collins: thank you for that. i think every other profession in the world expects accountability and that is what raises the standards. we will have accountability. the accountability act passed unanimously out of the senate and the intent was to make sure those workers not for filling their mission were not going to take a job anymore. i intend to make sure if there's someone harming or in the way of a veteran -- taking a veteran's benefit away, i have no problem getting rid of that person and making sure we do it properly. i have no problem with the legal repercussions of that because no one at the v.a. is going to stand in the way of a veteran getting care properly and safely. many were not doing it safely, but i will say again -- i think you would agree i will be the biggest cheerleader for every v.a. employee out there who is out there getting up every morning doing it right and making sure we are taking care veterans. the only way i can make them better is to not allow those not to do it. so we have to have

collins: good morning, everybody. >> good morning. rep. collins: there we go. let's do it one more time. good morning. if you follow senator graham, you have to do something get things going. senator graham is doing a phenomenal job. i look forward to the day it is chairman graham and chairman collins in the house and get things done again. we look forward to that. [applause] i appreciate that introduction. some of you have gotten to know me with a brief introduction. every time my family is here, is especially my father, my father says, doug, maybe someday you will do something with your life. i spent the last 2530 years of to 30 years of my professional life. sometimes it looks it says something you actually find a job and we appreciate that. my wife faithfully keep up with me. for many of you first introduction has been the last quarter. having to fight the tip of the spear in the house judiciary committee. an interesting time to go and fight about everything that is going on that we wish we could actually do but we can't. because right now there is chairman

president collins. >> present. >> vice president shiota. >> present. >> commissioner beltran >> present. >> commissioner benadides. >> present. >> commissioner carney. >> present. >> commissioner ferras. >> here >> commissioner hakimi. >> aye >> commissioner lu. >> present. >> commissioner rothschild. >> present. >> commissioner schnair. >> here >> commissioner shelby. >> heir >> commissioner walker. >> here. >> we have quorum. also for the record director of cultural affairs raffle remington, finance and administration sarah holenback are in attendance. president collins. do we have agenda changes in >> no changes. now for public meeting instructions. welcome all interested to attends in person at city all room 416. this meeting is arias live on sfgovtv 2 and at&t u verse 99. i want to reminds us of the policies and procedures for public meetings. at this meeting, we're bounds to follow the structure of our agenda and to adhere to the best practice set out in the good government guide. every public mee

>> up next dg collins, before being elect today congress, georgia state representativ previously worked as lawr and pastor, here he is in 2019 a the republican lawyers association national policy nference in washington, d.c. ere he talked about ways to improve the legislative process on capitol hill. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. there we go. you have to get things going. senator graham is just doing a phenomenal job, i look forward to the day chairman graham in the senate and chairman collins in the house. [applause] right now there is chairman nadler, this is the most amazing thing i've ever seen. they are supposed to be used for when you don't get what you want, not beforehand when people are cooperating with you. we sit there every week, chairman nadler, threatens subpoenas and then try to issue subpoenas and then they asked for somebody says i will work with you and give you documents. that's not good enough and threaten you with another subpoena. when you have this kind of dysfunction going on, it makes it really hard to cooperate. and what i found out is i believe it's n

collins, always good to see you. appreciate that.as we served in the house, you are known as being a consensus builder and a problem solver. i think that as we look at the va and the situation that is there, we need someone that can build consensus among the employees and solve some problems that are existing in the va. you made a comment about it was important to get the right people doing the right job and i agree with that. as we have been overseeing the va, something that has been a consistent problem is the return to work policy and the lack of individuals that are working full-time at one point had a va benefit they were only required, according to secretary mcdonough they only had to work in person two out of 10 days. and then in healthcare, they had to work in person five out of the 10 days. so, that is a problem. i fully believe that is why the backlog, as you mentioned, that long term backlog 265,000. if you put those under 120 days on that list, you are at 956,000 this is because people do not go to work. so, where are you

collins and murkowski who had telegraphed that. yes. with yesterday's vote also a no vote for mitch mcconnell. that means that if pete hegseth is indeed confirmed tonight, as it looks like he probably will be, he'll be confirmed with fewer votes than i believe any defense secretary in american history. we're used to defense secretaries being confirmed. and we've had we had one turned down. john tower famously didn't make it through because of allegations of his treatment of women and heavy drinking. that's very awkward. aside from him being voted down, everybody else has been confirmed. 58 votes for barack obama's nominee in 2013. other than that, we're used to voice votes or 100 to nothing votes for defense secretary. what do you think it may mean at the pentagon for pete hegseth, both to get there and to get there by the skin of his teeth? >> yeah. and john. >> tower. >> remember, that's 1989. >> so that's decades. with what is. >> virtually often. >> seen as. >> a bipartisan support for the defense. >> secretary nominee. >> and remem

susan collins, for example? >> uh, there could be more. and i my thought is that there may be a couple people we're not talking about or expecting. do i think his nomination goes down? if i was a betting man, i'd probably bet against the nomination going down. but i do think there may be 1 or 2 others that pop up here. they may have been talking, so they get like three people to vote no, but he still passes. i don't know what that level of coordination is. i'll say this for lisa murkowski. anybody that says no on this or any other nomination, it takes real courage to, in today's political environment. it used to be that senators understood what their job was to make an independent decision. now to go against donald trump takes a lot of courage. i guess it's kind of doing your job, but we'll call it courageous. and she gets a lot of credit for that. and i hope there are others that join her, not just on this one, but other nominations that are, you know, completely ill qualified for the for the positions they've been nominated for. >> forme

collins. in fact if we were to write up there's a lot of talk about being unqualified for these positions the reality is in a great system of self-governance on qualification is a people who want you. if we were to write up the qualifications for the va administrator for for va secret, doug collins picture it would probably be right next to the description. working with a doggone big pied person things the house of one of the most unlikely things in the world for me too get involved in was copyright law. looking out for the song writers. somehow doug's big personality and big brain sucked me right in and i'm glad i did it's important work. on the work of entertainment. he's got that kind of a personality and engaging personality that attracts people to what he's working on. i think that says a lot. i mention he's an accomplished attorney because that's really an important part of understanding, et cetera blumenthal the law and enforcing the law. curing out the laws. defending the laws that are

adjournment i am sorry. >> vice president collins, i. i just want to add my thanks to you army. >> morgan commissioner ami morgan you're welcome. you did a wonderful job as president. you were comprehends if you honored the past, you led us to the future. you and our most senior commissioner worked so well together yet you were inclusive. >> so i want to thank you both for that. >> taught me everything i know . >> well, thank you, commissioner collins. and i'm sure you'll be a great vice president and you're going to be a great president. you learned from making ready for me. >> okay. at this time would you like to adjourn to me? >> no. go finish out your time this time i guess we can adjourned the meeting meeting adjourned at 720 1 p.m. television. >> (music). >> my name is vet at a original artist based in san francisco. >> i love it i love it i've never seen something else and we see how the people see which is happening and what is going on. kind of cool i wanted to be part of that. >> i saw it 2, 3, 4, 5 minutes you yeah. >> so we h

lisa murkowski, susan collins. people were looking toward joni ernst, but she's indicated that she's going to stay on board with pete hegseth. is there anybody else that could be a no vote after all? roger wicker, the chair of the armed services committee, was signaling that he did want the vice president to stand by to be a tiebreaking vote. >> so the only. >> other person i. >> would look to is mitch mcconnell. >> mcconnell voted yes today. >> on advancing the nomination, which listen. >> it's a good signal. >> it's not a complete. you're out of the woods situation, meaning you're going to get mcconnell's vote. i don't know that you're going. >> to. >> get his vote. he hasn't said one. >> way or another. >> listen, the people who are. >> in charge of. >> seth's nomination believe. very strongly that he will be confirmed to be secretary of defense. >> hard stop. >> now, does that mean. that that jd vance won't have to come up here. >> to break. >> a tie vote on. >> his on a. >> 830 on a friday night? no, it does n

susan collins. >> of maine. >> today on. >> capitol hill, collins explained her no vote on hegseth to nbc news, and she went into damning. >> detail. >> i ended up. >> having a. >> number of concerns. >> they had to do with. >> his lack. of experience. in managing an. >> organization as. >> large and. >> as complex as the. >> pentagon. >> given that. >> he had had. >> a decidedly. >> mixed record in managing two very small. nonprofit veterans organizations where there were allegations of wasted. money and mismanagement, i was. disturbed about his comments on women in the military. when i asked him about that, he backtracked. but i did not find. it convincing because he. >> kept talking. >> about that. there were quotas for women. and that there were. >> standards were being eroded. >> in order. >> to allow. >> women to be in. >> combat roles. and i just. do not believe that. >> to be. >> the case. so and i guess a final point i would make is that he seemed. very eager to do a wholesale firing of generals and admirals and other high ranking officers at a time when we need their experti

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. >> president collins present vice president shio to present commissioner beltran present. commissioner cher is absent. commissioner shelby is absent. we have corm for today's meeting also for the record. director of cultural affairs ralph remington. deputy director of programs evan glenn. deputy director of finance and administration sara hallenbeck. and chief of staff alissa ventry are all in attendance. >> do we have any agenda changes? no agenda changes. but i would like to say is that i want to express our appreciation at the very top of the meeting for the amount of work that has gone into what we are going to be looking at today. i know that time frames are essential. understanding all the interplays of the budget and how this goes forward and also the timing of it is important. you know given the sequence of legislative requirements with respect to the motions that we will hopefully make today and pass and the action by the commission. so i just want to thank you. staff thank you director, for for pulling this together in a week that was very busy for everybody. so

congressman collins if confirmed you must be the decision-maker at the va. you must be the advocate keep the needs of veterans at the forefront. guilt back at every opportunity i cannot emphasize how important it will be to me and hope all of us on this committee you fight those efforts hopeful we assured priorities including upgrading the va facilities around to greet healthcare, and suicide prevention which i know would be a priority of yours we discussed it to work with you support you advocate in this administration before i turn it over i went to offer on a personal note, i am incredibly disheartened that the trump administration is canceling the flights of nearly 1660 afghan refugees who were already cleared by the u.s. government to resettle in the united states. these allies aided our troops in afghanistan. when everything about the conflict there, the risk to these afghan allies are so dire and dangerous. many of our groups have been advocates for them. as you know the strongest advocates were re- settling at risk afghan allies are the veterans who

commissioner collins.mmissioner corso chief the department can call for a newer fire marshal so i guess we're going to go to this one by one as just a quick overview what administrative bulletins are we did this back when we did the last code cycle change essentially it's it's taking the code and put it in simple terms to help the public understand what's intended because sometimes it's through the building department fire code building code and how they kind of intertwine with each other. so we just try to put it simpler, more simple language for them and so start with bullet 2.01 which is titled fire alarm and signaling system submissions pots are plain old telephone service is what they call the copper lines or as we know we're kind of dying down as views and so this was just an update that was put in the code that we needed to add for clarification. and if you look at this bolt, it's very thick, it's very detailed about what people need to do to turn in a fire alarm plan. and we just wanted to clarify

senator collins citing another matter. hegseth's statement last year that women should not serve in combat roles. >> i'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. >> reporter: he said this at his cop fir make hearing. >> yes, women will have access to ground combat roles, given the standards remain high. >> reporter: collins tonight saying, "i am not convinced that his position on women serving in combat roles has changed." despite the push back, hegseth is expected to be confirmed when the senate votes tomorrow. >> are you worried about his confirmation? >> no, no surprises there. it's too bad, you know. it's the way -- the way it is. too bad. >> reporter: the president tonight also signing an executive order to declassify the files related to three assassinations that gripped the nation. the murder of president john f. kennedy in dallas, the fatal shooting of his brother, senator robert kennedy, in los angeles just a few years later, and the killing of dr. martin luther king at the lorraine hotel

that's what senator collins, senator susan collins, senators mcconnell and senator murkowski are facing tonight, because that's what happens when republicans break ranks and oppose donald trump and the former fox weekend host with allegations of. sexual misconduct and excessive drinking, all of which he denies, will now lead 1.3 million active duty troops and 1.4 million in the national guard reserves and civilian employees based around the world, including the thousands of muslims who serve in the military, according to a complaint filed filed by an employee of concerned veterans for america, where hegseth served as. president of that nonprofit advocacy group group, pete hegseth drunkenly chanted kill all muslims, kill all muslims while at a bar on an official tour through cuyahoga falls, ohio. the majority of senate republicans voted tonight to keep donald trump from having to choose a new nominee. i think at this point, what's interesting is the consequences of the soon to be defense. secretary hegseth. on the rest of us, no american defense secretary has ever received this level of

that's what senator collins. senator susan collins. senators mcconnell and senator murkowski are facing tonight, because that's what happens when republicans break ranks and oppose donald trump and the former fox weekend host with allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking, all of which he denies, will now lead 1.3 million active duty troops and 1.4 million in the national guard reserves and civilian employees based around the world, including the thousands of muslims who serve in the military, according to a complaint filed filed by an employee of concerned veterans for america, where hegseth served as president of that nonprofit advocacy group group. pete hegseth drunkenly chanted kill all muslims, kill all muslims while at a bar on an official tour through cuyahoga falls, ohio. the majority of senate republicans voted tonight to keep donald trump from having to choose a new nominee. i think at this point, what's interesting is the consequences of the soon to be defense secretary. hegseth on the rest of us, no american d

howard lutnick, pam bondi, marco rubio, doug collins. you're seeing all of them filter in here, scott bessent as well, trump's pick to run the treasury department. rfk jr. this entire bus is the entire trump cabinet should they be confirmed. marco rubio is expected to be the first one to be confirmed, jake. it remains to be seen when the others are confirmed, but that will be a key part of governing for the president- elect turned president. i'm here at emancipation hall. this is kind of the overflow room where a lot of guests who aren't going to fit in the rotunda, they'll be in here. this is the visitors center area of the capitol, named after the enslaved people who built the capitol, i should note. this is where trump will come after he delivers that inaugural address. i'll be listening closely to that because i don't think that is a scripted speech. i believe there are unscripted remarks trump will be delivering here briefly to those who are gathered here in the room. it will be their first opportunity to get a glimpse of the presid

senator susan collins, also voicing her opposition to hegseth by saying in part, this quote, i'm notvinced that his position on women serving in combat roles has changed. his earlier comments suggested he thinks women shouldn't be able to serve in combat. he's also faced several allegations, including sexual assault, that he denies. he's still, though, seems to have the support of enough republicans to be confirmed. >> i have tried. >> to and. >> continue to. >> track down before his confirmation. vote any. >> sort of. >> lead. >> with people that would speak to. >> me, and. >> they all. >> had one thing in common up to this point. >> and. >> none of them could. >> provide me. >> with firsthand. >> corroborated testimony. >> i'm not. >> going. >> to cave to pressure. i'm going to vote for his confirmation. >> as for president trump, he says he's not worried about today's vote. >> mr. president. >> senators collins and murkowski. >> have now said they will. >> vote against pete hegseth. >> are you. >> worried about his. >> confirmation and your reaction? >> and no surprises there. too

that's what senator collins, senator susan collins, senators mcconnell and senator murkowski are facing tonight, because that's what happens when republicans break ranks and oppose donald trump and the former fox weekend host with allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking, all of which he denies, will now lead 1.3 million active duty troops and 1.4 million in the national guard reserves and civilian employees based around the world, including the thousands of muslims who serve in the military, according to a complaint filed filed by an employee of concerned veterans for america, where hegseth served as president of that nonprofit advocacy group group, pete hegseth drunkenly chanted kill all muslims, kill all muslims while at a bar on an official tour through cuyahoga falls, ohio. the majority of senate republicans voted tonight to keep donald trump from having to choose a new nominee. i think at this point, what's interesting is the consequences of the soon to be defense secretary hegseth. on the rest of us, no american defense secretary has ever received this level of sen

that's the main goal of the republicans, former congressman doug collins, host of the doug collins podcast thank you so

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kaitlan, collins and manu raju, thanks to both of you, caitlin. of course, we'll be back later tonight, 9 p.m. eastern, to anchor her show. the source. and let's get some more on all of this with our political experts right now. david chalian, could this new hegseth report change the minds you think of at least some republicans who just hours earlier voted to advance in this procedural vote? his nomination. >> everything i'm hearing off the hill is that that is not the likeliest scenario here, that, as caitlin was just suggesting, the white house feeling pretty good about seeing the number 51 on the board to advance the hegseth nomination to a final vote tomorrow. listen, the way one republican described it to me is sort of the collins and murkowski no votes were kind of baked into the original calculus of the hegseth confirmation battle, if you will, wolf. we'll see. there have been other shaky republicans on the hegseth nomination who haven't affirmatively come out and said, yes, i am absolutely voting yes. so we'll see as we proceed to a vote.

he said that the two, mercowsky and collins were expected. and they said, what about mitch, what is mitch doing? and i think that there is a sense that the former senate majority leader may vote no on pete hegseth. that brings it to three no votes. and the biggest question is tillis from north carolina. there was a glowing statement about his trip to north carolina and the affected areas today. saying how much it meant to him personally and the people surviving hurricane helene and the devastation still after all these weeks. that is not an indication how he is going to vote on pete hegseth, but that's something that came out today. it is rare for the nominee himself to be on capital hill. to bring his family to capital hill, and he was standing or holding in what is called strong herman room, waiting. and he gave reporters a thumbs up. so we are waiting for the key votes, mitch mcconnell, tillis, and then vice president vance would break a tie if it is three republican no votes. >> yeah, brett, if i may. i got confirmation from another senat

susan collins, right. >> if he's not scared by it, if it's not, you know what i mean. does not appear that all of the republicans who are in tougher races are breaking one way, i just don't think they're that concerned about the nomination getting sunk. >> right. well, thom tillis is probably a little bit he might be more concerned about his right than. and susan collins is worried about the middle because maine versus north carolina republican primary. yeah. so i mean, i take your point, though, that like, this seems to be going forward. the other interesting thing is, like peter, you know, hegseth has no experience doing this job. and so, you know, now the hard part starts, as they say. >> yeah, you know, so much, so much of the debate has been over the personal misconduct or alleged personal misconduct, and not the fact that you're talking about 3 million employees and an $800 billion budget. >> well, that's hard enough to do sober, i think, is the issue. i think the question is like, is he is he can he pick up the phone at three in the morning? >> and we and we for

susan collins, as well. murkowski did not even vote for brett kavanaugh, no problem voting for lloyd austin, how will she explain that? looks like pete will not need it, though. >> ainsley: he can afford to lose three republicans and still be confirmed because j.d. vance will come in and a fourth no? >> brian: mitch mcconnell was the worry and he is in. he is in. kristi noem is in. b scott bessent and sean duffy. and mike huckabee, he does not even have a date. you have ambassador to china making rounds this week, important positions in russia, ambassador positions. when you slow up a high-profile person because you are throwing a tantrum, you slow up everybody. only one train on the track at a time. it is agonizing. so significant to see president trump when questioned, take it in stride, not crying chuck is hurting the country. john thune is a good guy and will figure it out. >> lawrence: he is so busy, he does not have time for nonsense right now. he said, we will do it with or without, i will bypass that

former georgia congressman doug collins promised to be veterans biggest advocate if confirmed as the veterans affair secretary. the va does not exist in and of itself. it exists for the veteran, but washington senator patty murray asked collins if he meant all veterans. care deeply about our women veterans and that they have the services they need after the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v wade, the va started offering abortion services to military veterans and their families in certain cases, republicans have argued any rule change should go through congress. we will be looking at that that issue. when i get in there to confirm that the va is actually following the law. okay, sir, this is an executive order. another issue before senators came from an executive order. president donald trump signed in the white house monday night related to the afghanistan withdrawal realigning the united states refugee admissions program. this puts flights in limbo for more than 1600 afghan . the u.s. government cleared to resettle here, including family members of active duty military personnel.

susan collins is up in 2026, so she will face reelection in the next cycle. folks have tried to run somebody against her, but she has defied those odds. she's been a maverick in the senate this swing vote. but clearly she knows how to work it with her constituents because she's been able to win five terms to this point. lisa murkowski just won reelection back in 2022. that was after the trump impeachment vote. she was able to defy any challenge and stay in congress. she's not going to be up until 2028 again. so i suspect that trump folks in the maga world are going to try to put retribution to these three. will they be successful, though in the past it just hasn't been right. >> and i saw an interview with susan, senator susan collins saying she is already getting pushback. i bet on on her twitter feed. amy, a word we hear thrown around a lot is mandate. pete hegseth has the opposite of a mandate. he enters this role by the skin of his teeth. how will that impact how he's received by the men and women of the military? >> well. >> you know. >> i actually think

collins to speak, and he represents the bill and laken riley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. collins: i want to take a moment to talk a little bit about the journey of this bill. when this tragedy happened and we took a look at what might could be done to make sure that this doesn't happen again, i talked with the family and asked them if we could put laken riley's name on it. and their response was, congressman, if there is anything that congress can do to make sure this doesn't happen to another family, then please, please put her name on it and get this thing passed. . and we did. 37 democrats and all republicans in the house passed it in the 118th congress. it went to the senate and like many bills, fell into the black hole of the senate never to be seen again. i had another discussion with the family later, told them where the bill was sitting, what was going on. i told them i couldn't let it go. laken fought with every ounce of her body to stay alive that day. i void i would fight with every ounce i had to make s

susan collins is up in 2026, so she will face reelection in the next cycle. folks have tried to run somebody against her, but she. >> has. >> defied those odds. she's been a maverick in the senate this swing vote. but clearly she knows how to work it with her constituents because she's been able to win five terms to this point. lisa murkowski just won reelection back in 2022. that was after the trump impeachment vote. she was able to defy any challenge and stay in congress. she's not going to be up until 2028 again. so i suspect that trump folks in the maga world are going to try to put retribution to these three. will they be successful? though in the past it just hasn't been right. >> and i saw an interview with susan, senator susan collins saying she is already getting pushback. i bet on on her twitter feed. amy, a word we hear thrown around a lot is mandate. pete hegseth has the opposite of a mandate. he enters this role by the skin of his teeth. how will that impact how he's received by the men and women of the military? >> well. >> you know. >> i actual

she had a shoulder injury at the end of last year, but looked in good form as she got past collins 7— great weekend for great britain's four man bobsleigh team. pilot brad hall, taylor lawrence, arran gulliver and greg cacket won gold by pipping germany byjust under two—tenths of a second across their two runs. it denied germany a home victory in winterberg for the first time in 13 years. the triumphant team have told 0lly foster the success is down to years of hard work. it's been building up to this, i think, over the last few years. we have won so many silver medals on this track. we were pretty gutted to miss out on the world championships last year, and we finished with sixth place after a lot of injuries. i had back injury, greg was out with a major hamstring tear and other injuries for arran as well. to come back and get first place is a massive success for us, and to do it in the germans�* back yard is another thing as well. couldn't be happier with that. how did it feel for you guys? starting with you, greg? we've been working for this for so many years. since our debut in 20

people like lisa murkowski, susan collins and mitch mcconnell are not. afraid to vote against trump. they're not. afraid to go against trump. they proved that tonight, though. >> that begs the question of. >> how many times will they be willing to do this right? >> that was always the question. >> from the beginning, is how we knew that these three and some others were going to be the key republican senators to watch, but folks were wondering, how many are they willing to take? how many times are they willing to take. >> to. >> cross trump? mcconnell his big thing is defense. >> foreign policy. >> he's going to be the defense subcommittee chair for the appropriations committee. so this was one that was particularly one for him to watch. >> but i'm. >> curious to see. >> if those three will be willing to cross trump going forward. and then the second question is, you know. this was only three, which is significant, but it wasn't enough to tank the nominee because jd vance came in as a tie breaker. >> who were some. >> of those other folks that may cross t

collins to speak, and he represents the bill and laken riley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. collins: i want to take a moment to talk a little bit about the journey of this bill. when this tragedy happened and we took a look at what might could be done to make sure that this doesn't happen again, i talked with the family and asked them if we could put laken riley's name on it. and their response was, congressman, if there is anything that congress can do to make sure this doesn't happen to another family, then please, please put her name on it and get this thing passed. . and we did. 37 democrats and all republicans in the house passed it in the 118th congress. it went to the senate and like many bills, fell into the black hole of the senate never to be seen again. i had another discussion with the family later, told them where the bill was sitting, what was going on. i told them i couldn't let it go. laken fought with every ounce of her body to stay alive that day. i void i would fight with every ounce i had to make s

that's what you see from mike collins' tweet. it is a selective telling of what happened on january 6th that leaves out references -- again, when i pushed him, he said yeah, there was violence and those people should be punished but when you read the tweet, he doesn't tog about that. you have to pull that out of them. the republicans done want to talk about the violence. they want january 6th to look like an injustice for those who entered the capitol and maybe did nothing else. >> not only is the whitewashing predictable, i literally predicted it. here's me four years ago. >> i want people out there to remember how they feel as they watch the images live. there will be an attempt by the people who were a part of this effort, president trump, kevin mccarthy, senator cruz, holly, et cetera, there will be an attempt to white wash what is going on right now. >> by the way, that didn't take any prescience, just paying attention in washington d.c. you have been clear eyed about what happened on january 6th, why can't people say it's a

collins, are you watching theirs? again, a few thousand deaths, 47% occurring on the day of vaccinations in one or two days. senator, we've only attributed six deaths with the j&j vaccine and very callously he said senator, people die. that was his response to the safety signals screaming at them from the bayer system but somebody like me who was made aware there mate be problems with the mnra platform, i'm villified and censored and going on radio stations and the radio hosts would be defamed from the platform of media. a complete collapse of integrity within our federal health agencies because they've been captured by big phrma. that's not just our federal health agencies but go across the board. you have government. government has power. power krupses. the big phrma is regulated by government agencies and figure out how to survive and figure out how they can use those agencies to the betterment and detriment of their customers and the american people. that's in a nutshell what's going on and needs to be fixed and u