[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S438-S439]
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SA 1284. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res.
483, to provide for related procedures concerning the articles of
impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States;
as follows:
At the appropriate place in the resolving clause, insert
the following:
[[Page S439]]
Sec. ___. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
resolution, pursuant to rules V and VI of the Rules of
Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on
Impeachment Trials--
(1) the Chief Justice of the United States, through the
Secretary of the Senate, shall issue a subpoena to the Acting
Chief of Staff of the White House commanding him to produce,
for the time period from January 1, 2019, to the present, all
documents, communications, and other records within the
possession, custody, or control of the White House, including
the National Security Council, referring or relating to--
(A) all meetings and calls between President Trump and the
President of Ukraine, including documents, communications,
and other records related to the scheduling of, preparation
for, and follow-up from the President's April 21 and July 25,
2019 telephone calls, as well as the President's September
25, 2019 meeting with the President of Ukraine in New York;
(B) all investigations, inquiries, or other probes related
to Ukraine, including any that relate in any way to--
(i) former Vice President Joseph Biden;
(ii) Hunter Biden and any of his associates;
(iii) Burisma Holdings Limited (also known as ``Burisma'');
(iv) interference or involvement by Ukraine in the 2016
United States election;
(v) the Democratic National Committee; or
(vi) CrowdStrike;
(C) the actual or potential suspension, withholding,
delaying, freezing, or releasing of United States foreign
assistance, military assistance, or security assistance of
any kind to Ukraine, including but not limited to the Ukraine
Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and Foreign Military
Financing (FMF);
(D) all documents, communications, notes, and other records
created or received by Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney,
then-National Security Advisor John R. Bolton, Senior Advisor
to the Chief of Staff Robert B. Blair, and other White House
officials relating to efforts to--
(i) solicit, request, demand, induce, persuade, or coerce
Ukraine to conduct or announce investigations;
(ii) offer, schedule, cancel, or withhold a White House
meeting for Ukraine's president; or
(iii) hold and then release military and other security
assistance to Ukraine;
(E) meetings at or involving the White House that relate to
Ukraine, including but not limited to--
(i) President Zelensky's inauguration on May 20, 2019, in
Kiev, Ukraine, including but not limited to President Trump's
decision not to attend, to ask Vice President Pence to lead
the delegation, directing Vice President Pence not to attend,
and the subsequent decision about the composition of the
delegation of the United States;
(ii) a meeting at the White House on or around May 23,
2019, involving, among others, President Trump, then-Special
Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Ambassador Kurt
Volker, then-Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and United States
Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, as well as
any private meetings or conversations with those individuals
before or after the larger meeting;
(iii) meetings at the White House on or about July 10,
2019, involving Ukrainian officials Andriy Yermak and
Oleksander Danylyuk and United States Government officials,
including, but not limited to, then-National Security Advisor
John Bolton, Secretary Perry, Ambassador Volker, and
Ambassador Sondland, to include at least a meeting in
Ambassador Bolton's office and a subsequent meeting in the
Ward Room;
(iv) a meeting at the White House on or around August 30,
2019, involving President Trump, Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo, and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper;
(v) a planned meeting, later cancelled, in Warsaw, Poland,
on or around September 1, 2019 between President Trump and
President Zelensky, and subsequently attended by Vice
President Pence; and
(vi) a meeting at the White House on or around September
11, 2019, involving President Trump, Vice President Pence,
and Mr. Mulvaney concerning the lifting of the hold on
security assistance for Ukraine;
(F) meetings, telephone calls or conversations related to
any occasions in which National Security Council officials
reported concerns to National Security Council lawyers,
including but not limited to National Security Council Legal
Advisor, John Eisenberg, regarding matters related to
Ukraine, including but not limited to--
(i) the decision to delay military assistance to Ukraine;
(ii) the July 10, 2019 meeting at the White House with
Ukrainian officials;
(iii) the President's July 25, 2019 call with the President
of Ukraine;
(iv) a September 1, 2019 meeting between Ambassador
Sondland and a Ukrainian official; and
(v) the President's September 7, 2019 call with Ambassador
Sondland;
(G) any internal review or assessment within the White
House regarding Ukraine matters following the September 9,
2019, request for documents from the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, the House Committee on Oversight
and Reform, and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
including, but not limited to, documents collected that
pertain to the hold on military and other security assistance
to Ukraine, the scheduling of a White House meeting for the
president of Ukraine, and any requests for investigations by
Ukraine;
(H) the complaint submitted by a whistleblower within the
Intelligence Community on or around August 12, 2019, to the
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community;
(I) all meetings or calls, including requests for or
records of meetings or telephone calls, scheduling items,
calendar entries, White House visitor records, and email or
text messages using personal or work-related devices between
or among--
(i) current or former White House officials or employees,
including but not limited to President Trump; and
(ii) Rudolph W. Giuliani, Ambassador Sondland, Victoria
Toensing, or Joseph diGenova; and
(J) former United States Ambassador to Ukraine Marie
``Masha'' Yovanovitch, including but not limited to the
decision to end her tour or recall her from the United States
Embassy in Kiev; and
(2) the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to utilize the
services of the Deputy Sergeant at Arms or any other employee
of the United States Senate in serving the subpoena
authorized to be issued by this section.
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