why? Because she wouldn't cooperate with making a foreign leader complicit in the elections of the United States of America. She had the courage to come testify, as did the security adviser for Russia from the White House in this administration. Now, frankly, Madam Speaker, I don't think this is the time to argue the case. The time continues to be finding out the facts, finding out the facts. And those facts, every day, are more instructive, whether it is Mr. Giuliani, the President's lawyer, who was substituted, Madam Speaker, for the State Department--a private State department. The gentleman still hasn't answered my question: Is it appropriate? I want a favor.…
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Oct 18, 2019

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