joining me now is the democratic congressman eugene vindman of virginia. he is a retired army colonel. not really retired because he was done with. >> the army. >> but you fought back. you were one of these people you and your brother fought against injustice by this guy. the same guy donald trump cost you your career, but now you have another career, and now you are doing something for the american people. this is important. this is for senators to listen to this week, because apparently there's no career better than being a united states senator. the threat of being primaried means that you are just going to go ahead with what donald trump wants. eugene vindman, you are the one person to explain to americans nothing is more important than your integrity. >> that's true. ali, thank you so much for having me. great to be back. and first thing i'd like to say is my heart goes out to the families of the passengers and crew of the american airlines flight and the blackhawk helicopter. and i'm also grateful to the first responders out of the 17th congressional

house is democrat eugene vindman. he was born in the ukraine and after a career in the u.s. litary and government service, old elected office for the first time. he is also the brother of alexander vindman, who came to national attention in 2019 when he testified before congress on president donald trump's relationship with ukraine. >> i spent 25 years in the military, serving this country. even after i retired, i continued serving in a different capacity, investigating more crimes in ukraine. after our fantastic representative, abigail spanberger, retired, there was an opportunity to continue to serve during a time when i thought the election coming up was critical. decided to throw my hat in the ring. and things worked out. >> like your brother, alexander, who made so much news, you were born in ukraine. tell me the story of how you came to america. >> alex and i are identical twins. we have an older brother. the five of us, my dad, my two brothers, and my grandma, came to the u.s. in 1979 with less than $800 between us. we did not speak a lick of english. we moved into --

tonight our interviews include eugene vindman who was born in ukraine and played a role in the story of his brother who came to national attention for his testimony before congress on trump's relationship with ukraine. >> i was assigned to the white house staff, the chief official. i worked across the hall from my twin brother and he had the portfolio of the russia ukraine moldova, he listened to the phone call, heard the president's attempt at extortion and reported it to me. >> watch new members of congress at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> iowa republican governor addressed medicaid in her condition of the state address from des moines. she has been governor since 2017 after being lieutenant governor and she is the first woman to be elected in the state's history. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. madam president, mr. speaker, lieutenant governor, first gentleman, legislate leaders and members, justices and judges, my fellow iowans. it's my honor and privilege to once again report on the condition of our great state from this chamber in our

and joining us now is democratic congressman eugene vindman of virginia. he is a member of the house armed services and agriculture committees. congressman, thank you for your time. first, i want to get your take on these talks between the u.s. and russia in saudi arabia. is it a mistake not to have ukraine present for these talks? >> well, first of all, thank you, paula, for having me tonight. these talks, um, with russia, start with a very weak bargaining position. think about what's happened in the last week. the u.s., the new secretary of defense, has agreed that russian territorial gains should be. the russians should be able to keep parts of that, that russia, that ukraine should not be in nato. um, these are before that. ukraine has lost aid in rebuilding of its infrastructure through usaid programs. so this is about the weakest starting position for for peace talks that you can imagine. this is all before the first, uh, sides meet. so i think it's a very weak starting position. if i were to give the administration any credit at all, maybe they're l

eastern, our interviews include eugene vindman who was born in ukraine, served as a u.s. officer, and played a role in the story of his brother who came to national attention in 2019 for testimony before congress on president trump's relationship with ukraine. >> i was lt. col. assigned to the white house on a detailed, deputy lead advisor on council staff. i worked right across the hall from my twin brother. he had the portfolio of russia and ukraine, belarus, moldova. he listened to the phone call. he heard the president's attempt at extortion, and he reported directly to me. >> watch "new members of congress" all this week starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> vice president jd vance is scheduled to give remarks on thursday at the conservative political action conference or cpac. watch live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. ♪ >> democracy will always be the greatest creation. >> democracy belongs to us all. >> we are here in the sanctuary of democracy. >> responsibilities fall once again to the great d

i am proud to bring up next my colleague from the great state of virginia, congressman eugene vindman. [applause] >> my name is eugene goodman. i spent 25 years in the army defending this nation wearing the uniform. each and every one of those days we worked with our partners at usaid to keep this country strong and safe. [applause] if we want to zero out the budget, 1% of the budget of this country, $40 billion, we better look at doubling or tripling the military budget. without that soft power around the world, we are making ourselves weaker. we are making our adversaries and allies stronger. we step back and create a vacuum, you know who steps in? it is russia, china, our adversaries from around the world. from the standpoint of national security, the work that you all are doing out here at usaid, many of you, my constituents, we have over 55 thousand federal government employees in the seventh congressional district. i thank you. i thank you for your hard work. [applause] we have some tough times ahead but congress and the american people are behind you. let me put one concrete wa

tonight, our interviews include eugene vindman who was born in ukraine, served as a u.s.rmy officer and played a role in the story of his brother, alexander vindman who came to national attention for his testimony before congress on president trump's relationship with ukraine. >> i was lieutenant colonel assigned to the white house on detail, deputy legal advisor on the national security council staff, the chief ethics official on the national security council staff. i worked right across the hall from my twin brother, and he had the portfolio of russia, ukraine, belarus, moldova. he listened to the phone call, he heard the president's attempt at extortion and he reported directly to me. >> watch members of congress all this week starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> up next, a hearing on how american broadcast frequencies or spectrum are managed and regular for the public.

eastern, our interviews include eugene vindman who was born in ukraine, served as an army officer and played his story and the role of his brother came to national attention before his testimony on congress. >> i was assigned to detail, deputy legal advisor on the dust of the security staff, the chief ethics official on the national security staff, so i worked right across the hall from my twin brother. he had the portfolio of russia-ukraine-belarus, moldova. he listened to the phone call. he heard the president's i tend to at extortion and reported directly to me. announcer: watch new members of congress all this week starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ announcer: saturdays, watch american history tv's tenuate series -- 10 week series for his presidential days. we'll explore with historians, authors, and the c-span archives. we learned about accomplishments and setbacks and how events impacted presidential terms in the nation up to the present day. saturday, the first 100 days of franklin roosevelt's presidency. president roosevelt defeated herbert hoover in a landslide. in hi

eastern, our interviews include virginia democratic congressman eugene vindman who was born in ukraine, served as a u.s. army officer, and played a role in the story of his brother, alexander vindman, who came to national attention in 2019 for his testimony before congress on president trump's relationship with ukraine. >> i was a lieutenant colonel assigned to the white house on a detail. deputy legal advisor on national security council staff. the chief ethics official on the national security council staff and so i worked right across the hall from my twin brother and he had the portfolio of russia, ukraine, belarus, moldova. he listened to the phone call, he heard the president's attempt at extortion and he reported directly to me. announcer: watch new members of congress all this week, starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: looking to contact your members of congress? well, c-span is making it easy for you. with our 2025 congressional directory. get essential contact information for government officials, all in one place. this compact spiral-bound guide contains bio a

eastern, our interviews include democrat congressman eugene vindman who served as a u.s. army officer and played a role in the story of his brother, alexander vindman who came to national attention in 2019 for his testimony before congress on president trump's relationship with ukraine. >> i was lt. col. assigned to the white house on a detail, deputy legal advisor on national security staff. the chief official on the national security council staff. i worked right across the hall from my twin brother. he had the portfolio of russia-ukraine-belarus-moldova. he listened to the phone call. he heard the president's attempt at extortion and he reported it directly to me. >> watch members of congress all this week starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. looking to contact your members of congress? c-span is making it easy with our 2025 congressional directory. get essential contact information for government officials in one place. this compact guide contains bio and contact information for every house and senate member of the congress, contact information on congressional co

eastern, our interviews include virginia democratic congressman eugene vindman who was born in ukraine, served as a u.s. army officer, and played a role in the story of his brother, alexander vindman, who came to national attention in 2019 for his testimony before congress on president trump's relationship with ukraine. >> i was a lieutenant colonel assigned to the white house on a detail. deputy legal advisor on national security council staff. the chief ethics official on the national security council staff and so i worked right across the hall from my twin brother and he had the portfolio of russia, ukraine, belarus, moldova. he listened to the phone call, he heard the president's attempt at extortion and he reported directly to me. announcer: watch new members of congress all

tonight our interviews include eugene vindman who was born in ukraine and played a role in the story of his brother who came to national attention for his testimony before congress on trump's relationship with ukraine. >> i was assigned to the white house staff, the chief official. i worked across the hall from my twin brother and he had the portfolio of the russia ukraine moldova, he listened to the phone call, heard the president's attempt at extortion an