vote nay on the motion to adjourn. as the member designated by chairwoman carolyn maloney, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman maloney will vote nay on the motion to adjourn. mr. mcgovern: as the member designated by mrs. trahan, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. trahan will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. hold on. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: as the member designated by mrs. trahan of massachusetts, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. trahan will vote no on the motion to recommit -- i mean

the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? the gentleman from pennsylvania. >> as the member designated by mr. amodei, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote yea on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. moulton, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. moulton will vote no on the motion to adjourn. as the member designated by mr. cohen, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cohen will vote no on the motion to adjourn. as the member designated by ms. barragan, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. barragan will vote no on the motion to adjourn. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote no on the motion to adjourn. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by mr. cooper, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cooper will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. brown: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mfume of maryland, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mfume will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote nay on the motion to adjourn. and mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hastings of florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. hastings will also vote nay on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: as the member designated by congress member

napolitano, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member roybal-allard, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that congress member roybal-allard will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 20 5 the nays are -- 205, the nays are 218. the motion is not adopted. for what purpose does --

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida, mr. deutch, seek recognition? mr. deutch: pursuant to house resolution 91, i call up house resolution 72 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 72. resolution removing a certain member from certain standarding -- standing committees of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 91, the resolution is considered read. the resolution shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair of the ranking minority member of the committee on ethics. the gentleman from florida, mr. deutch, and the gentlewoman from indiana, mrs. walorski, each will control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. deutch: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. deutch: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house resolution 72. in 2019 the f.b.i. warned that -- mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: members. members, can we have order in the house? the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: in 2019, the f.b.i. warned that anti-government identity-based and fringe political conspiracy theories have very lick i -- likely to motivate some domestic extremists to commit criminal and sometimes violent activity. in october last year, this house voted nearly unanimously to condemn qanon conspiracy theories because they encourage the rejection of objective reality, deepen political polarization, and undermine trust in our democratic

institutions. but also, because they have inspired real-world violence, bomb threats, vandalism, kidnapping, terrorism, murder and insurrection. congressman green of georgia has a long history of amplifying dangerous conspiracy theirsy online and threatening violent, racist, islamaphobic and anti-semitic conduct. house resolution 72 will ensure that ms. green's conduct does not -- is not rewarded with seats on two important committees. the congresswoman has said american citizens who practiced islam, quote, do not belong in our government and they should stay in their country. mr. speaker, this is their country and it is their government as much as any american's. ms. green has trafficed in dangerous anti-semitic lies about the rothschild family, george soros, zionist supremacists and secret jewish plots. while over millennia, because of baseless ugly lies, millions of jews have been hated, targeted, expelled from their countries,

violently attacked, killed and exterminated. because words lead to action and death. mrs. greene claimed the mass shooting the sandy hook elementary school that killed 26 people, including 267-year-old kids was staged chef claimed the los angeles shooting was an ork -- las vegas shooting was an orchestrated attempt to regulate gun rights. she called survivors crisis actors. mr. speaker, of the 17 people who never came home from school in parkland on february 14, 2018, were my constituents. their families' pain is real. and it is felt every single day. yesterday parents of children slain at sandy hook, mark barden, daniel's dad, and nicole hockley, dill answers mom, wrote a letter to leader mccarthy to share how to these conspiracy theories impact their families.

these lies deny the deaths of our murdered children and bring death threats and constant harassment to our doors and our surviving children. in 2019, mrs. green created a white house pesition to impeach speaker pelosi for treason, emphasizing that it is punishable by death. and she liked a facebook comment stating that, i quote, a bullet to the head would be a quicker way to remove speaker nancy pelosi. in a video statement from december 31, 2018, mrs. green called on her followers to storm washington, d.c., in what sounds today like a prescient forecast of next month's deadly insurrection. flood the capitol and government buildings, go inside. we can end it, we can do it peacefully. we can. i hope we don't have to do it the other way. but we should feel like we will if we have to. that's exactly what happened. conspiracy theories and hate are ma little nanlt. they do not fade away. we must stand up to them a sand -- and say enough. mrs. green has said she -- mrs.

greene has said she will never apologize. republican leadership has decided to embrace and elevate mrs. greene. they rewarded her with a seat on this committee that has a responsibility for giving children a safe place to learn. two years ago the republican speaker spoke on this floor very strongly saying, quote, i will pledge to you this, from this side of the aisle, and hope you understand this clearly, any hatred we take action. mr. mccarthy did take action. but it wasn't condemnation. it was elevation. appointing her to committee seats. that's why it's necessary to put this resolution to a vote for every member of this body. because this house must take action. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and remove representative greene of georgia for her positions on the committee on education and labor and the committee on budget and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself sufficient time as i may consume -- such time as

i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. speaker. let me be clear. i reject racism, anti-semitism and bigotry. i condemn conspiracy theories and calls for violence much i do not in any way condone these reprehensible views. i am not here today to defend any comments made by representative greene, whether as a private citizen, candidate or member of congress. i am here today to defend the precedent set by years of the majority and minority parties co-existing in this body. and i am here today to defend the house ethics committee on which i serve as a ranking member. house resolution 72 is nothing more than a partisan power grab. at a critical time when the majority party itself repeatedly calls for unity as our path forward, bringing a majority resolution to the floor to remove a minority member from her committee assignments is wrong and unprecedented. referring such a resolution to

the house ethics committee is unprecedented. referring such a resolution to the house ethics committee and then completely bypassing the committee's role is unprecedented. on this floor today, we are witnessing one more effort to consolidate power with the majority party and diminish the rights of the minority. . the democrats destroyed over 100 years of representation in congress and effectively eliminated the only tool that safeguarded the minority's voice, the motion to recommit. and they are doing it again today with house resolution 72. in the last 20 years, several members have been removed from their committee duties. members on both sides of the aisle have been removed and for various reasons. but those reasons and that decision was always made by the member's party leadership or party's membership.

even if the decision to remove a member was followed by a voice vote on the house floor, the decision itself was made by that member's caucus. last week, the republican conference met to discuss statements made by representative greene -- last night prior to her serving in congress. we listened to representative greene. she made similar statements as she did on the floor today. she assured the conference that her prior statements did not reflect her views today as a member of this body. the democratic majority claims the republican conference has not acted but that simply isn't true. the conference just hasn't done what the democrats want it to do. regardless, the majority has brought this unprecedented resolution before the house today. they could have brought this matter directly to the floor as a privileged question and the question of removal would have been a swift vote on the floor. instead, the majority referred the resolution to the ethics

committee. to then immediately bypass this in the ethics committee, it would go to the floor. to go to the committee and then bypass committee is not the bipartisan manner in which it is to operate. this is my second term working on the ethics committee. i was looking forward to working with chairman deutch. it's unique. it's the only standing house committee with equal number of house members. five democrats and five republicans. there is a reason that neither party holds a majority on this committee. and that reason is to avoid one party or the other weaponizing the committee's purpose for reviews in a political and partisan fashion. the committee has publicly warned of this risk before. in 2012, following a particularly contentious investigation, the committee publicly expressed the necessity of bipartisanship.

bipartisan cooperation within the committee leadership. the committee stated, quote, unlike any other committee, this committee avoids partisan legislative concerns and policies and must have bipartisan cooperation for the committee to fulfill its constitutional mandate to police the members, officers, and employees of this house. that mission calls upon members to step out of their partisan framework and approach the work of the committee without regard to their party. it's our recommendation for any member that serves on this committee that he or she constantly eveil waits their values to make sure they are living up to the high standards of this committee, closed quote. today, we do not see the ethics committee's leadership upholding the highest standards of bipartisan cooperation. we don't see today the chair and ranking member presenting a resolution on the house floor together. at the end of each congress, the committee issues a report dealing the activities of the

committee during the congress. for each congress, chairman deutch has served on ethics, the committee hags worked -- has worked in a collegial and bipartisan manner. to be able to state for the 113th, 114th, 115th, 116th congress all votes taken in the investigative subcommittees were unanimous. this staff of reports represents all the hard work that the committee has completed in the last four congresses. all of the committee completed by its sitting members, the members that were asked to serve in the investigative subcommittees, and the committee's professional staff were accomplished in bipartisan cooperation. in fact, chairman deutch himself recognized in the committee report for the 116th congress that, quote, all of the committee's work is made possible by the committee's talented professional, nonpartisan staff. though members of the committee wish to acknowledge their hard work and dedication to the committee in the house. in addition, the committee wishes to thank its departing

members for their service and for their thoughtfulness and collegiality they showed during their time on the committee, closed quote. as you can see, the work on the ethics committee is extensive. in the 116th congress alone, the committee commenced or continued investigative fact-finding gatherings for 50 separate investigative matters, impanelled six investigative committees, and filed five reports with the house, totaling over 3,300 pages regarding various investigative matters. these tasks were agreed to by the chair and the ranking member of the committee. in fact, the phrase itself -- chair and ranking minority member appears 38 times, 38 times in the committee rules. the ethics committee operates effectively because it's consensus-driven with decisions made jointly by the chair and the ranking member. but that's not what's happening today on this floor. the current chair and ranking

member have not received a complaint and determine whether the information meets the requirements of the committee rules. the current chair and the ranking member have not jointly gathered information concerning this alleged conduct. until yesterday's rules hearing, the chair and the ranking member had not had a single conversation regarding representative greene. as i stated earlier, involving the committee and then to bypass its function violates the spirit of how this unique committee operates. once the majority determines that the ethics committee was the place for the resolution, it should have allowed the committee to consider the issues properly. i know our colleagues want to see the ethics committee function effectively and not to be used as a partisan political weapon on a manipulated platform. if the ethics committee is to consider reviewing statements made by members of congress before they were sworn in, then the matter should come before the ethics committee in a way that complies with committee rules, preserves the

bipartisanship intended, and allows the committee to make legal conclusions and factual determinations in a collegial environment. all i ask is that we let the committee work as it is supposed to effectively serve this body. to do so, the majority would have to withdraw this resolution. if it chooses, pursue the matter properly through the ethics committee. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. deutch: thank you. mr. speaker, i also know my republican colleagues purport not to support representative greene's conduct and instead rely on process. this is an effort for her to be shield from this egregious language and action. to that i yield to my friend and colleague from south florida who has come to know the families from marjorie stoneman douglas

as well as i, debbie wasserman schultz, the sponsor of this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for how much time? the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise to support h.r. 72, legislation i never hoped to author. my legislation would remove congresswoman marjorie taylor greene from her committee assignments. we already heard a lot today about precedent. let me explain the precedent which brought us here. congresswoman greene advocated for the execution of a leadership of this house. she advocated for the execution of former president obama. she encouraged violence against law enforcement and has a long record of racist, anti-semitic and islamophobic comments. she spread cruel conspiracy theories, including the mass shootings of sandy hook and parkland was staged. and one calling him a coward. these are unprecedented comments and actions by a member. no one else on this floor has

called for violence against other members and law enforcement. only one member has done that and refused to back down and that is the real precedent we are dealing with today. we have also heard about regrettable conduct before taking office, a so-called statute of limitations on bad behavior. congresswoman greene spent this entire week doubling down on her promotion of violence, bigotry, and conspiracy theories. her response to her critics just yesterday was, i won't back down, i'll never apologize. we have also heard today about revenge and what about-ism. greene herself threatened when republicans wield the gavel, democrats will face a similar fate. and if a democrat purports violence against members and peddles dangerous lies and conspiracy theories, then refuses to renounce them and our caucus refuses to police it, then punishment would be in order. that's the reality of what we're dealing with today with congresswoman greene. we are dealing with conduct that brings shame on this house and

appointed refusal to denounce or internally police it by republicans. congresswoman greene's past support and present reaffirmation for violence, intimidation, lies, and racism is dangerous. it is exactly the kind of conduct that helps fuel domestic terrorism. mr. speaker, i don't take this threat of violence lightly. two years ago, a pipe bomb, one of 16 sent around the country in my name sat in my district office for more than 24 hours with my staff handling and moving around it before anyone knew or told them it possibly constained an explosive de vries. -- device. none of my staff signed up for that. no one should be terrorized at work. this was not just one disturbed man. it was endless lies, conspiracy theories and hate that drove someone to violently attack his political rival. we all saw that unfold again with deadly consequences here in

the capitol on january 6. we can't afford to have this kind of violent threats continues, and certainly not from someone in this very house. this is not about whether we find marjorie taylor greene's speech offensive. this is not -- the point here is that she has promoted and advocated violence. denying her a seat at committee tables is an appropriate punishment and restraint of her influence. congresswoman greene chose a dangerous and harmful path into this house. one filled with deliberate lies that fomented violence. once elected and seated here as a sitting member, she then also chose not only to stand by but affirm those words and actions. a death bed, mild walkback of a couple wild conspiracy theories a couple moments ago is not enough to prevent her future harm. there was no apology for the hurt and harm caused and she did

not express regret for the stalking of a teenaged mass shooting victim. and so much more. now that she's made her choices, the house must limit the future harm and violence that she can invite on this body. the deceptive and inflammatory conduct fueled by violence cannot be tolerated anywhere, certainly not in this house. we can take an important step to restoring integrity, decorum, truth in this house by removing congresswoman marjorie taylor greene from her committee assignments. while we don't -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. wasserman schultz: this is unbecoming from a member of congress. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: i yield one minute to the republican leader, mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i rise in

opposition to house resolution 72. this resolution sets a dangerous new standard that will only deepen divisions within this house. for all their talk about norms and institutions, it's the democrats who've acted to undermine the people's house at every turn. let's check the record. afraid for their political careers, they have moved to shut down debate and silence dissent in committee and on this floor. they went so far as to eliminate the motion to recommit, a minority party's only chance to offer an amendment. which stood for over a century until this year. they have rushed impeachments through without a shred of due process, just like today. reducing this tool from the highest constitutional remedy to just another opportunity to

fundraise and go on tv. and now they are declaring the majority has veto power over the minority's members' selections for committee. now, we have reviewed this with the parliamentarian. never before in the history of this house has the majority abused its power in this way. never in the entire history of this house have they ever abused the power in this way. it's clear, speaker pelosi's caucus thinks differently. they're blinded by partisanship and politics. it's the american people who will suffer the most because of it. as for the member in question, let me be very clear. representative greene's past comments and posts as a private citizen do not represent the values of my party. as a republican, as a

conservative, as an american, i condemn those views unequivocally. i condemned them when they first surfaced and i condemn them today. this house overwhelmingly voted to condemn the dangerous lies of qanon last congress and continue to do so. i made this clear when i met with representative greene. i also made clear that we as members have a responsibility to hold ourselves to a higher standard. she acknowledged this during our conversation and apologized for her past comments. . i will hold her to her words and actions moving forward. but because these comments cause such deep wounds, i offered leader hoyer a path to lower the temperature and address these concerns in a productive way. i offered to remove representative greene from ed

and labor. but it was rejected. it was rejected. now, privately i've had calls from many democrats acknowledging what they're doing is wrong. they understand that this partisan power grab is not only cynical, it's hypocritical. if this is the new standard, i look forward to continuing out the standard. because if you look for a side that has a leadership that's done something when their members do something as a member, not prior, look to me. because i did just that. but when a democrat freshman said, israel has hypnotized the world, that supporting israel is all about the benjamins, and that 9:, some people did

something -- 9/11, some people did something, it speaker pelosi kick her off the foreign affairs committee? or did she keep her on the committee and even pose with her on the cover of a magazine? will the standard change? when another democrat was compromised by a chinese spy, that it was so serious that the f.b.i. had to brief the congressional leaders, did speaker pelosi remove him from the house intelligence or homeland security committees after the briefing? i'm the only other person that had that same briefing just recently. i was in the room with the speaker. i heard what was said. i'll be very clear. i would never have that member on either of those committees.

or did she reward him by making him the head of the subcommittee overseeing the c.i.a.? i guess there's different standards. when the chairman of the rules committee objected to certifying the 2016 election, citing russian interference, did speaker pelosi censure him? how about when the chairwoman of the financial services committee told supporters at a rally in 2017? she was a member then, unlike the person we're talking about today. if you see anyone from the cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at gasoline stations, you get out, you create a crowd, you push back on them, and you tell them they're not welcome anywhere, anywhere with anyone. anymore. after she called for violence

against public servants, did speaker pelosi condemn it? or did she look the other way and make her chairwoman again? i don't know if you want to amend this one and add others so you can keep your standard. the answer is obvious. what democrats -- while democrats attack congresswoman greene, they not only ignore the fractions within their own party, they reward these members with prestige and influence. when it comes time to vote, i expect democrats will codify this partisan power grab. i would advise them to think twice and pull this resolution from the floor while they still can. i've heard democrats quote senate minority leader to defend this resolution.

i would remind them what leader mcconnell said when democrats voted to nuke the judiciary filibuster. you'll regret this -- judicial filibuster. you'll regret this and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think. if that's the new standard, if people are held to what they are said prior to even being in this house, if majority party gets to decide who sits on what other committees, i hope you keep that standard. because we have a long list you can work within your own. in the resolution -- end this resolution is merely a distraction from the real issues. in the last two weeks, democrats have taken just two votes. the one today and the one last night -- last month on a waiver for a cabinet member. this is the least productive congress since last year. i thought that would be hard to beat. there's nothing for workers who have lost their jobs.

including thousands of blue collar jobs that were eliminated just by a stroke of a pen of pride. even laying off the union -- president biden. even laying off the union workers who endorsed him. it's a shame. they need that job. it's a good paying job. nobody sat and talked to him before or asked them. they just laid them off. nothing for students who have been stuck learning from behind screens for nearly a year. even though the administration's c.d.c. director says in-person learning is safe. nothing to increase the pace of vaccine distributions so we can get them to people who want them and get one step closer to fully reopening this economy. at a time when households are already struggling, congress should use its window of opportunity to get americans back to work. get kids back to school. and vaccines for any american

who wants it. these are the immediate priorities that deserve our energy and our attention. this is what we would work on if we had the opportunity to be in the majority. or even had the same opportunity that those in the minority had for the last 100 years, to offer a motion to recommit. mr. speaker, as i've said before , a house distracted cannot govern. and we're proving it one more time today. let's stop trying to invent dangerous and divisive ways to abuse the power of a majority. and start working on what really matters. no one supports what was said. before a person ever became a member.

when a member said something that was inappropriate on this side of the aisle, we removed them from committee because they said it as they were a member. as we list the long list of the standards on the other side, no, no one ever got removed. they got rewarded. and now, more than 200-year history in this body is going to change. but if it changed as a standard to reach all, i'll be right here with you. if the concern was really what the majority leader said to me, about being on education committee, i'm the first one to switch it. i actually offered it. that would be appropriate. but not for this majority. they believe something different. and that's wrong. just as the words that were said

were wrong. that member came to this floor to answer those questions. she did it as a member of congress, not as a private citizen when they were said. i listened to president biden as i watched him sworn in. i heard the word unity. that's why i reached out as well. if there's concern about education, we can fix that. if there's concern on the other side about working with people who are getting laid off with every stroke of every executive order, i'll work to fix that. there's concern about getting kids back in school, we'll work on that. if there's concern about getting a vaccine to any american who wants it, we'll work on that. but unfortunately the majority gets to decide what comes to the floor. and once again, this congress will get listed as the least productive congress in history.

but the one thing it will have a record of is changing the rules to be one-sided, a long history that i believe this body will be embarrassed by. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from georgia, representative mcbath. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mrs. mcbath: i thank you to my colleague and friend from florida. and thank you, mr. speaker. in two weeks i celebrate the birthday of my son, jordan. every year since he was murdered, his birthday brings joyful memories, but profound sadness. two years ago, my pain on his birthday turned to horror and grief as i watched students in

parkland, children the same age as my son, run terrified out of their high school. i watched parents read texts from their kids that said, mom, if i don't make it back, thank you for everything that you've done for me. i watched as 17 families realized that their lives are never going to be the same. throughout history, words have shown and have had the power to unite this nation with unity and with hope. or the power to divide with bigotry and hate. words have an impact on everything that we do here in this chamber, on this hill, in this body.

every action that we take makes life better for the american people. this today is about a member's words and actions that are beneath this body. beneath the american people that we have sworn to protect. this is about a member stalking the children of tragedy, attacking survivors and threatening violence. this is about a member denying the existence of dead children at sandy hook elementary and marjory stoneman douglas high school. this moment is about parents across america who now celebrate their child's birthday just like me. and i yield back the balance of my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the ranking member of the judiciary committee, mr. jordan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jordan: thank you, mr. speaker. who is next? who is next? everyone has said things they wish they didn't say. everyone has done things they wish they didn't do. so who's next? who will be the cancel culture attack next? former "new york times" editor, not a conservative, had to resign because of the environment at that paper she had to resign. she coined this term the digital thunder dome. you engage in wrong think, you engage in wrong speak, you're going in the thunder dome. today it's mrs. greene. who is going to be tomorrow? who is it going to be tomorrow? i've heard several times on the floor today from the democrats. conspiracy theory. the democrats peddled the biggest conspiracy theory of all time, the russia hoax.

two of those years, for the last four years they peddled this theory. two of those years they spent $40 million, 19 lawyers, 40 f.b.i. agents, 2500 subpoenas, but came up with zero collusion. from director of national tense, james clapper, he was gone on television all the time talking about the coordination, the collusion that was going on. but what did he say behind closed doors, when he was under oath in the intelligence committee? he said this, i never saw any evidence that the trump campaign was conspiring with the russians to meddle with the election. no evidence. but they peddled this theory for four years. and think about this. the guy who started the debate off today for the democrats, the democrat chair of the rules committee, mr. speaker, democrat chair of the rules committee, four years ago, guess who? guess who four years ago was the first person to object to the 2016 presidential election.

the guy who kicked off the debate for the democrats today going after mrs. greene. the gentleman from massachusetts. guess what his reason was. the russian hoax conspiracy theory. and guess which state, guess which state he objected to. guess which state. alabama. that's right. january 6, 2017, the guy kicked off the debate for the democrats objected to alabama, a state that president trump won by 30 points. first person to kick off the debate today, four years ago, objected to alabama, based on this russian hoax conspiracy theory and now, now they're coming after mrs. greene. i stood right here three weeks ago and i said, this cancel culture will not just come after republicans. it's going to come after us all. it's going to come after us all. that's what's scary. it took all of 13 days, all of 13 days for that to be proven true. last week, mr. speaker, -- can i

have a few seconds? . last week, senator feinstein's elementary school is now not named after senator feinstein. that's how bad it is. i hope it stops and stops soon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio yields back. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: mr. speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. malinowski. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey a minute and a half. mr. malinowski: mr. speaker, when we talk about unity, let's remember, we were united last october when the house came together almost unanimously to condemn qanon in a resolution i introduced. we said that qanon was spreading anti-semitism, that the looney lies would lead to people getting killed in the real world. yesterday, the minority leader,

mr. mccarthy, he cited that resolution as a reason not to remove representative greene from her committee. we already condemned qanon, he suggested. why would we need to do anything else? it's like saying we condemned bank robbers last year, we condemned bank robbery last year, we don't need to stop any bank robbers this year. how could almost 400 of us say that qanon is a threat and then when we see someone who has spent years spreading the same conspiracy theories, the same anti-semitism, the same calls for violence, someone who three days ago called her critics pedophiles -- not two years ago, three days ago -- and say that person should be given all the privileges of a member of the house. mr. speaker, if you condemn qanon, that means you have to fight it. if you believe these conspiracy theories are dangerous, you have to separate yourself from the people who are spreading them. even if a substantial number of

us stand with representative greene today, violent extremists will see it as another sign that they have a legitimate place in our national debate. that respectable leaders in our society either embrace them or fear them too much to stand in their way. i ask you, do not send this message. let's unite against extremism, not with it. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. roy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. roy: i thank the speaker. you know, about a month ago, three weeks ago i suspended my social media accounts, my personal social media accounts and i did so because social media is pretty much consuming the way we govern. and i'll just say, why are we covering by sound bite? why are we governing by looking back at what somebody said on twitter or facebook?

this is a body that's called under the constitution to meet on the floor of the united states house of representatives, not by proxy, by the way, and to sit here and debate and to debate the important issues of the day. i was proud to say a few weeks ago, i was proud to stand with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to condemn what occurred on january 6. i joined with some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to disagree on the issue of objections. and then have a member on the other side of the aisle attack my former boss and friend, senator ted cruz, and basically accuse him of being an attempted murderer, i ask that that statement be stricken and there be an apology for it. i didn't ask somebody be stripped from their committeeships. i didn't ask they be censured. i tried to engage with that colleague and have and will. and then this last weekend, had

a statement directed at me, accusing me of the worst kind of horrific act. where is this body going to go, ladies and gentlemen? now we're here in the first few weeks of this congress attacking a freshman member who's addressing the concerns of statements that i take issue with, that a number of my colleagues on this side of the aisle take an issue with, and you are going to unilaterally strip her of a committee assignment. this is not the people's house anymore. i made this statement yesterday on the budget reconciliation. i had a great conversation with the distinguished majority leader today about our need to restore regular order. and i will just ask my colleagues -- another 15 seconds from gentlelady? i ask my colleagues to move this. i made a motion to adjourn because we shouldn't be wasting

time of this body to attacking a member of this body. this will not end well. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i just want to make clear that this is not an action by one party. this is a house resolution today. all of us will be voting, and the constitution couldn't be clearer, vests the house with the authority independent of the ethics committee to discipline a member and as a sanctioned for such behavior, the house may limit any right, power, privilege, or immunity of that member. i'm sure my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are aware of that. with that, i'm pleased to yield a minute and a half to the gentlewoman from georgia, representative williams. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. williams: i rise in support of the resolution, removing marjorie taylor greene from her committee assignments.

her statements put the lives of every person in this room at risk. on january 6, we saw what happened. this resulted in the domestic terrorist attack on the united states capitol. we can't control what representative greene does and says, but we can control how we operate as a governing body that holds us officials accountable. i'm particularly concerned about her appointment to the education and labor committee which not only has oversight of the education of our children but also has the responsibility to ensure students have safe environments to learn. i watched in horror at the footage of representative greene berating a parkland shooting survivor. a teenager who came to capitol hill seeking help from lawmakers to put an end to mass shootings and prevent other high school students from having to witness the senseless murder of their classmates and teachers. this is personal for me. as a mom of one who started

kindergarten and a survivor of a shooting during my senior year of high school who claimed the life of a classmate, i live with that trauma today. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle say they disapprove representative greene's actions. this is about doing what's right. as dr. king stated -- it's never the wrong time to do the right thing. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from florida is recognized -- is reserving. and the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. and this is personal to me. i dedicated so much of my adult life to the constitution of the united states. and if you go back to 1884, it's been cited for about 80 or 100

years, even, a select committee, back in 1884, was taken up the issue of a member of congress being expelled. and the committee said that, because the conduct was committed during an earlier congress, it must be said that with practical uniformity the precedents in such cases will not expel a member for reprehensible action prior to the election of a member, not even for conviction of an offense. that has been so frequently decided in the house that it's no longer a matter of dispute. and, yes, that was expelling from the house. but you're wanting to expel a member from being a full member, as she was elected to do. now, james madison -- hopefully that name rings a bell -- said if the legislature could regulate those -- talking about qualifications, which in this

case would mean, you got to meet our qualifications for what you say before you're a member of congress or you don't come in. and he said, if you could regulate those qualifications, it can be by degree subvert the constitution. a republic may be converted into an air stock rasi-i or oligarchy. qualifications found on artificial distinctions may be devised by the stronger party in order to keep out partisans of a weaker party. this is so dangerous. never in the history of the congress has a majority party been taken such fanatical action to remove somebody from the other party from committees. it's unprecedented. you know, we had a senator named biden who looked at a ku klux

klan person as a mentor. please, i know there are so many good, decent democrats. we disagree on a lot of things. but as a matter of conscience, you talk about conscience, you got to know if you do this -- just like democrats objecting to electors and coming around later and say, oh, you're disenfranchising voters -- look, if you do this, the day will come when republicans will not like something you said and start removing you from committees. this is not a road to go down. i beg you, please, don't start this precedent. it won't end well for either party. but we will follow your lead if you lead. i'm imploring you, do the right thing. vote no on this resolution.

i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. at this time, the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. and the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from michigan -- the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. tlaib. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. tlaib: thank you, mr. chair. after decades of living through discrimination from our government, my older black neighbors in my district finally began having a sense of hope that a new generation of elected leaders are here. recently, however, those same neighbors have told me they began to feel that fear again because of what is happening here in this chamber. because in today's republican party, marge gee taylor greene's world views are -- marjorie taylor greene world views are racist, anti-semitic, and they're condoned. every single day that goes without outright condemnation from her republican colleagues,

without consequences of her extremist views, is an endorsement to white supremacy. we need to take action. when members like marjorie taylor greene proudly claim that muslims shouldn't be allowed in this congress or that 9/11 attacks were fake or that speaker of the house should be executed, there must be consequences. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for two minutes. mr. biggs: thank you, sir. thank you, mr. chairman. it's good to be here today. but what i feel and what i believe, as i'm listening and i'm hearing the debate is this is not really about words said by mrs. greene. before she was ever elected overwhelmingly in her district. because if it was about language and we were disciplining because of language, we would have

disciplined somebody else on this side, the democratic side, said that israel hypnotized the world. may allah awake and see israel. it's all about the benjamins, baby. how about this one, comparing jewish israeli settlers to termites? that guy didn't get disciplined. he still sits on the committees i am on. he said it's almost like termites can get into a residence and don't know it's been eaten up. it goes on. it goes on. the speaker of the house said republicans are enemies of the state. all of these incite to violence. all of these demean. all of these dehumanize. all of these are -- these are statements that just should not be accepted. but they were accepted. there was no condemnation. as the last speaker just said, no condemnation is an endorsement. so i guess there's endorsement from all of them on those

statements. so here we are today. and you're doing something that's unprecedented. you're taking somebody for things she said before she got into this body. and you're saying we're going to control the minority choice of committee assignments. never happened before. but here it goes. and i'm afraid it's going to cascade, because that's not the way we should do this. you can't take away the rights of the minority leader and the minority conference. that is the problem that we have here. no one endorses what mrs. greene said. but we endorse her election and the right of the leader to make her committee assignments. not to have those be taken away by the majority. i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona yields back. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. .

mr. deutch: i yield one and a half minutes to the gentlelady, ms. kelly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. kelly: i rise in support of house resolution 72 to remove congresswoman marjorie taylor greene from her post. she is part of the cult mind set that is ripping our nation apart. the wild conspiracy theories that qanon has invented are outrageous lies. more alarping, they are lies backed by the threat of violence. yes, marjorie taylor greene and her qanon believers have wanted to kill speaker pelosi and want toover turn democracy. congresswoman greene indicated

last year that if president president trump lost, the election should be overturned with blood. her republican colleagues believe she has the proper credentials and principles to serve on the education an labor committee. some will play both sides but that is a false equivalent. i think it's clear we immediate to draw the line as jewish space lasers and calling for political assassinations, not policy differences. at least with one xenophobic racist, both sides were able to put country over party. the party of honest abe can no longer be honest with itself. marjorie green and her fell he conspiracy theorists saturated our nation with lies. it is time to turn the tables and start talking about truth for a change. fwaun lee liked to see even if you're a minority of one, the truth is the truthism urge everyone to join in defending truth, stand up for truth, even

if you are alone. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida se reserves. the -- reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. babin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. babin: at the direction of a narrow democrat majority we are here standing in judgment over a colleague of ours for things said as a private citizen that have been restract -- retracted. meanwhile some members have been engaged in anti-american, anti-semitic tropes before and after their election to congress. others have incited and called for violence across the country the day donald trump became president and still encourage violence against him and others who support the republican party, not to mention other dangerous words that have been harmful to the security of our nation. none of those are in question and those members never saw any condemnation. in this democrat majority they never will. i went to the rules committee

yesterday, strongly opposed to this course of action, with a suggestion to correct this blatant double standard should it move forward. i was told by the chairman, quote, we don't share the same values because i was demanding we prioritize accountable for members of his party and their comments carried out while in office before we address representative greene's commentary made before she was elected. perhaps the chairman was right. my values are that anyone who blatant calls for the violence against conservatives, praises deadly antifa riots, endangers americans, encourages the destruction of our ally israel an perhaps worst of all dismisses the significance of 9/11 has no business serving in the house of representatives. in closing, mr. speaker, no one in congress should be more grateful than the democrat majority eliminated our motion to recommit last month and the democrat members who have made these inflammatory remarks over the years because i have no doubt that a motion by

republicans to oust those representatives would have succeeded with very strong bipartisan support. by shattering this precedent today, perhaps this majority has set in motion a future majority's obligation to do so if my -- to do so. if my democrat colleagues are attempting to take the speck out of their eye, i encourage -- take the speck -- take the log out of their own eye. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentlewoman reserves, the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: i yield one and a half minutes to the gentleman from minnesota -- the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. omar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. omar: thank you. this is not about one member. this is about who we are as a body and what we are as a democracy. this is about whether it is acceptable to cheer on and

encourage an insurrection against our basic democratic process. it is about whether it is ok to demand members swear in on a bible of a religion they do not practice. this is about whether it is ook to hold an assault rifle next to members' heads in a campaign ad and incite death threats against them. this is about whether it is ok to encourage the murder of the speaker of the house. as a survivor of civil conflict an civil war, i know political violence and political rhetoric does not go away on its own. this is about whether or not we will continue to be a peaceful and functioning democracy. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized.

mrs. walorski: i yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia, mr. good. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. goode: i'm proud to have taken my oath on that bible after which i do follow and try to live my life after and i rise today to object to the left's pattern of teaming up with the mainstream media to try to stifle the voices of conservatives. first it was four years of trying to remove president trump. and today it's trying to strip my friend, marjorie taylor greene, of her committee assignments. it's only a matter of time before they start coming after everyday americans. we travel down a dangerous road when the majority party is threatening to make committee assignments for the minority. my friends across the aisle, as we have seen and from one we just heard from, have no shortage of member who was expressed offensive opinions after they were elected to this body. democrats are not looking to lower the temperature or deliver resulters in american people. their goal is to divide our country so they can continue to expand the radical left agenda until they silenced all opposing

viewpoints. democrats control the house, senate and white house. if they wanned to deliver results for the american people they could do it. but their agenda is clear they don't want to govern, they want to rule and clamp down on any dissent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. deutch: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from missouri, representative bush. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from missouri is recognized for two minutes. ms. bush: thank you, mr. speaker. st. louis and i rise in defense of our nation's schoolchildren. i cannot sit idly by and allow white supremacy to have decision making power over our children's future. to our republican colleagues,

let history remember what you did in this moment a prerequisite for these committees must mean you love and represent all people, meaning all people. we owe it to our children, to their parents to have a health, education and labor committee committed to fighting for our country where all children have an equitable education, in an intentionally anti-racist society. from the school districts in st. louis, to st. louis public schools, our school districts deserve better. university of missouri-st. louis, our tech and trade schools, st. louis university, washington youth, they deserve better because our teachers, our custodian workers our cafeteria workers deserve better. because our students who don't have a roof to sleep under at night, our students who don't have running water at home, our

students who don't have enough to eat deserve better. those living with student debt and those who deserve to -- desire to go to college, deserve better. our parent december serve better. we cannot build an equitable anti-racist education if the seated house labor and education committee member uses the perpetuation of racist lies in order toover turn an election. with cannot build an equitable society if a member of congress supports white supremacy. we must strip them of their committee assignments and then pass my resolution to investigate them and expel them. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. hice. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. hice: the hypocrisy here is an outrage my fellow georgian,

congresswoman greene, stood here in this house and took full re-responsibility for her statements, more than we can say for any of the many in this chamber who have made outrageous, hate-filled, vile statements and comments over the past years and recent months in particular. for example, a democrat member of the house foreign affairs committee has repeatedly made blatant anti-semitic statements. she still holds her position. democratic chairwoman of the house financial services committee encouraged supporters to aggressively assault anyone who supported president trump. she still holds her position. the speaker of the house has called republicans enemies of the state. she still has her position. while we watch cities in flames, businesses being dedestroyed, officers killed and civilians attacked, a member of the majority party called for further unrest in the streets. she still has her position.

i've got four pages of similar congressmens and this is by no means exhaustive. inflammatory rhetoric around here has become common place, unfortunately. members of this house have absolutely crossed the line for calling for violence or making other similar remarks. the majority refuses to hold its own members accountable. the zenith of hypocrisy and injustice. i call on and urge our members to oppose this resolution an i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio -- the gentlewoman from ohio, mrs. beatty. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. beatty: it is a shame we must use precious time on the floor of the house to address inflammatory remarks of member

marjorie taylor greene. but just as we are in the midst of three crises of the coronavirus, the economic distress and social injustice, we must also act against a crisis of extremism and unhinged conspiracy theories. disturbing and dangerous words an actions like those we have heard and seen from this individual in this house are below, mr. speaker, the dignity of a member of congress. and as they did not stop when we were all sworn in, if anything these backward views gained a national platform. i stand here to tell you, i will stand up to bullies. bullies who threaten students and threaten and celebrate the violence toward our speaker and our colleagues, today and yes, as a conscience of the congress, it is important that we take this step to affirm that conspiracy theories and

outrageous lies have no place in the congress. no place. in the people's house. no place, no place. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expire. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: i yield one minute to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. norman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. norman: on the fourth day of february, here we go. we have a pandemic shut do you think businesses across this country, we have schools shut down, causing havoc with our children. we have a national debt of over $30 trillion. we have seniors wondering if their social security payment will be suspended due to anticipated bankruptcy, we have a democratic party focusing today and yesterday on bypassing the legislative process and issuing executive orders defunding our police departments, destroying our energy demens, shutting off our production of oil and gas, allowing men to identify as women an go into any bathroom of

choice and what is the majority spending hard-earned taxpayer dollars on today? attempting to slow throe a member of our party who was duly elected by something purportedly said before she got into congress. here's what i would ask. throw us all off the committee. god i hope the merp people see what you're doing. this is nothing more than an abuse of power, a party drunk with power. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the representative hayes from connecticut. . mrs. hayes: i rise today in support of this motion on behalf i my constituents in connecticut's fifth district. the statements made by the representative from georgia have amplified horrific and deeply dishonest rhetoric, fringe conspiracy theories about school shootings. giving any member the platform to spread dangerous rhetoric

only rewards and normalizes this behavior. places already vulnerable groups in danger. and further traumatizes survivors. there is no place in this house for a member that trivializes these events or refuses to publicly disavow her own words or apologize by those affected. there are men and women on both sides of the aisle whom i strongly disagree with. colleagues that have made statements that have deeply offended me. yet, i never believed we should remove them from committees or this body. today is different. we are forced to make this motion, not because of a disagreement in values or opinions. but because the republican conference has refused to take any actions addressing dangerous comments made by a member. comments which have no place in common discourse. and cannot be given a platform to be amplified. while i remain respectful of the voters in georgia, we have a

responsibility as a body to hold our own members accountable. and i will vote in the same -- i would vote in the same way if a member of my own caucus had committed the same infractions. no member of congress -- mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentlewoman can continue. mrs. hayes: no member should sew discourse, discount sandy hook and parkland and others. no parent should ask a member to visit their child's grave to prove their death happened. mr. speaker, the speaker says for us to vote our district. i vote for a vote of conscience.

i vote for the baby who left for school eight years ago and never returned home -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: i yield one minute to my new colleague from indiana, mrs. spartz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized for one minute. mrs. spartz: mr. speaker, as someone who grew up in a communist country where people were punished for expressing their opinions, i have an

enormous appreciation for our first amendment rights. these are the core principles our nation was founded on. i would not like many things that most from both parties have to say. sometimes they're crazy things. i vigorously support their first amendment rights, right to free speech, and voters decide if they should represent them. it's a slippery slope to start placing people's opinions and congress will start looking like a communist country. i would like my colleagues to think before they make this vote. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my friend and neighbor from florida, ms. wasserman schultz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for one minute. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, we heard a lot here

today. so in closing, let me remind my colleagues that we were sent here, not only to uphold the constitution, but to uphold the standard of conduct. let me share with you what should have happened. what should have happened is some remorse for the pain that the gentlewoman from georgia has caused and acknowledged that pain, the damage that she has caused, the violence she has advocated. i would have hoped she would have realized, like so many of us have, the awe and gravity of serving in this institution, and that despite all of the harm that words and actions she's taken has caused, that now she's a member of this body she truly understands and is sore see she stalked a -- sorry she stalked a teenager who was a victim of a mass shooting,y she -- sorry she

actually suggested that our leader of the house of representatives should meet a bullet as her end, sorry that she suggested that president obama should have his life snuffed out. but none of that happened. and that is why she has forfeited the right to serve on committees in this house of representatives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, mr. clie -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. clyde: much has been said what my colleague from georgia has spoken of in the past but the past is the past. i don't believe that congress has jurisdiction to relitigate what a member of this body said before they took their solemn oath of office. that's an issue that should bed a jut indicated by her constituent -- adjudicated by her constituents, not here in congress. this body is putting itself on

an extremely dangerous path, a path that opens the door to allowing the majority party to strip the minority party members of their committees based on statements made or beliefs held before holding office. it's clear the resolution before us is not about my colleague. it is about democrats seizing upon an opportunity to further suppress the rights of the minority party. to silence a bold member of the opposition and to thereby further their socialist agenda. members of congress have a duty to uphold themselves to the highest standards, and i know marjorie is doing just that. i expect no less from my democratic colleagues, which is why this resolution must not pass. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished majority leader of the house of representatives, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, this is

a sad day and a difficult day for the house of representatives and for our country. i have had the great honor of serving this body for 40 years, and in that time, i have never encountered a situation like the one before us. now where a member has made such vial and hurtful statements, engaged in harassment of colleagues, and expressed support for political violence. none of us should take any pleasure in what we must do today. to do nothing would be an abdication of our moral responsibility to our colleagues, to the house, to our values, to the truth, and to our

country. a great forbearer of legislators, edmund, famously declared, the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. yesterday, the republican conference chose to do nothing, so today the house must do something. i have heard some condemnation from across the aisle of the contents of representative greene's statements. some have condemned the white supremist and anti-semitic things she said and posted online. some have condemned the falsehood she shared about 9/11 and the horrific school shootings. but i have heard little from republicans about the horrific statements made by their colleague making threats of

violence against democratic elected officials and her threatening conduct towards representative bush and others. indeed, mr. speaker, there seems to be much silence when it comes to her incitement of political violence. in "the washington post" yesterday, columnist greg sergeant wrote, and i quote, whatever happens to greene -- representative greene -- the truth is unavoidable. republicans have yet to offer a clear and unambiguous declaration that political violence is unacceptable and has no place in their ranks. i have heard too much about process and not enough about accountability. no member ought to be permitted to engage in the kind of behavior that representative greene has and face zero

consequences. this vote can be a first step in correcting the error of those who so far have chosen to do nothing. a short while ago, representative greene came to this floor to defend her indefensible conduct. i heard no apology. she claimed that we are here today only because of some things she wrote online before she ever ran for congress. and if one's moral slate is wiped clean when one becomes a candidate for office. regardless, the conduct we are judging today continued to occur even after representative greene became a candidate and even after she was elected. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to look at this

image. i heard about motherhood today. two of those women between them have six children. they're mothers. one of them does not have children, and she's come to this body asking for more housing for

people, for more health care for people, for more income for people. how awful. and they're not the squad. they're ilhan. they are alexandria. and they're rashida. they are people. they are our colleagues. and, yes, you may have disagreements. but i don't know anybody, including steve king who you precluded from going on committees, for much less. and this is an ar-15 in the hands of mrs. greene. this was on facebook just a few months ago.

that is a message of peace and reconciliation and peaceful democratic dialogue. the squad's worst enemy, ar-15 in hand. i have never ever seen that before. is this a precedent setting event? it is. because the conduct, the tweeting, the qanon association. i heard the disavow of qanon. i learned more. ar-15. squad's worst nightmare. is that what it was intended to do, that each one of these ladies would have a nightmare

about somebody with a gun, an ar-15, to carry in the clip up to 60 bullets. i urge my colleagues to look at that image and tell me what message you think it sends. . here she is, armed with a deadly assault rifle, with three democratic members, the pictures were put together, i understand that. and she captioned it, the squad's worst nightmare. some people are having nightmares. and fear. and some other people who wanted to give people nightmares committed sedition and broke into the house of representatives and tried to

stop us while electing a president of the united states. these three faces are real people. they're three reasons we are here. but there are many other reasons we are here today. in 2019, in the same election cycle in which she ran, showed support for comments online that the quickest way to remove speaker pelosi from power would be, and i quote, a bullet to the head. did any of you hear steve king say anything like that? you removed him from all of his committees. but as i said, you did nothing. as a matter of fact, gave a standing ovation, as i understand, i wasn't there. what message does that send, what message does it send to have a standing ovation, to give these three women nightmares?

indisputably, these are clear threats to commit or incite political violence, not from years ago but just months ago. imagine the pain that these members' families must be experiencing when they see pictures of -- like this one. imagine what their children think. or when they know their loved ones are walking the halls of congress and may encounter harassment as happened to representative bush. i ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, when they take this vote, imagine your faces on this poster. imagine it's a democrat with an ar-15. imagine what your response would be and would you think that person ought to be held account snble but when i -- when a

suggestion of violence is allowed to go unchecked, that metastasizes on the body politic of our nation as we saw a few days ago on the 6th of january. a cancer. that's how senate republican leader mcconnell characterized it. he said loonny lies an conspiracy theories are a cancer of the our country. mcconnell. should we stand silent in the face of that kind of active city ty? he continued, somebody who suggested that perhaps no plane hit the pentagon on 9/11, that the horrifying school shootings were fake, that the clintons caused the crash of j.f.k. jr.'s plane, is not fit to serve. this has nothing to do with the

challenges facing american families or robust debates on substance that can strengthen our parties. my colleagues across the aisle have an opportunity today to reclaim their party from the dangerous cancer of qanon and violent conspiracy theories that promote and have demonstrably resulted in sedition an insurrection. senator romney -- you remember senator romney -- he was candidate for president of the united states on the republican ticket. nominated in the republican convention. he said of his party this week, i think we should have nothing to do with marjorie taylor greene. and i think we should repude kuwait the thing she is said and move away from her. our big tent is not large enough to both accommodate conservatives and kooks. not my word, his words. a republican member of the united states senate. he's not a big buddy of trump's. so apparently he doesn't have to

do what trump suggested he do senatorerness, conservative woman from iowa. she doesn't represent the party. i don't want her to be the face of our party. i think this is a great time for us to really talk about what we want to see in the upcoming years and continue to build. we don't need people that are promoting violence or anything like that. that's a republican conservative senator. republican senator and former governor of florida rick scott said, conservative republican senator, that's not what the republican party stands for. let me suggest to you, if it's not, vote with us. vote with the house. not democrats. vote with the house of representatives. vote with good order and peace.

furthermore, senator young of indiana said, there ought to be no place in the republican party for the kind of views espoused by representative green. that's what mccarthy said when you kicked king off all of his committees. this is not something you haven't done. however, sadly, you left it to us to do your job. representative cole called her statement extraordinarily disturbing. he said that yesterday. it's an old quote. an senator thune asked his fellow republicans in the house, do they want to be the party of limited government? i think the answer to that is yes -- do they want to be the party of conspiracy theories an qanon. furthermore, senator young of indiana said, there ought to be no place in the american -- in the republican party for the kind of views espoused by representative greene. that's what your republican colleagues have said.

this is not partisan. this is about principle. and you can shake your head as much as you want. this is not about party. it's about whether or not you will vote for decency. an truth. not being member's worst nightmare. i hope we can do it together. all of us. embracing our humanity and basic adherence to the constitution. edmund burke, who i quoted earlier, said, the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. let us not do nothing. i often share another passage spoken so long ago by edmund burke when a new member arrives to serve in the house. it concerns the duty a representative has to his or her

constituents. his condition collusion on that matter is that we owe them our unbiased opinion, mature judgment, and enlightened sense of conscience. what does your conscience tell you to do? in light of this kind of assertion? nothing? burke told his own constituents that these virtues does not derive from your pleasure nor the constitution, they are trust from prof. innocence for the abuse of which you are deeply answerable. your representative owes you not his industry only but his judgment and he betrays it instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. this is in the about polling. this is not about your base. this is about your conscience.

and your moral judgment. in other words, each of us ought to look inside our hearts to the answer we know is right and is best for the house and for our country. the republican party for less toxic language took committee assignments away from steve king. should they do les in this instance? there's no doubt if somebody came to congress and before they said -- before they came to congress they said, i am for violent revolution against the united states of america that your party would say that's in the somebody we want to be associated with. that's not what she said, i do not assert that. but should we do less than you did for steve king? for far less toxic language. let us not do nothing. mr. speaker, let us do the right thing. i yield back the balance of my

time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: i yield one minute to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. budd. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. budd: thank you, mr. speaker. today is really about one party single handedly canceling a member of the other party because something said before that member was even elected. this isn't about agreing or disagreing with the comments. this is about democrats abusing their power and using it to cancel. this sets a very dangerous precedent. there are members across the aisle who have said alarming things recently. they've made anti-semitic comments repeatedly. they've made anti-american comments repeatedly. and they've made comments threat ing violence, repeatedly. cancel tullture should not take over our country.

cancel culture should not take over our tech platforms. and cancel culture certainly shouldn't take other the house of representatives. we need to let the gentlelady from georgia serve and to allow her constituents to judge her performance at the ballot box. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the jerusalem from indiana reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. the gentleman -- mr. deutch: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the grom from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. speaker. i absolutely reject racism, anti-semitism and bigotry. i condemn conspiracy theories and calls if violence. i do not in any way condone these reprehensible views. sadly, here we are to effectuate another partisan power grab. the democrat majority is taking unprecedented steps to marginalize republicans just because we have not done what they want us to do an that's

wrong. there's a reason that neither party holds a majority on the ethics committee and the reason is to avoid one party or the other weaponizing the committee's purpose for use in political and partisan fashion. the majority should withdraw this resolution and if it chooses, pursue this matter properly through the ethics committee. if the resolution is not withdrawn, i'll vote no and hope at some point the ethics committee will again be used to serve this body as intened. our colleagues deserve better and the house as an institution deserves better. i ask my colleagues to vote no and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana yields back. the yell from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: thank you, mr. speaker. let me just address some of what we heard today. first we heard about -- we've heard the argument made by our colleagues that this is something that should go to the ethics committee. despite the fact that we have the authority to be here today to tackle something that our

friends should have tackled. but then they turn around and say the ethics committee doesn't have jurisdiction for anything that's been said before a member is elected. thereby creating a loop that will result in no accountability, zero accountability for any of the horrific things, any of the horrific actions that have been promoted by representative greene on social media and in her words. we also heard that what we're doing here risks deepening dangerous divisions. the dangerous divisions that exist in our country resulted in an attack on this capitol, putting all our lives at risk. we're trying to -- we're trying to stop the divisions in our country by not giving a platform to the kinds of conspiracy theories that help to inflame them. we heard that this is cynical and hypocritical. mr. speaker, is there anything

more cynical and hypocritical than to be told on the floor of this house that the majority -- the minority leader was prepared to take mrs. greene off of the committee, not because it was the right thing to do, but because it was a political decision he was willing to consider. and finally, we heard that ms. tai lon greene, that representative greene has apologized for this she came to the floor today, acknowledged that 9/11 happened. acknowledged that school shootings are real and acknowledged that she'd learned some things about qanon she didn't know before. there was no apology. there was nothing to address any of the pain and hurt she's done to my constituents and gun violence survivors in every part of this country and families who lost loved ones. mr. speaker, we need to be here today. this hateful rhetoric is in the real world as well as outside

the halls of congress, not just here. memories of lives lost to gun violence are being -- by people who claim those were false flag events, and islamaphobia and racism and conspiracy theory have manifested in real and violent acts no a debating society we're participating in, this has real impact in the real world. we cannot and i close this. we are worried about precedent. so am i. so we should all be. and the precedent of rewarding a member of the house by giving her a platform of a congressional committee to amplify dangerous conspiracy theories is one we should never set. leader mccarthy said so himself, i would remind my colleagues two years ago he said, any hatred nirk hay trid we take action. unfortunately, the only action

representative greene. this resolution condemns the practice of promoting extreme ideologies, conspiracy theories. the resolution proclaims there is no place for such conduct in this congress or in society. and when mrs. greenee came to the floor today and compared the media to qanon and this is how important this action we are about to take and we must adopt house resolution 72. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to house resolution 91, the beliefs question is ordered on the resolution. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution.

the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. -- [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

>> mr. jeffries: pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yes. as the member designated by by carolyn maloney, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that carolyn maloney will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition?

vr as the member designated by ms. bar began, ms. bar began will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. lieu, mr. lieu will vote yes. pursuant to h. res. as the member designated by mr. bolton, mr. moulton will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. cohen of tennessee, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. >> as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house.

fegged ms. porter pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on h. res. 72. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h. res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek reckniss? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. pape of new jersey, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h. res. 72. as the member designated by mr. hastings of florida, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. hastings will vote yes on h. res. 672. >> as the member designated by mr. amodei, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote nay on h. res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by mr. my fume a of maryland, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. my fume a will vote yes on h. res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? as the member designated by mr. john larson of connecticut, i inform the house that mr. larson will vote yes on house resolution 72. as the member designated by by mr. langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on h. res. 72.

>> madam speaker as the member designated by mr. fallon from the great state of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote no on house resolution 72. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. ruiz, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on house resolution 72.

for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? as the member designated by mr. gonzalez, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yes on h.

res. 72. as the member designated by mr. villa, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. villa will vote yes. pursuant to h. res. 8, mr. car detain aswill vote yes. as the member designated by mr. gallego, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gallego will vote yes on h. res. 72. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> on behalf of representative garcia pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. garcia will be voting yes on h. res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by mr. bowman, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. bowman will vote yes on h. res. 72. as the member designated by by mr. cooper, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cooper will vote yes on h. res. 72. as the member designated by by ms. frankel, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on h. res. 72. as the member designated by ms. jayapal, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. jayapal will vote yes. as the member designated by by mr. lynch, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lynch will vote yes on h. res.

72. as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on h. res. 72. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. adams: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition recognition? ms. matsui: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on h.res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. kildee: madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. lawrence of michigan, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. lawrence will vote yes on h.res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. connolly: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. titus of nevada, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. titus will vote yes on h.res. 72. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by congress member roybal-allard, pursuant to

h.res. 8, i inform the house that congress member roybal-allard will vote yes on h.res. 72. and, madam speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on h.res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. butterfield: as the member designated by mr. carson of indiana, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. carson will vote yes, he will vote yes on h.res. 72. as the member designated by mr. price of north carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. price will vote yes, he will vote yes on h.res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> madam chair, as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on h.res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yea on h.r. 72. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. mchenry of north carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house

that mr. mchenry will vote nay on house resolution 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. long of missouri, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. long will vote nay on h.res. 72.

and as the member designated by mr. gosar of arizona, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. goes already vote nay on -- gosar will vote nay on h.r. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. buchanan of the great state of florida, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr.

buchanan will be a no vote on house resolution 72. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by ms. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. watson coleman will vote yes on h. res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition?

mr. mcgovern: as the member designated by ms. trahan, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. trahan will vote yes on h. res. 72. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by by ms. spir pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. spir will vote yes on h. res. 72 . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by mrs. axne, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. axne will vote yes on h. res. 72.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 230, the nays are 199. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition? ms. cheney: madam speaker, by direction of the house republican caucus, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: house resolution 95. ms. cheney: madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the house will now be in order. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. wasserman schultz: madam speaker, it is with a heavy heart that -- madam speaker. can i ask for the house to be brought into order. the house is not in order.

madam speaker, it is with a heavy heart that i rise to honor the lives of two fallen f.b.i. agents, daniel allison and elizabeth schwartzen berger. special agents were shot and killed in the line of duty in sunrise, florida. this was sadly the f.b.i.'s deadliest day since the tragic events on 9/11. it has also been more than 30 years since two agents were gunned down together in the line of dutyy. they died protecting our most vulnerable citizens and the community they love. laura's specialty was pursuing crimes against children. her work with the f.b.i. miami field office led to the arrests of those involved in the exploitation of children and sextortion. she leaves behind a husband and two children. daniel was a veteran agent who led the investigation into a dark website, one of the country's largest child pornography operations. he leaves behind a wife and one child. these were two heroes taken from

us way too soon while trying to make our community a safer place to raise our families. we grieve their loss not only to the community they served, but to the families and loved ones they leave behind. they made the ultimate sacrifice and we will be forever grateful. madam speaker, i ask the house to please pause for a moment of silence in memory and honor of these heroes who gave their lives protecting our children. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to extend and revise my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. van drew: i am here to speak about a -- >> madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. mr. van drew: i am here today to speak about a wonderful cause. dream like drew. that promotes awareness of a rare genetic disorder. dream like drew was a week-long event starting on may 3 where -- i can't hear myself think.

the speaker pro tempore: members are advised to take their conversations off the floor. mr. van drew: thank you, madam speaker. i'm here today to speak about a wonderful cause, dream like drew. that promotes awareness of a rare genetic disorder. dream like drew was a week-long event starting on may 3 where students can show their support by wearing unique socks, one high, and one low. it's caused by the deletion of genetic material on the fifth chromosome that can cause delays in motor functions. dream like drew was started by kasey akin, a teacher in south jersey, in honor of her son, drew eykyn. he was an 8-year-old little boy who was diagnosed with cri du chat shortly after he was born. he lives life with a positive outlook. and mindset that will allow him

to achieve his dreams always. drew is an inspiration to all and dream like drew is an amazing cause that encourages a discussion on how important acceptance and inclusion is for those with disabilities. god bless him forever. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. i yield myself such time as i may consume jackson lee -- ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i rise with a somber spirit and a heavy heart. to be able to celebrate the law officers, the police officers who stood their ground on behalf of this citadel of democracy on january 6. police officers were beaten, sprayed with mace hirkts with stun guns and -- mace, hit with stun guns and beaten with the

united states flag and symbols of naziism. you can see their valiant efforts, the washington, d.c., metropolitan police, with our own capitol police. they stood their ground, being beat continuously by insurrectionists and, of course, domestic terrorists. i want to offer today my deepest appreciation for them and the sympathy for their brothers who were lost in the fight to preserve democracy. yes, it was a fight because it was an attack on the united states capitol. we owe them a great deal of gratitude and as well admiration. and i intend to introduce a resolution that will honor all of those who stood their ground and protected this place, members of congress and others, and were in the midst of a battle where so many were hurt. i express my sympathy and concern for those still hospitalized and i do say that it is important for us to say the simple words, thank you.

thank you. to the men and women of the united states capitol police, the metropolitan police and, of course, our national guard and others. thank you so very much. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? >> i rise to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. this week we had a hero lie in honor under the dome of the united states capitol. united states capitol police officer brian sicknick. gave his life to protect the u.s. capitol, one of our greatest symbols of democracy. i had the opportunity to pay respects to officer sicknick in the capitol rotunda. which is safe and secure because of his sacrifice. mr. guthrie: and also the bravery of his fellow capitol police officers and other law enforcement. i'm devastated by the loss of officer sicknick and i want to provide my deepest condolences to officer sicknick's family and

fellow officers. i want each and every capitol police officer to know that i am grateful and appreciative of your work here that you do each and every day to protect democracy. all who work here, and you protect all of our constituents who visit. thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recognition? >> i rise to address the house for one minute and extend and revise my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> i rise today on behalf of the people of nevada's 3rd district. the pandemic has raff issued our economy where the tourism and travel industry is the bed rom. nevada is one of the hardest states hit by this pandemic and one of the highest pandemic rates at .2%.

but we have the opportunity to put this pandemic behind us and rebuild our economy. and that answer lies in vaccine distribution. we are doing everything we can to get vaccines to those who are eligible but with limited resources we aren't able to get them quickly enough. we worked with clark county commissioner to establish a temporary vaccine site for the residents of laughlin on the border. before this site was established, they had no vaccination options within an hour's job of their community. this pandemic needs to be treated like the crisis it is. we need to get states more funding for distribution. i'm urging my colleagues, we must act quickly and cannot let partisan games get in the way. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to recognize lakeland fire chief doug riley for being the fire chief of the year. he was appointed as fire chief in december of 2017 and served 30 years with the lakeland fire department and holding every position. i was prilled to serve along side as a lakeland city commissioner. i have seen first happened his efforts to build better relationships with his employees staff and community. i goes above and beyond. on behalf of the 15th district of florida, congratulations for earning this honor. we thank you for your efforts. well done, chief. and i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. i rise to introduce the bipartisan restoring communities left behind act. this legislation establishes a $5 billion stimulus policeman to help communities face down the dire covid-19 crisis. i am grateful for the cooperation of congresswoman tlaib and maxine waters. in addition, americans are still suffering from the effects of twouth great recession. wall street mall feesance resulted in african-americans

losing their wealth. nothing is more important for wealth creation. this bill will restore financial home ownership by investing in neighborhood infrastructure and skills training and creating good training jobs. we must provide stimulus for neighborhoods to recover. and i look forward to include this bill and recovery package and urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: i rise to remember and honor the life of tommy lee. he was a man of integrity who served others. in addition to serving his

country. tommy served on the industrial development board for a number of years. he was an active member of the lions club, american legion and was president of the springfield jaycees and provides solutions by facilitating projects. he graduated from the university of georgia and was an avid georgia bulldogs fan. my thoughts and prayers are with his family and his friends during this most difficult time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there any further one-minute speeches? under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the

gentlewoman from new york is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. ms. ocasio-cortez: i unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to include remarks on my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ocasio-cortez: 29 days ago, on january 6 of 2021, insurrectionists attacked our capitol seeking to overturn our election results. the glass around this chamber was shattered by gunshots, clubs, by individuals seeking to restrain and murder members of congress duly elected to carry out the dutyies of their. officer sicknick was murdered on

the steps just outside this hallowed floor. two capitol police officers have lost their lives since in addition to the four other people who died on the events of january 6. food service workers, staffers, children ran or hid for their lives from violence deliberately incited by the former president of the united states. sadly, less than 29 days later, with little to no accountability to the bloodshed or trauma, some are demanding that we move on or worse, attempting to minimize, discredit or belittle the accounts of survivors. in doing so, they not only further harm those who were there that day, but they also send a tremendously damaged

message to survivors of trauma. as a way to deal with trauma is to pay for it over, minimize it and move on. sadly, this is all too often what we hear from survivors from trauma. that what they experienced wasn't bad enough or too bad to talk about or being afraid of being invalidated or making a mountain out of a molehill. as a result, thousands deny the care they need and deserve the care they need and deserve to live better lives. 29 days ago, our nation's capitol was attacked. that is the big story. and in that big story resides thousands of individual accounts . just as valid and important as the other. tonight, for this special order,

we will begin to hear and commit the congressional record, just some of those many stories. i thank my colleagues who are have bravely come forward today to share their accounts. and with that, i yield to my friend, mr. welch, from vermont. well well i thank the gentlelady -- mr. welch:, i thank the gentlelady. the -- i live croot the street across the supreme court and every day almost without fail, there are demonstrators out on the supreme court and they are peaceful. some of them i agree with or disagrees with but great to see people exercising their first amendment right. that was a beautiful day. i wasn't scheduled to be here in the house until 1:00 p.m.

i did something that is a privilege and just a joy for those of us who serve here. i took a walk from the supreme court, linchingon memberal and back. the pro-trump were there as it was their right to be. i became alarmed when i got to the white house, it was really like a white house mob with many folks with bullhorns talking about hanging mike pence and using horrible words that i can't mentioned here directed towards nancy pelosi. as i came back towards 4th street, i came in sight with and was standing two groups of people who were about 70 strong

and were practicing marching in military formation. and they were chanting as they did, again something a word that i can't use here, f those people, talking about the people in this building. and as she said, people in this building were workers, there were capitol police who were in this building to do an hour and a half commute to protect this building that belongs to the people of this country. it was the cafeteria workers. every day hard-working every day americans. i still didn't think anything about it, because it never occurred to me that with all the anger and hostility that i saw,

with those groups of people that were marching in a formation, that when i was later sitting up in that gallery as the proceedings were taking place, it never ever occurred to me that this building would be invaded. i took it for granted. that that just couldn't happen. of course, it did. the first sign we heard when we heard the security people, the speaker, majority leader and rushed them off the floor. we on the floor and the gallery had no idea what was going on. in retrospect, we find out the west side of the building was being breached. and one of the police officers said it was like a castle storming. mr. mcgovern kept the chair.

we began to continue the process of certification of the election until one of the capitol police officers told us that tear gas had been fired and people had breached the building, get out the gas masks, lie on the floor. and i saw capitol police officers with guns from their holes ters. and i looked at these men and women and i tried at that moment to imagine what is it like for them, that they actually had to have a weapon out. they had families. they had responsibility in whatever fear they may have felt, their duty was to protect us. and they were going to do it. no matter what. and how small i felt at that

moment that because of someone who was doing their duty to protect me and no more than worthy than any other person who works in this building, but that's their job, they were threatened. and we heard the shot and the mob was getting into the door of the speaker's lobby and they had to bring us all across the chamber to the far door. and we got stopped where these two doors were being breached and we heard the sound and being pushed through. and you know we will hair more stories. i want to say that in listening to my colleagues and where i had some fear but then we were ok, the two things that just stay with me are that the tradition

we have had in this country that is so commonplace that we do every four years, the peaceful transfer of power and how extraordinary it is that we do it every four years, was shattered. and the second thing is and the second thing was we saw something that allowed jim crow to thrive for over 100 years after the civil war and that was the use of violence as a political tactic. we now have a capitol ringed by seven-foot fences with concertina wire, so the trauma we're feeling, working in the sense of isolation is trauma to our democracy. our goal, our responsibility, is to restore that and not be defeated. i yield back.

ms. ocasio cortez: i yield to my friend from new york, mr. espaillat. mr. espaillat: madam speaker, i would like to thank my colleague , congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez, for organizing this special order hour this evening. as the events of january 6 are still burning in the memories of all of us, as well as millions and millions of americans across the nation, although some people would like to theny that it ever happened or sweep it under the rug, it continues to burn in everybody. the images are so aggressive

that they still burn in the memories of millions upon millions of americans. i started that day as i start every day, i came to my office at 8:30 in the morning. we couldn't get -- i couldn't get through independence avenue because it was shut down so i came through the back of my office building. and i nosed -- noticed that i was walking on the sidewalk with some of the protesters. unimpeded. i felt as though security was very lax. no one stopped them. they were walking right next to me. they were around here as early as 8:30 in the morning. i went to my office and as i

proceeded at one point to leave my office to come down to the floor, i was informed that the capitol had been breached. so we stayed in our office. two police officers came to the office trying to escort us out and trying to take me to a site, a room, in another office building where other members were to protect us. i decided to stay in my office with my team. wellocked ourselveses in there. i could see from my window some of the protesters. you see, this assault against the capitol was not just concentrated on the capitol steps, it was everywhere really. and of course at about 8:00 at night, a little bit before that, we came -- i came here to conclude the proceedings. i felt it was very important that we completed our work for

the night and not be intimidated by that mob. democracy could never be intimidating. so i came here very early. i walked around as agents went around the capitol and this floor, securing evidence and the scene was horrifying, furniture stuck up against the walls, and bloodstains right outside where someone was shot. was being mobbed. so this is a traumatic experience for all of us. on both sides of the aisle. and for our nation. it cannot be swept under the rug. we must get to the bottom of this. we must find out if there was members of this body who aided and abetted that angry mob.

who instructed them of the whereabouts of speaker pelosi. you see that mob came here saying they wanted to assassinate her and they wanted to hang the vice president. so if anybody in this body assisted someone that clearly had an intent to attempt to murder someone, they're an accessory to that crime. and we must look at that. at that evidence. ultimately, ultimately we need to have the truth and if we wan unity in this body, we immediate the truth. if we want unity in america, we need the truth. that is what will unite us. we must have a deep dive, a deep

investigation, into what occurred. did any of our colleagues text, emil or tweet the whereabouts of speaker pelosi? did anybody tweet or share information about the labyrinth of tunnels and hallways in this capitol building? they seemed to know their way around. so the truth is important for the unity of our nation. this is a beautiful building. and a temple of democracy. but congress is not this building. it is each and every one of us. and by extension, the people that we represent. so an attack against us was an attack against our constituents. we are their voices here.

and we must take a good look at what occurred. we must not sweep this under the rug. we must continue to ascertain and get all the facts and evidence to determine who played a pivotal role in perpetrating this crime. only then will we have unity. only then will we have peace. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. ms. ocasio cortez: i now yield to my colleague from texas, representative sheila jackson lee.

ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from new york. first of all for her courage. and for convening us together. and i might say to the gentlelady that we're not doing this for ourselves. we have taken an oath of office, i have said this many times today as we debated a question of the status of a member. we took an oath to defend this nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. and we realize that that oath is really above our own personal safety. if we were called upon by this nation to defend her, to defend our constituents, i would venture to say that most members would stand by their constituents and this nation. this should not be taken as members fleeing out of fear.

but it should be taken as an explanation and an expose of what happened in this place. how it was desecrated. undermined. diminished. how the american people watched this precious place. for those of us who have been here, i fled this place on 9/11. we were in a meeting and all you could hear is a lot of noise. and members continuing to meet, not wanting to be disturbed, did not move. until an officer, scream, came, and we heard the noise say, we don't know what's going on but get out. in that instance, we fled and all we could hear was, run as

fast as you can and hit the ground way on the other side near first street and the supreme court. i could see the building's smoke and the plane that had hit the pentagon. and so, that fleeing, of course, was because we were told to do so but members began to look for their staff and want to know what they could do. it was different from having a pandemic, it was different from the setting here except for the fact that members cared about what was going on in their constituency and their staff. here we were in the same way. members were protecting their staff and officers. so i want this not to be about us but the story meeds to be told. and as you've already heard there were those of us participating in this debate, some in the floor, some in the gallery. i will tell you the first thing i saw, congresswoman, because we did not know of the huge crowd

down near the white house, we didn't know that there were people dancing to music inside the white house watching activities of attack here. we didn't know about the major speech that was provoking a crowd of insurrection uses -- insurrectionists that had planned to come here and kill people. but the first thing i saw was good friends here rising up, moving out quickly and only as they began to move did we hear the words, hurry up, get out, flee. not necessarily flee, but the first words i heard was our good leadership telling the doors to be closed. thank them for that our sergeant at arms, who are here in this place. as we fled, we could hear the attack coming from the senate side. and then we could hear the

shooting that occurred right outside in the cloakroom area. and we crouched there and some of my good colleagues and i began to pray. start out by saying, this is not us but about truth. as i mourned and honored officer sicknick as he was honored by being in a state of honor in this house, i was reminded of the many officers, capitol hill, and metro police that are in hospitals, that are still hurting, and that are still suffering. and i said earlier this evening that i offered to them my deepest concern an sympathy and respect and i'll be introduce deucing a resolution to honor them. i think the importance of reliving what we went through is as i've heard if my colleague we

must get to the bottom of this. we cannot let white supremacy which is now the number one terrorist activity or terrorist group in america more so than foreign terrorists dominate the goodness of what this democracy and this constitution stands for. we can't let the idea of free speech be the source of the fueling of hatred and anger that turns to violence. we can't let individuals storm this building and call for the killing of the vice president or the killing of the speaker of the house or the putting on plastic cuffs on members of congress. we can't frighten members of congress in their offices, we cannot allow this kind of attack on voices like the gentlelady from new york who simply wants to tell truth. she has freedom. so i'm here on the floor to say that we shall not be denied.

we're never going to give up our love for democracy, nor its vitality. nor are we going to let this country be dominated by the insurrections -- insurrectionists who came to this place but to act in a bloodthirsty manner. we are not afraid of you. and yes on behalf of all the officers that the video showed us were beaten by america flags, beaten with signs of nazism, we're going to get to the bottom of this for you. we're going to find out what happened. we're going to find out why the information came from the f.b.i. to the city of washington, d.c., and their police, and it was evidence that it was given to the brass here, but that there was no response in terms of the kind of equipment or numbers of officers that were there or why wasn't permission given to the mayor of the city of washington to call up the national guard? why did this president deny

access to the national guard to protect not us, but this place of democracy. so i am grateful for this opportunity. we have work to do. but i think the greatest statement that we can make tonight that we're in the light of day on this floor. as i said before, not for us but to be able to stand in the shoes of all of those heroes who fought in different ways whether it was in the peace movement, whether it was in the civil rights movement, black power movement, whether it was caesar chavez fighting for farmworkers, people who fought to make a difference for goodness, for all those patriots, all those fallen leaders, some assassinated like dr. martin luther king, we cannot stand and allow the voices of those who provided horror to this place to suggest to the world that they have

overcome us. i close by simply saying to the world that we had a day, january 6, an attack on this place, insurrectionists and domestic terrorists penetrated the united states capitol but they never penetrated this strength of the constitution and our values and our commitment to protect democracy but also to give respect and comfort to those who lost their lives on that day or thereafter in tells of our law enforcement officers and sadness for those unfortunately who lost their lives by being misguided but also to be able to say that this is a place we will hold sacred and we'll be victorious and white supremacy, insurrectionists and also domestic terrorism will not prevail over us. we will win. we will i thank the gentlelady for yielding for me and i thank her

for her courage and i yield back to the gentlelady. ms. ocasio-cortez: i now yield to representative dean phillips of minnesota. mr. phillips: i want to thank you, the gentlelady from new york, for organizing tonight and for inspiring rising generations of americans and my daughters, to dream bigger and to do better. i want to thank you. i start to address those who have be littled, dismissed, minimized or criticized anyone who has experienced trauma of any type of any time and any

form. to you, i take pity on you and i say shame on you. i was in this very room on january 6 when the snurks -- insurrection began. i was over my shoulder who had to take cover behind the seats on the floor and struggled to activate our gas masks, the whizing sounds in this room which none of us will ever forget. we know the sound of the breaking glass and of the screams and furniture moved in front of the doors and we know the feeling of being trapped in this room and know that being taken hostage may be the best-case scenario. we know anything with which to defend ourselves and realizing a pence i will is about all we

had. and we know what it feels like thinking it is a real possibility that we would not see our loved ones again. we won't forget. we won't forget. but i'm not here this evening to seek sympathy or to tell my story but to make a public apology for recognizing we were sitting ducks as the chamber was about to be breached. i screamed to follow me to the republican side of the chamber so we could blend in, so we could blend in. for i felt the insurrectionists who were trying to break down the doors would spare us if they mistook us for republicans. but within moments i recognized that blending in was not an

option available to my colleagues of color. so i'm here tonight to say to my brothers and sisters in congress and all around l around our country, i'm sorry, i'm sorry. for i have never understood, really understood what privilege really means. it took a violent mob of insurrectionists and lightning-bolt moment in this very room. but now i know, but i really know. i cloudy skies with a hopeful invitation to everybody listening and watching, whether you experienced january 6 right here in this room, whether you were barricaded in an office across the street or whether you experienced it through a

television screen, please do not allow that day to change you for the worse, but please find something in it to improve our country and to improve our world. i surely did and i hope you'll join me. with that, i yield back. ms. ocasio-cortez: thank you, representative, for that extraordinary powerful account. and oy now yield to representative scanlon. ms. scanlon: i want to thank the gentleman from new york for arranging this important special order hour. every day, we are so grateful for the hard work and support of our congressional staff. many of them are young enough to

be my children, but they serve congress and our country with brilliance and honor every single day. so this evening, i want to read a letter signed by nearly 400 congressional staffers to their senators because they don't have a voice on this floor but their words are so raw and so heart wrenching. here's the letter, entitled an open letter to members of the u.s. senate. we are senate who work are to the senate and house of representatives where it is our honor and privilege tore serve our country and fellow americans we write to share our views, not the views of our sploirs employers. our workplace was atanged by a

violent mob trying to stop the electoral college. that was by president trump some of whom we pass every day in the hall ways at work. many of us attended school in the post-columbine area and are trained to respond. as the mob smashed through capitol police barricades, broke doors and windows and charged with body armors and weapons, we hid behind chairs and desks or barricaded ourselves in offices. others watched on tv and tried to watch our bosses. on january 6, the former president broke america's 20-year legacy of the peaceful of trns is of power when he ingo

crithed a mob. six people died. a capitol police officer, one of our co-workers was beaten to death. the attack on our workplace was inspired told by lies about the results of the election in a base less, month's long vote. our constitution only works when we believe in it and defend it. it is assured commitment to the rule of law and peaceful resolution of our ditches. any person has no place now or in the future. the use of violence and lies to overturn an election. either you stand with the republic or against it. as congressional employees, we

don't have a vote tore incite the violent attack but our senators do and for our sake and the sake of our country we ask they vote to convict the previous president and it is signed by nearly 400 congressional staff. i seek unanimous consent to enter their letters and signatures into the congressional record. i yield back. ms. ocasio-cortez: i yield to mark takano. mr. takano: thank you, congresswoman, for leading this special order order and thank you for your bravery for sharing your story. january 6 was unlike any other day that i lived through. i awoke with georgia on my mind,

with the hope that hope in my heart after the runoff victories delivered us a senate democratic majority and we were turning a page on a dark chapter and entering a chapt irof progress and unity. to print out that page, congress needed to certify the election. but that was supposed to be a procedural action. but it became the angry mob who encureged that very mob to interfere and stop the counting of the ball on ots. and too many republican colleagues empowered the lives that trump hold instead of standing up for the truth and

for democracy. i had followed press reports that early that day and i followed press reports about a rally being organized about my staff warned me to be careful me. i got to the capitol early because i did not want to run into too many crowds. but i never imagined what was coming after trump encouraged his supporters at a rally to storm the capitol and disrupt the electoral college county. before 1:00, i was returning to my cannon office building when the capitol police told me, sir, we are closing down cannon and evacuating cannon and go to longworth office building or rayburn and take cover.

so i followed instructions and made my way back to the building. i made it to a veterans affairs office building. my phone started to plow up with anxious constituents who asked me if i was ok. and they made me aware of what was going on outside. i turned on the television and i could not believe what i was seeing. what i saw was capitol police being overwhelmed. and the violent mob of trump supporters breaking into the capitol and bringing the vote count to a halt. as it unfolded, i have to say i was in a secure location for

that moment. i was fine, but shaken, concerned about what this meant for our democracy. i worried about the safety of my colleagues and the staff. and i wondered when the national guard would arrive because it was extraordinarily distressing to see our capitol police so greatly outnumbered by the crowd. i was safe. i turned out to be tine and still am fine, but that is not the case for everyone. unlike my colleagues who are here, most of the people who lived through the horrors, they can't share their experiences on the floor. i acknowledge the voice of hundreds of staffers, maintenance workers and capitol players who lived through that deadly insurrection. they lived the trauma.

it is just as valid and real as the stories being. staff barricaded and heard banging on the doors. staff evacuated the house chamber and gathering any items. they were in danger as well. this is their workplace. hundreds of people who answered the phones and keep our buildings running and keep us safe. you are confronted with the reality you may be putting yourself in harm's way. staff didn't sign up for this particular job and didn't sign up to be put up in harm's way. . . those watching the capitol be

attacked from home also experienced trauma and to them i say what you feel is valid and don't let anybody gaslight or diminish or belittle what happened on january 6. it was a serious event. over the past few weeks, i learned the fol -- that following the insurrection the office of employee assistance has been overwhelmed with requests for counseling and support from our staff. after my staff on the committee an i were made aware of this at the office of employee assistance we worked with the v.a. to bring mobile vet centers to the capitol complex to provide mental health services and resources to capitol police, the national guard deployed at the capitol, congressional staff, journalists and anyone who needs it. i visited one of the vet centers this morning and they told me, congressman, the numbers are there.

confidentially, we won't tell you how many but people are using these centers an they're asking for help. the mobile vet centers can accept walk-in appointments every day from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. if someone wants to schedule a next-day appointment call 202-726-5212. i just want to emphasize, you do not have to -- if you work at the capitol as part of the capitol work force, whether as a maintenance worker, as a staffer, this is available to you. i thank my colleagues and staff who keep our democracy running. the only way to make this right is to help fuel our nation, for the senate to do the right thing and hold donald trump accountable for the insurrection. thank you so much for the opportunity, congresswoman cortez.

ms. ocasio-cortez: i now yield to congresswoman rashida tlaib of michigan. ms. tlaib: thank you to my colleague for her incredible courage. i asked to go last because i did -- because this is so personal. this is so hard because as many of my colleagues know, my closest colleagues know, on my very first day of orientation, i got my first death threat. it was a serious one. they took me aside, the f.b.i. had to go to the gentleman's home. i didn't even get sworn in yet an someone wanted me dead for just existing. more came later. ugliering more violent. one celebrating in writing the new zealand massacre and hoping that more would come, another

mentions my dear friend -- mentioning him by name. each one paralyzed each time. so what happened on january 6, all i could do is thank allah i wasn't here, i felt everwhelming relief. i thought to myself, thank god i am not there i saw the images they didn't get to see until later. my team and i decided at that point we'd keep the death threats away, try to keep them away from me because it paralyzed me. all i wanted to do was come here and serve the people that elected me the people who told my mother who only had an eighth

grade education -- people who believed in me. it's hard. it's hard when my seven brothers an six sisters beg me to get protection, many urging me to get a gun for the first time. and i have to tell you the trauma from just being here, existing, as a muslim, is so hard that imagine my team, which i love and just adore, they are diverse, i have lgbtq staff, i have black women who are so proud to be here to serve their country. and i learn -- i worry every kay for their lives because of this rhetoric. i never thought they'd feel unsafe here and so i ask my colleagues to please try not to

dehumanize what's happening. this is real. and many of our residents -- all of it, all of it is fueled by hate rhetoric like. this i urge my colleagues to please, please take what happened on january 6 seriously. it will lead to more deaths and we can do better. with we must do better. thank you. ms. ocasio-cortez: thank you, representative tlaib. what the representative speaks to is so powerful and so important because when we attack not just members of congress and focus on them because of their

gender, their faith, or race, their creed, we make everyone on this complex feel unsafe. and feel less than safe. because our seats do not belong to us. they belong to the people of the united states. and we as members who come in and leave this chamber -- lead this chamber are not permanent fixtures. there are so many others in this country who see themselves in the 435 members. of this body. and to see individual members targeted demeans, singles out -- demeaned, singled out, by virtue

of how they were born is to single out and demean so many people in this country who see themselves on this floor. with that i'm so incredibly proud to yield to another powerful woman and leader that so many in our country see themselves in, representative cori bush of missouri. ms. bush: thank you. thank you for that and thank you for being such a leader at this time. madam speaker, st. louis and i rise to reflect on how our office experienced the attack on our nation's capitol on january 66 -- onian 6. -- on january 6. everybody's experiences are

different. and everybody's experiences must be validated. everybody's experiences. i remember sitting up in the gallery, listening to floor speeches, knowing that there was supposed to be a protest happening outside. seeing people outside and thinking that this is just part of the day. until something happened. and i just felt the need to stand up an walk out. i walked out and i walked over to the -- i went to the steps, went down a flight and went to the steps and i went to look to see what's happening outside and i saw the tiptop of flags and then i saw more of the flags and i could read words an then after i could read words i could see people an then i realized that

people were approaching. so i hopped on the nearest elevator and left and made it back to my office safely and when we came back into our offices, we walked in and we tarted to see on our televisions, people breaching doors. and i remember thinking is this actually what's happening? the more i watched and people were calling this a protest, let me say this. that was not a protest. i've been to hundreds of protests in my life. i've co-organized, co-led, led and organized protests. not only in ferguson, missouri, alongside the amazing ferguson frontline most people don't even acknowledge, don't even know their name, don't even know who died, don't even acknowledge the amazing people that put their lives an livelihoods on the line for our safety, believing that

black lives matter because they actually do. we shouldn't have to say it. it should just be true. but it's not eth in our society. where we have to continue to say , my life matters. and then they hit us with things like this. so i remember sitting in the office with my team and just thinking to myself, i feel like i'm back. at this very minute, i feel like i'm back. i feel like this was one of the days out there on the streets when the white supremacists would show up and start shooting at us. this is one of the days when the police would ambush us from behind trees and behind buildings and all of a sudden new we're on the ground being broughtalized. it felt like one of those days. i remember taking a second and thinking if they touch these doors if they hit these doors they way they hit that, if they

hilt these doors and come anywhere near my staff an i'm just going to be real honest about iting, my thought process was, we banging to the end. i'm not letting them take out my people and you're not taking me out. we've come too far. so madam speaker, st. louis and i rise with a message for our republican colleagues. on january 6, i thought about january 3 and i thought about how we all raised our right hands up and took an oath, each and every one of us, on this very floor, we swore that we would support an defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. even though the constitution wasn't written for people who looked like me. even that constitution wasn't written by people who looked like me. and even though that constitution cemented an unjust nation for people like me. my team and i got to work and we unveiled legislation to

investigate and expel those who were responsible for inciting this attack so that we could defend it. because we have a duty to fight for a more perfect union. because we cannot stand up to white supremacy -- because if we cannot stan up to white premcy in this moment as representatives, then why did you run for office in first place? no matter what district you represent, no matter where you live no matter democrat or republican, you represent a district that is on average about 700,000 people, meaning you have to represent those who love you, those who despise you, those who voted for you, those who swear they'll never cast a vote for you, people who don't talk like you, people don't -- people who don't look like you. building better lives, building better society, it's not a democrat or republican issue. we can't build a better society if members are too scared to stand up and reject the white

supremacist attack that happened before our eyes. how can we trust that you'll address the suffering white supremacy causes on a day-to-day basis in the shadows if you can't address the white supremacy that happens right in front of you in your house? does your silence speak to your agreement? in st. louis, the covid-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting black and brown people. we have gun violence that stems from decades of economic disinvestment, from overreliance on policing that this very chamber has continually voted to endorse. i cried those tear you don't know what that's like. i ask you today, take a moment to think about what it's like to live through what we lied through. if you cannot do what's right in the face of blatant, vile, hateful white supremacists we

just saw, how will you do right by the black an brown people who want to know their children will have safety and shelter because you represent us too. on january 3, we stood together and swore our oath of office to the constitution and swore to defend it against all enemies foreign and domestic. well it was attacked by a domestic enemy called white supremacy and we must stand together now, today, to uphold that oath and hold every single person who helped incite it accountable. thank youened ayield back. ms. ocasio-cortez: thank you for your comments today and how you carry yourself in this chamber every day, they're just a powerful demonstration of why so maybe people are inspired by your example. thank you. madam speaker, how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman has 4 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. ocasio-cortez: thank you so much. lastly, i'd like to close speaking to the individuals, some of the individuals that have already been mentied