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now more than ever, it all starts with >>port wc-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front rowbrepresend other house republicans talked about vote to compel the house sergeant at arms to arrest merrick garland and bring him before the house by holding him in inherent contempt. this is in response to his refusal to turn over audio special counsel robert hurt is itn his handling of classified documents, despite being served with subpoenas by the house oversight and judic

>> good morning everyone. we are here today because of the double standards that exist within the justice system. you e judiciary judiciary sent a subpoena to attorney general garland in which we receive no and after referring him for criminal contempt with0 thef justice -- inherent contemp is within our article i authority and congress does have the power to investigate all legislative powers. this edition is a part people that interfere with these processes should be held

e. emmer was used in795 and this was further upheld and the supreme court decision in■s 1927 that stated that congress does indeed have this authority to nn an individual is called before the country they appear. why should the attorney general who is supposed to be had of all laority be any different? garland still hasime to comply with the request that we are asking. the tapes and let us look into them but in the event he does not we will press with calling a privileren contempt to the floor and friday morning. it is also important to note that if we as a congress did not have the ability to enforce their investigative abilities that we are simply going to be ignored and undercut and handicapped by all other

branches wch government. have dg about this issue but i would appreciate press report on the factor link congress to set the authority to do this in the general is not about the law and ultimately we will be pressing forward with this. speaker of the house ordered the sergeant at arms tak into custody attorney general if he fails to comply with their requests. thank you for and thank you for bring us together in addressing this important issue. thbite in frustration weaponized in government against political enemies using his power to protect itself de the law for politics. e tr repeatedly circumvented the law making executive and the sea to

millions of migrants in the country outside the parameters set by cons and killed americans nationwide.nging open. if this administration is the fact that the president's son enriched himself through foreign business dealings. one was appointe u.s. government data byns sealed it'n and also targets regular american gun owners with it unconstitutionaltf world and censorship of information. this brings us here today. congress or form it's oversight duties has been ignored. the founders established checks and balances. congress and the american people we represent have been disrespected so we are here to say no we will not stand by while the

doj covers uinformation subpoenaed by congress and refuses to comply with our votes holding bayji inc. and temperate it's not that the doj cannot prosecute garland is that they s to protect the present and sounds extreme, it sounds extreme to put the a.g. in handcuffs and drag him in here. here to say what motivates me. the doj is doing in my hometown, they are willing to arrest a regular citizen put them in handcuffs charge them with the beuse that particular citizen ma to expose the crime in texas and the crime of performing harmful practices on minors. he was[k indicted for alleged tt the violations. this demonstte merrick garland in this doj's determination to target

whistleblowers who opposed -- impose their ideology. they want to attack regular citizens. they use the full force of our legal system to protectheir allies and we can't handle that double standard. gaand is the next natural ste of running roughshod over constitutional system. yiack to ms. hageman. then good point that i'm cosponsoring this contempt resolution because it is the job oon the attorney general accountable for his actions in refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena and the department of justice refuses to do super two weeks ago the full house represents voted to hold merrick garland and can trimil criminal contempt of congress but according to the research service the recipienty

issued invalid congressional subpoena has a legal obligation to comply absentee ballots and er justification for for the subpoena is only as effective as the means by it may be in force. without a process by which congress can go worse compliance or to teror noncompliance the subpoena would be reduced to formalized request rather than a consti demand for information. while the doj may claim it has a valid and overriding privilege due to president biden exerting executive privileve questioning coming question there no grounds for recordingse department of justice provided the transcript months ago. the moment the transcript was released the right to exe executive privilege was waived. 'e tapes or import for several reasons first transcripts have admittedlyn altered by this

white house from previous speeches and events save trscris accurate by the recordings would be verful. second while transcripts can tell us what was said they do not reveal howe time it took tot with a manner of speaking to the department of justice has acknowledged the transcript and the recordingsre not identical and we must be allowed to know to what extent they different. as president fighting rel moats and merrick garland have the right to you -- no one is that love. the executive branches have grown too powerful and encroached upon the duties of the l this particular instance goes to the very heart of the investigative and oversight of congress for the rest is not for by representative luna is the enforcement mechanism constitutionally requi we execuo comply with the directive from

the legislative branch. thank you. name is mark crawfors or they to thank anna for leading this charge for justice and tra in our body and ournm nation. recently the department ofjuderl merrick garland displayed a blatant disregard for this body. by refusing to comply with two subpoenas attorney general garland has finally undermined the integrity of this institution. earlier this month we voted to hold attorneen and criminal contempt of of justice informed speaker mike johnson that they would not prosecute the a.g. for this contempt. this response while expected■k sets a dangerous precedent. if the executive branch can simply ignore congress without any consequences it threatens

function and foundation of our democratic process. when an individual refuses to comply with congress's request we are left withr inherent contempt. rimil and civil contempt or land executive branch for enforcement which cle going to happen in this case. the founding fathers designed her government to protect their freedoms, to stand against tyranny and all-powerful executive branch. inherent contempt is their constitutional authority to hold in directly to this power allows congress to detain and try individuals wdef. it's a crucial tool that ensures we■ñ can fulfill our red legislative responsibilities independently of the house rules manual 118th congress jefferson's manual you can find inhent contempt mentioned in

pages 141 pier 157. inherent contempt has beeentati0 times since 1795 in a pub by the if we allow the department of justice and attorney general garland to dictate whether or not a coional subpoena is imports we risk becomg branch and that cannot happen. this is unatat never will i own actions in the other branches tl responsibilities. but this attorney general have to hide? no one is above the law. americans deserve transparency and accountability. with that ideal to our vice. >> thank you ms. linda for doing

this. this is unprecedented times that call for ucere to the amount of times the sequestration in the department this government have stonewalled this congress are unprecedented. i've said it once and i'll say it again oversight is one of the st important things that any congress including this one have in our toolbox. it's imperative government remained free co-equal branches of government not abide administration at the expense of reformion at merrick garland refuses to turn over to congress is imperative in our legislative oversight. we are entitled to it and to the extent there was ever executive privilege they have waged that with the release of the transcript even though inherent contempt of congress has been dormant for many years it's been used several times as mr. alford talks about the necessary now to use their constitutional auit to reaffirm our own

legislative power. article i is article i for a reason. the supreme court case put it besto paraphrase the legislative body cannot legislate wisely or effectively in the absence of information an where the legislative body is not the self possessgiorecoud to others who d2■ñom day one hos have been working to conduct our constitutional duty of oversight and to an turn every stone including these tapes that we are working to cover. ystery suspense stonewalling those investigations delay after delay. it's time to push back on that and demand real accountability. it'sar the need to vote on inherent contempt of congress if necessary to hold merrick garland accountable for his failure to answer the house of representatives. now i'm going to yield to my colleague fro ohio.

>> thank you. congress has oversightmple. congress has the power to i subpoenas in oversight function. we don't take this responsively lightly and we don't use this power an like others continuously dupree were choosing to comply with a congressional subpoena is a serious matter. it's a constitutional process in this case ithows content by one branch of government and the power of anal branch of government. attorney general garland refused to comply with the ballotsiona e going to do when he did do to uphold pulled congress is important oversight powers. refusing to turn over audio recording to several council ■resident biden's inter impeding the congressional process. the american peopleve to know their leaders are competent or not in making important decisions for our country. president biden is claiming

consecutive privilege to withhold these materials which is just considering the transcripts haveeed. now the department of justice is undermining congress yet again coempt of congress resolution passed by the andias of few weeks ago. let me be clear i don't take this lightly and i don't think anyone standing up here does as well congress must be able to fulfill his duty to provide robust oversight of executive branch those who impede this important work should be held accountable even attney general of the united states. the american people deserve integrity in our institutions and congress must have the t cas constitutional duties. congress will contend a hold of by accountable and you are not special because your last name is biden. thank you.■g■ everybody and thank you for coming this

morning. one word that will characterize the biden administration is lawlessness if you look at with lightnes into office he can only be descjo biden intentionally disobeyed the supreme court of unitedtates by giving $100 billion meaning pipefitters welders plumbers store clerks have been forced people that hae voluntarily taken colleague frod joe biden openedp borders and criminal illegal aliens are children. this simply must stop and the only way this is going to stop is if congress stands up and performs their article iuties. i'm incredibly disappointed that half of the stage this not to not a partisan issue but but ths an article i authority that we s

wrote us first in the constitution were concerned we have too much power over the executive branch and that has not become the case because many of our predecessors have abdicated their responsibilities to congress and that stops today. merrick garland needs to come here to reduce exactly what he's been told to produce by the congress the united states of america because ased tented dire is above the law. >> i important issue in compliance with subpoenas is the responsibility oxeve branch that they cannot ignore and they cannot push away. of te between the branches of government put in place by dfoue

it's actually the rules of the s the executiv branch. when subpoenas are issued forfod to as a coequal branch of government to provide that oversight is necessary to conduct the bu congress passing laws and legislation the administration must comply. this is not a suggestion to the administration that they have to comply, this is a mandate just as this is a a three branches of government but especially for the two that are bein addressed todaylegislative. judiciary committee and honor to the subcommittee chairman. the subcommittee chair jordan. it's compliant and

accountability to oversight so over the past year and a half have been having hearings bringing administration they are failing to complyits on requests from the judiciary committee. sometime more compliant and sometimes we need that addition to negotiate. this negotiation orur transcript has been going on for several months behind staff ande amican people because we need to see the actual to make sure that it matches up with the. we understanhey have dr. transcripts in the past so we need to make sure that matches up and there are certain nuances within the recordings de transcripts.

so having that recording is critical for the judiciary and oversit committee to do their job. it's incumbent uponhe subpoena. privilege does not exist when you waive it and you can wait that by providing us the transcript and my colleagues are here to insist on the prerogatives of the house. .. reblican party.ection of not just a fringe element. it's not a fringe

it is a movement to bring back balance to something that is really become out of balance and that is the american government. if you look at the executive privilege, the executive power that exists right now the fact the president can ignore laws, can ignore the constitution. ually go in and take control of the legislative branch responsibility fiscal. he can ignore the sovereign border a and not be held accountable. that is of the republican party is here today. we cannot hold him acc who can? if you look in the last couple of years like the last few years southern border of criminals, li us. nationalsni countries from islamic fundamentalist countries that would do yr children and to the great nation. it is egreg. we have been ignored for far too long and this is a good attempts at b us back into

balance. and i think if we do not do this tinu to be trampled. spend and congress the majority we spent in congress is trying to bring into balance bureaucracies and a presidential executive orders outside the parameters. helping get this accomplished because it sets a new precedence based on something we have cotitution pay but in this administration it has not been held accountable with i >> thank you very much. thank you for allowing us to be here. ssibly the fourth of the best looking child born in the last 60 years. as a pouring and 30 for the most powerful member of congress whel the good clichés have been used all the have been used but every one of them are the truth this is a serio

situation. a couple of weeks ago the house passed aution to herd attorney general american garland in contempt of congress if he refused to supply with the campinas can you imagine appoints of one of you called into court in your own home town what would happen? you would be arrested you'd probably be arrested in the middle of the night. the american f with robert her later called the as sympathetic a well meaning elderly manby with a poor memor. the american people deserve to know if there president is an rl pr memory. especially go into an election year. g who carries a nuclear football and has our nuclear numbers. american garland refused to comply with congress but we are trying to get to the bottom of this. we have these rules in place for a reason for it congress is supposed to be a regulatory authority over the executive

with the founding fathers had at rates for thisation is arrogantly thumbed its nose at the american people. it is wrong that we need to arey general is not above the law part if he broke thees conseque. thank you. >> will open it up for brief questions before we had to conference. >> speaker jon says t enforce. [inaudible >> i think open to discussions on how to best enforce this. bu say is that with what is currently happening in our want to back me up at that process would take a very long time in b, while we do that with the direct ability to do that in the american people have a deep trust in our only effectively govern they have nhe department of

justice we are truly an equal country. poor white, brown, black americans are the privilege of whe they are called to court. i think it is pretty egregious the man who is in charge and really the head enforcement officer is basically choosing to two-point to this letter rdan.ssed to chairman, and that's action from biden's attorney stating garland asked him to invoked privilege. i again if he wants us to not happen on friday he needs to bring us the tape so we can hear. frankly i would like the hurt as well. the fact he is choosing to blatantly not do that the american people need to ask what is he indeed willing to hide thsxactly what he is doing. next quep >> just one■/. [inaudible] on friday.

second,ow [inaudible] how'd this happen? lexi it's your first question so i guess you're bent 100 members not currently here. but we are doing is waiting for those members tete can actually call it out. for those areor nerds on the issue if we do not have the votes that could potentially fail in we are going to make sure all those members are present before you call it up which appoint leadership has a 48 hours for dance your second questio again what garland could do in the right thing to do it would be e house of representatives. this idea in hypothetical he is hoping for in which the sgt at our would go pullim into custody if we pass this it is successful we will directly speaker to call the sgt of armsy bring him into custody.motion to

what to make it clear this is of garlands are choosing but no one if he chooses a good down this path and we will. >> how confident are we will have the votes to actually pass th resolution?4t■4 [inaudible] a number of republican members 't know when enough about this. the need to learn more and have not heard about [inaudible] >> an aidt exactly what you're talking about it talk with my republican colleagues. those who are aware of it you were sitting behind meat we have a great cross-section of what the conference■ represents. everyone is aware this is absolute backed by the supreme courha constitutional authority to do this and this is not a laughing matter. f people are frustrated with the fact it seems congress has been ignored and disrespected for a number of years as a result of that they are considering that.

i picture in wednesday table to prevent to come in from the floor we released a letter quite educational and right after goit continue ton a few minutes we educate. i am not concerned about that we responses.sitive on all of our you're starting to see democrats which i would like to remind g using this ideallye back in 2018. both he was considering using this but iien they didn't it also allows house representatives to essentially to hold aant to jumt this would also open people up to not want that. and you will want to jump on it? >> i want to quicklye curiosityg ress as to why the white house was due known to release ey release the transcript

recognizing executive privilege was invn circumstances. they're going to have to di interview between this point they are refusing to release the audio and you drill into the reason for that. we have the transcripts we know to the extent there may have been executive which there would not have bee thy they had to give us the transcripts. they have waived any sucprivilen those over it. there is a legitimaten there is an illegitimate reason as to either wol audiotapes i would encourage all of you to find out what that i can tell you that would be at the direction of the speaker the last individual detained for

basically violating congress vey nice hotel. present himself and not make us do this you a the law. that's emeturbing given he is head of law enforcement in this country. any other qstio >> concerned about setting apre? comply?eir republicans not >> i said it earlier democrats apparently did try d this. upon my research the reason i don't believe theyanted to is again you open up the hearing to discovery. do not believe they wanted their targets to be able to make a is a lot easier with ao-tier je the d.o.j. do your dirty work and say look i did not do it the cts.o.j. is thisarming we have n

administration that is picking and choosing who it to get a fr. there is no and that's why we are putting our we are in a scary time in our country if we allow this to continue we will not have a free and fair country. >> if the democrats and the white house would choose follow the constitution. >> criticism a quick question. ref w are concerned the democrat party will politicize a congress to the point to start doing like impeaching sitting presidents? is that what yre asking? publicans and not comply with the january 6. >> i think they are in jail you suggesting the attorney shouldt it sounds like it was good for the goose is gross for the gander dem under nancy pelosi politicize this body to the point it h destructive to the fabric of our

nation. it is time for a this is got to stop. the only way this is going to stop as if the president of the united states reads this. joe ry congress. ution of the united states of america. this has to be adhered to this is the l t■2 land. is that clear? pete six.ur cho >> any other questions for wrap it up with got to the conference. thank you all for being again garland has time to comply with our request. bring us the tapes we want to seo hear it and if you don't the vote will be called up will hold you in inherent will come to the floor i encourage you all to ethically whity are hiding what is garland highlighting and thank you so much for coming today, thanks guys. [inaudible conversations]

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