Republican lawmakers, from left, Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Committee on Oversight Reform, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., speak to reporters after a formerly planned joint committee deposition with Ambassador Gordon Sondland, with the transcript to be part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, was canceled by order of the Trump Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)