Dennis Heck: “I think it is important that we never stop asking ourselves the question of, have we struck the right balance with…”

You didn't ask if there was no objection, which is the customary practice. The Acting CHAIR. All time claimed by the gentleman from South Carolina has been yielded back.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, and nobody is ever going to accuse the other side of having a small mind, because I have been here just long enough to remember when they railed with righteous indignation to pass legislation…

I think it's because it's what he did, actually. You could call it bribery, you could call it extortion, you could call it a shakedown of a foreign country, soliciting their assistance in a campaign, a clear violation of federal law.

I would bet a large sum of money were it legal that the Russians actually listed - listened in word-for-word on that call, it is a gross violation of national - national security protocol for him to have done that.