christina marcos, let's go back to the last point the congers men upton broughtst up because e of the looming questions is whether or not this idea has the support of the republik and later, kevin mccarthy. >> guest: that's right. mccarthy, of course, in recent weeks in a variety of ways has been working to make sure that he is aligned with former president trump and because well, not only will this shine a light on former present transactionsp that day so we kw that mccarthy was one of the people who was in direct contact with the then president that day and so he would likely have insight into the former presidents state of mind that day and what his priorities were and so, congressman upton and liz cheney were also asked about the possibility that it is possible kevin mccarthy could be asked by the commission to answer some questions. that would also put the house minority leader potentially in a position as well as he is trying to align himself with the trump in the 2022 midterms. >> host: why is kevin mccarthy at least appearing reluctant to testify? >> guest: that is because he

we are talking to christina marcos. i want to get to your reporting as well. the headline, democrats moving to center three republicans for downplaying what happened on january 6. friday you wrote that david cicilline on friday began asking democratic colleagues to sign on to a resolution to censure three house republicans who tried this week to minimize the severity of the insurrection. in a letter to house democrats host: explain. guest: so, cicilline says he's introducing this forthcoming resolution. we are likely expecting a lot of democrats to sign on to it. democrats have also previously introduced resolutions earlier this year after january 6 two censure mo brooks and louie gohmert for making false claims of election fraud ahead of january 6 and on january 6. those resolutions haven't gone anywhere because democratic leadership has been wary of going as far as censuring. very few members have ever been censured. they are wary of taking this step in establishing this precedent. however, after a few weeks ago republicans forced something similar on maxine

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we are talking to christina marcos. i want to get to your reporting as well.ine, democrats moving to center three republicans for downplaying what happened on january 6. friday you wrote that david cicilline on friday began asking democratic colleagues to sign on to a resolution to censure three house republicans who tried this week to minimize the severity of the insurrection. in a letter to house democrats host: explain. guest: so, cicilline says he's introducing this forthcoming resolution. we are likely expecting a lot of democrats to sign on to it. democrats have also previously introduced resolutions earlier this year after january 6 two censure mo brooks and louie gohmert for making false claims of election fraud ahead of january 6 and on january 6. those resolutions haven't gone anywhere because democratic leadership has been wary of going as far as censuring. very few members have ever been censured. they are wary of taking this step in establishing this precedent. however, after a few weeks ago republicans forced something similar on maxine waters ov

8001 for republicans and generous six commission and our question what you think we will learn, christina marcos, what else is on the agenda this week here in washington on capitol hill. >> guest: another major bill is coming up this week related. >> we leave the last minutes of this program to keep our over 40 year commitment to gavel to gavel coverage of congress. you can watch the rest of it on a website c-span .org. we will take you live now to the u.s. senate where lawmakers will be working on a bill authorizing $110 billion to fund science and technology research over the next five years to help the u.s. compete with china. now, live to the floor of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. a rich and satisfying life. give our lawmakers the wisdom to avoid the traps that cause them to deviate from your plan for their lives. lord, keep them from setting an ambush for themselves. may they instead listen to your counsel and walk securely, protected by your loving and prevailing providence. provide them with a passion to choose reverence for you and obedience to your commands so that you can use them a