Barbara Comstock: “I said, you know, Donald Trump was vile, disgusting, and the tape was disqualifying. Now he's doubled down on it.”

The Chair announces that 13 former Members have responded to their names. The Chair now calls on the Honorable L.F. Payne of Virginia, president of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, to address the Members.

I mean, while literally the Capitol was under siege and being attacked, while Cassidy Hutchison is going around the White House saying 'Please, grownups here, do something, do something,' Donald Trump is doing nothing.

And look who's not talking. I was going to point out, you know, look, you're not getting -- you know, remember Elise Stefanik was going to be leading the charge in these hearings and defending Donald Trump, she's nowhere to be found.

We've got to deal with this cancer that is Donald Trump on the party, and we've got to cut it out. I mean, he is just killing the party.