mr. braun's line, that if only george floyd had been resting comfortably, compliant with the police officersdirections, none of this would have happened. in his direct quote was that he could've been resting comfortably. as a midwesterner chris, this reminded me of bobby knight's line, years ago, that if a woman knew that rape was inevitable, she should just lie back and enjoy it. it's not possible for a woman to enjoy assault, just as it's not possible for a man to arrest comfortably win three grown men are on top of them and one is on his neck. >> do you think when you see that moment stuck out in terms of the jury, do you think that, in which way do you see that cutting? >> i think that is showed remarkable lack of sensitivity, which is at the heart of this case. the lack of empathy. the lack of judgment. the lack of understanding of what was being done. to take human life, as a legal matter, notion that you can't believe with your own eyes are telling you, i think it is again not going to bode well for the defense. because the jurors do have common see what's happening for themselves, on

braun: thank you, mr. chairman. this question is for chief pittman. in 2019 and 2020, the capitol police staffing level had been below the requested level by hundreds of officers, even though the requests had been fully funded by the appropriations committee. what has presented the department from hiring the requested and subsequently enacted number of officers? chief pittman: yes, sir. i would say primarily during the 2020 covid-19 pandemic, there were significant challenges for u.s. capitol police to fulfill its staffing requested that was requested in certain years. the u.s. capitol police trained their offices at the federal office training center in glencoe, georgia. at the time of the pandemic, where we have our training facilities, were closed. u.s. capitol police had to mitigate being closed. we had to suspend several classes. we had to transition. sen. braun: that makes sense for 2020, but weren't you struggling in 2019, as well? chief pittman: if i may pause because i was not in this role at that time and turn to one of my counterparts? mr.

mr. floyd. >> a jury has rejected braun's testimony in another high profile murder trial of a police officer. he testified as a hired witness for the defense in the murder trial of jason van dyke for the murder of la quan mcdonald. the jury rejected his testimony and convicted the officer of first degree murder and aggravated battery. and after the jury last week heard expert medical testimony from dr. martin tobin, who said the fact that someone can speak is not proof that they can breathe, barry braun actually said this. >> somebody saying they can't breathe, yet it appears to me they're taking full breaths and are shouting. to me, as a layperson, they can breathe. >> after testifying under oath that derek chauvin did not use deadly force on george floyd, even though george floyd died from that force, barry braun denied that any force was used on george floyd. the jury didn't need cross-examination to know how false that was. but the prosecution did crush every point barry braun was paid to make on the witness stand today. >> you said it was unlikely to produce pain. now you just said it co

braun: thank you very much, mr. chairman. dr. schwager, over the last few years there has been money put into your agency for transparency. i think it is so important to be able to be clear about what you were doing. how many individuals have worked specifically on transparency, just explain briefly you have been able to accomplish with that funding? mr. swagel: absolutely. there is a couple of people who are specifically working on transparency. one on data, one in cost estimates. there are some others in our management system. then across the agency, transparency is now something we worked on across the agency. it comes up in a variety of ways. with cost estimates have much more information on the basis for the cost estimate and the sources of uncertainty for the cost estimate. in our economic projections, again we have much more information than in the past. we put data on our website, we put computer programs on our website. we have put out working papers to explain the technical basis of what we have done. sen. braun: thank

braun is here. senator? >> thank you, mr. chairman.id has given us a big wake-up call about another looming issue that drives our trillion dollar deficits annually. if there is a silver lining, it is forcing us to look at many things that we avoid. i am interested -- keep your answers to one minute or maybe more. the big elephant in the room is medicare, its high cost in social security. anybody that is a boomer, nearing retirement, the program is in jeopardy. the medicare trust fund gets completely depleted in 5.5 years. i am going to ask each one of you, because the variables are fairly simple. it is tough to keep social security solvent. do we need to raise taxes, raise the retirement age, or means test? i would love to hear your opinions because if we don't get the political will soon, if we don't start doing something about it, it will be here before we know it when we have known it for a long time. raise taxes and the retirement age. whoever wants to jump in on that doozy first, go ahead. >> it is such a doozy. i am going to sit

mr. brown. joe, what do we know? >> reporter: well, we know there are five videos from four body cameras on that faithful day when andrew braunilled. we know the judge just ruled minutes ago that this video can be disclosed to a member of the family and an attorney selected by the family to be reviewed, apparently, but the video will not be released publicly to the news media. as you know, john, news organizations including cnn petitioned the court for the public release of that video, but the court held here that the media does not have standing to go into court and request the release of the video. so as we understand it, the court has given the authorities ten days to disclose this media -- this video to a member of the family and not for public release. the reason why is pretty simple. the law doesn't allow for the news media to go into court and request the release of this video. also, there are concerns here, according to the judge and according to the attorneys who argued the case, that there could be a question of a fair trial for the individuals who are on the video if, in fact, a trial is ordered. so that's the case

mr. braun: i rise today to authorize the 50th anniversary of the signing of coach robert nye who set the standard for excellence as a collegiate men's basketball coach. coach knight had a legendary career as a college head coach for more than 40 years. 29 of which were at indiana university. during those 29 years, coach knight had 11 big ten conference championship teams, took 24 teams to the ncaa tournament, and earned eight big ten coach of the year awards. his 75-7 -- 1975-1976 team at i.u. remains the last team to complete an undefeated season and win every game in the ncaa tournament. got close this year. my wife and i attended indiana university, and i remember what it was like to watch his team play. their drive to win was contagious and they continue to be a pride for the entire state of indiana. coach knight never focused his coaching on winning a game, but on the effort it takes to become a champion. saying that the will to succeed is important but the will to prepare is even more imp