Comer is putting a good public face on the hearing, which lasted a shade over six hours.

"I think we had a great hearing today," he says. "We established the basis for an impeachment inquiry. That was the objective. We did that."

Addressing the media, he adds: "You may be selling that there's no evidence, but let me assure you, the American people aren't buying what you're selling. They want to know what did this family do to get $20 million and what level of involvement did Joe Biden have, and that's why we will continue this impeachment inquiry. I thought it was a great hearing today, and now I've got to go to the floor for House votes."

And with that, he departs.

Comer is asked if a partial government shutdown would interrupt the committees' work.

"I don't think so," he says. "I hope not. We've got important work to do.

"Hopefully we won't have a shutdown. I've been in here all day, I haven't heard if any breakthroughs happened today, I assume they didn't."

When told no, Comer adds, "OK, I'm not surprised."

Rep. James Comer has emerged to take questions from reporters.

"My mission is to follow the money," he says. "To answer the questions for the money. And that's what we're doing.

"Now, we've gotten to the point, because of obstruction, we're having to go to impeachment inquiry. And obviously, our witnesses all testified, yes, you have the basis for an impeachment inquiry. So this was not about impeachment, or it'd have been in the next committee room down. It would have been in Judiciary."

Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer officially wraps up the first impeachment hearing without facing any objections.

House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) dubbed the first Republican hearing on President Biden's alleged public corruption a "Seinfeld impeachment," since it was "about nothing, apparently."

"I'm afraid the majority forgot to bring the evidence with them today," he added, while thanking the witnesses for the "honesty and surprising consensus on the questions today."

"It's not so much the complete absence of fact witnesses that troubles us so much today — it's the complete absence of facts."

Witness Jonathan Turley urged lawmakers to "contact everyone involved" with an FBI informant's claim that Joe and Hunter Biden accepted $10 million in bribery payments from Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky.

"I think that when someone who's trusted by the FBI suggests that there was actual bribery in following the president, you need to contact everyone involved, including the source for the 1023," Turley said.

"But also, this is secondhand information, so you have to pursue references," he added. "And you do it in good faith."

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released a redacted version of the FD-1023 form that includes the names of Burisma executives such as Zlochevsky and Vadym Pozharskyi and an intermediary named Alexander Ostapenko.

The file shows Zlochevsky alleging to the FBI's confidential human source that the president and his son "coerced" him into paying each $5 million in a bribe — and he used the same designation as Hunter's business associates in calling Biden "the big guy."

Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) drew laughter with a pointed question to law professor Jonathan Turley.

"Have you ever answered a call from a parent or put them on speaker and then proceeded to discuss the weather?" Langworthy asked.

"No," Turley replied.

Langworthy proceeded to dub President Biden's cameos in his son's business meetings "out of the ordinary in the business world."

"Squad" member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) berated Republicans during her time, saying their impeachment drive was a means to distract from the impending partial government shutdown.

Tlaib urged witnesses to take notice of the countdown clock next to her, ticking down to 11:59 p.m. Sept. 30.

The Michigan congresswoman recounted personal stories of government workers who "live paycheck to paycheck" and would face financial hardship if a funding bill is not agreed to.

"This is not how the United States of America should treat its own employees," she stressed. "The federal government shutdown has real consequences."

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) is channeling her inner Kevin McCarthy.

The aspiring senator held up a quote by the speaker and quizzed witnesses over whose words they were before revealing the attribution.

“[An impeachment inquiry without a floor vote would], create a process completely devoid of any merit or legitimacy,” the California Republican had said in 2019, railing against then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to barrel ahead with an impeachment inquiry against then-President Donald Trump without a vote.

“Speaker McCarthy wants to keep his job. So he is set on delivering an impeachment inquiry whether or not there was any evidence,” Porter added.

Witness Jonathan Turley notes that he "made the same objection" to both Pelosi and McCarthy launching impeachment inquiries without a House vote.

Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) held up Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) midway through her line of questioning, citing concerns that she would show X-rated images again.

"Mr. Chairman, our colleague from Georgia has introduced before pornographic exhibits and displayed things that are really not suitable for children who might be watching," Raskin said.

"A bathing suit's not suitable, Mr. Raskin?" Greene responded.

"I would like the member to be instructed to not introduce any pornography today," he repeated.

"A bathing suit is not pornography, Mr. Raskin," she replied.

"Well we can't see it from down there," Raskin said.

"And you are submitting a naked woman's body," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And it has not been cleared before this committee."

"You should put your glasses on. Do you wear them or not?" Greene shot back.

"I have contacts in, thank you," Ocasio-Cortez retorted.

Greene showed explicit pictures of Hunter Biden during a past Judiciary Committee hearing, alleging that the first son had violated the federal Mann Act of 1910 during his escapades with prostitutes.

More from Rep. Jasmine Crockett's time.

Crockett (D-Texas) referenced former President Donald Trump's federal indictment on charges of illegally hoarding national security information at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

According to the Democrat, the 77-year-old left "our national secrets, looks like in the s----er to me."