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Letter to Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Eliot Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Elijah Cummings Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform - Congressman Biggs Leads Call for Release of Volker Deposition Transcript

Letter

Date: Oct. 8, 2019
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Issues: National Security Executive Branch Foreign Affairs Government Operations

Dear Chairman Schiff, Chairman Engel, and Chairman Cummings:

I write to you today on behalf of the House Freedom Caucus to demand the release of the full transcript of former special U.S. envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker's, October 3, 2019 deposition by your committees. We are concerned that selectively shared information from the deposition[1] fails to provide adequate context for those discussions, to the detriment of both public and Congressional understanding of the Trump Administration's anti-corruption strategy in Ukraine.

Furthermore, given that the deposition took place in the political context of an unauthorized impeachment inquiry, it is inappropriate as a matter of process and fairness that Members be asked to draw conclusions on such grave matters without access to complete information.

Please release the full transcript of the deposition by no later than October 18, 2019. We urge you to give this matter your immediate attention.

Sincerely,

Andy Biggs
Chairman
House Freedom Caucus


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