the house administration committee is having key hearings on the safety of the capital. intelligence being very import of dutch important, adam schiff -- important, adam schiff of the intelligence committee. pete from the house appropriations committee, that is a committee with jurisdiction of this as well as being a member of the house administration committee. i am saying this in seniority order, congresswoman liz cheney, who has patriotically agreed to serve on the committee. she has a family matter she is dealing with and may join us depending on how long this takes. but we are very honored and proud that she has agreed to serve on the committee. representative stephanie mercy, the services committee, jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar as you all know, oversight committee. that is a major committee, the committee on oversight. he is also on the jing -- -- judiciary committee that has standing on all of this. and then navy veteran, this is more technical and standard, but what is your title? retired commander, oh my gosh. and a member of the armed services committe

pete ag did you lar, house appropriations committee, that is the committee of jurisdiction for this as well as the house administration committee. i'm saying this in seniority order. congresswoman liz cheney of the armed services committee has agreed to serve on the committee. she has a family matter and may join us depending on how long this takes. but we are very honored and proud that she has agreed to serve on the committee. representative murphy of the armed services committee, representative raskin, a constitutional scholar, over sight committee and major committee of jurisdiction, the committee on oversight also on the judiciary committee, which has standing in all of this. and we are proceed that representative luria, navy veteran, captain of the ship -- what was the title? ms. pelosi: retired commander and member of the armed services committee. her interest in this is long standing in the congress and also a member of the homeland security committee. now i just wanted to read the bill -- it's really important for you to know what our purpose is for this. and that is that the findings of the legislation speak

pete aguilar, house appropriations committee, that is a committee of jurisdiction for this as well as member of the house administrationmmittee. i'm saying this in seniority order. congresswoman liz cheney, of the armed serviced committee has patriotically agreed to serve on the committee. she has a family matter that she's dealing with and may joining us depending on how long this takes. but we're very honored and proud that she has agreed to serve on the the committee. representative stephanie murphy of armed services committee. representative jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar as you know, oversight committee. that is a major committee of jurisdiction, the committee on over sight, also on the judiciary committee which has standing in all of this. and we're proud that elaine loria, a navy veteran, captain of the ship -- what was the title? retired commander, oh, my gosh, and member of the armed services committee. her interest in this is long-standing in the congress. she's also a member of the homeland security committee. now i just wanted to read the bill. it is really important for you all to know what our pur

committee at the house. adam schiff democrat of california who's a chair of the intelligence committee, and zoe lofgren from california who is the chair of the house administration committee who has oversight over the capitolt grounds. also you see the other democrats on your screen as well, congressman i aguilera, stephe murphy of florida, jamie raskin of maryland and congresswoman luria of virginia all of them serving on this committee this morning. there committee begins their work at 10 a.m. eastern time on c-span3 this morning. president r president, issued a statement last night saying this about the select committee "nancy pelosi is spending a great deal of time, effort, and money on the formulation of a fake committee to ask what happened. will nancy investigate herself and those host: what are your thoughts on this select committee? they begin today, the chair of the committee, bennie thompson, has said they could call former president trump to testify as well. that from an interview that he gave yesterday. and that nothing is off-limits for the committee. again, 9:30 a.m. eastern time, i misspoke, that's when the coverage begins. they are expected to g

committee violence. and then, of course, what i referenced from the fbi t goes on and on. it's really important. >> do you want to say anything about house administration? >> house administration committee has held a series of hearings primarily with the inspector generals looking at deficiencies in the management of the capitol police. unfortunately we found many. but that's not about what spurred the attack. that's about the response. the fact that there were deficiencies in the management of the capitol police didn't cause the riot. we will make sure that the interim steps to be more safe, what happened here, what caused a mob of americans to think somehow they were supporting the con contusion when they tried to disrupt the constitutional process of counting the electoral college votes, who paid for it, who organized it? we need to find that out in order to keep the country safe. >> the capitol police saved our lives. they enabled us to return so that we could honor our constitutional responsibility prescribed in the constitution as january 6th not just any day as the republicans describe it, normal tort day in the capitol. no. it was a date descri

i also, as you know, today we had a hearing in the house administration committee which i chair.e that is being used to try to subvert our system of democracy and that is the violence that's being directed at regular election officials who are being threatened with guns. we heard from the election official, local election official in maricopa county describe a scene that was quite similar to january 6th. except they didn't actually invade the county center. so we have a pattern here of subversion of the electoral system that we need to take very seriously. >> and republican legislatures including georgia's for example, and texas, have been trying to formalize into their state laws what donald trump was trying to do over the phone with the attorney general by basically being able to change the outcome after the vote count, that's what they're trying to put into some of these laws. your hearing today was address something of that. >> yeah, so we have a bill that would preclude some of what the states are doing to replace the local election officials who are just counting the ballot

because representative, for example from, rodney davis, the head of the house administration committeehe's someone who voted in favor of creating the january 6th commission. he told me this week that republicans were so fearful of the january 6 commission becoming political and bleeding into the election year next year -- what they're now getting is their worst nightmare. this is a very political committee that is going to do investigations but is going to be controlled by democrats and republicans are going to have to figure out how they're going to deal with it. yamiche: and i have to and you about something else at the capitol. it's sorts of head spinning when i read this headline. it is is the capital police who saved lawmakers' lives are rung out of money. there's a supplemental funding bill that has stalled in the senate. explain what is going on. leigh ann: i know. the fencing around the capital is starting to come down as we speak. this has been the most visual portion of what happened january 6. that fencing is comingown, which i also need to say that talking to rank and file

committee. now i want to yield to the ranking member of the house administration, mr. davis. >> lder mccarthy spd be raking them on house administration committee in the last cgress he told me to f things around this capital. whh is what i, as image and w introduce the capitol police vancement act during the last congress that wld've increased transparency and accountability through semi annual reports and addressi many of the issues that have been propped up four years, and ig reports, gao studies, and other different forms of communication with congress. the democts chose noto advance our legislation to help our officers. it's with great discipline it today that i don't get to question my friend harry dn added okay to talk to them about what he and he rose like david bailey and other officers who saved the les of stephen all of us on a baseball field a few yearsgo, we don't get to ask th questions that will leado why there was not a better security posture here on the capitol complex. harry is a friend. harry and i hugged each other whene saw each other in the capital

. ♪ >> the house administration committee held a hearing on legislation designed to limit state officialsm restricting voting access. representative of maryland, utah, and georgia testified about the recommendations for ensuring free and fair elections. >> election officials have faced threats and harassment after they were unfairly blamed for election results in the 2020 election that certain politicians and voters did not li

. >> the house administration committee held a hearing on legislation designed to limit state officials from restricting voting access. representatives john sarbanes of maryland, burgess owens in-q-tel testified about the recommendations for ensuring free and fair elections. >> election officials have faced unprecedented threats and harassment. after they were unfairly blamed for election results in the 2020 election that certain politicians and voters did not like. it did not want to accept. last year the threats for some election were so bad that they had to temporarily abandon their homes come spend money on increased home security or even secure around-the-clock police surveillance. election workers have had their young children or parents threatened. the threats, they received, , tn particularly graphic and often include racist and gendered insults get some election workers report the harassment and threats are continuing to this day. a recent survey of election workers commissioned by the brennan center for justice found one in three election workers feel unsafe because of their j

committee in the house, democrat of california. so lofgren, also from california, she is the chair of the house administration committee with oversightf the capitol hill grounds. pete aguilar, house administration appropriations committee member. stephanie murphy, member of the armed services commission. raskin, maryland, of the judiciary committee. and lorraine lurie and -- luria. they will take their seats around 9:30 a.m. eastern time today for the first airing of the january 6 select committee. watch our coverage on c-span3, starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern time, as well as our website, c-span.org. norman, fitzgerald, georgia, democratic caller. good morning, go ahead. caller: good morning. what i wanted to say is that i'm a veteran myself and i don't understand how some of the people that were in the insurrection were on-duty veterans. for retired veterans. policeman. we fought in vietnam to help the south against the north. i just don't get how they can come up and do that to our country. thank you. host: all right, norman. thoughtful processes has this to say on twitter. kinsinger and jamie are as conservative and republican as m

house financial services committee. live coverage begins at noon eastern on c-span, online c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> next, legal expert testified before the house administration committee on the elections clause and the role congress plays in regulating federal elections. witnesses answered questions about the founders views on the elections, the history of the elections clause, and federal versus state jurisdiction in constructing laws around voting. this is about an hour and a half. >> are hearing today will examine the broad constitutional authority provided to congress to regulate federal elections under article one, section four clause one of the u.s. constitution c known as the elections clause. the clause reads as follows, quote, times, places and manner of holding elections, for senators and representativesor shall be described in each state by the legislature thereof. but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations except as to the places of choosing senators. the text is clearre

just yesterday, i testified in the house administration committee on this bill so that we can make suree are moving something forward on the national level to prevent these partisan power grabs and force of elections. >> i just want to make sure i understand. you have a county board of the board of elections that is half democrat and half republican, a bipartisan board the way most of them work throughout the country, they are gonna come in and try the state republicans signed this law? now they control a state board and try to appoint a handpicked person by the republican party, essentially, to run the elections in fulton county to run all of it? that's what's happening? >> that's what's happening. they say they want local control only when it's not convenient for them, then it becomes a partisan power grab. it is very clear we play by the rules and we still won so now they are changing the rules. it's the same thing they did with every other piece of this bill that is now the law of the land in georgia. that's why we have to continue to fight on the federal level to get things like hr

house minority leader kevin mccarthy is expected to appoint some republican leaders to the panel. he's signaling he will not boycott the committee. congressman rodney davis t top republican on the house administration committee has publicly said he'd be willing to join. he was within of 35 house republicans to voted for the initial january 6th commission. a spokesman for house speaker nancy pelosi has confirmed her office has not yet spoken to mccarthy about his potential picks or say if there were any members she would outride refuse to allow on the commission. ultimately she has final say over who gets to join the committee. pelosi appointed her members last week. joining us this morning, eugene scott. good morning. >> good morning. >> kevin mccarthy deciding, okay, it's better if i participate in this. right now we don't get the sense there are going to be any of the most inflammatory supporters named to it, but that doesn't mean trump supporters aren't going to be named to the panel. what's your sense of what mccarthy is thinking here? >> he wants to help save the narrative that republican lawmakers in addition to president trump were not in cahoots or involved or turned a blind eye to what hap

i chair the house administration committee and i know how many others work in that capitol, not only the staff to the members of congress but the food service workers who were present and clerical staff. you saved them as well and so they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately the rioters breached the capitol. the time you kept them out made a tremendous difference. you saved the day. you saved the constitution. and it made a tremendous difference for our country. also, i did hear you about the need for additional help and i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capitol police to make sure that the resources, the mental health has the resources that officers need. i will make that pledge to you right now. i would like to ask sergeant, everyone knew we were fighting in the hallway near the lower west terrace on january 6th. can you tell me what you went through on that hallway and then while you were there, metropolitan police arrived for -- to help you out, what difference did that make? >> sure, ma'am. before i start i just -- by no means am i sugg

you have rodney davis, the top republican on the house administration committee.ion of that commission. i mean, that's a significant vote because many of the republicans voted against the creation of the commission. there's also kelly armstrong who's a republican from the state of north dakota who voted to certify the election. we should also note that pelosi can reject any of these picks from mccarthy, and you've heard last night from benny thompson who's the top democrat on the committee. he said these are picks that ultimately pelosi will get to decide on. here's what he said about their behavior in the hearings. >> you know, i've been here 28 years. my committee is one of the more bipartisan committees here in washington. i anticipate the select committee in the same posture, and i respect and want to be respected by the other members of the committee. but you know, we do have a set of rules, and people who determine not to follow the rules will deal with them. but my expectation is that we have a set of rules to follow, and as chair, i expect those rules to b

he is chairman or ranking member of the house administration committee which has oversight of the capitol i'm keeping an eye on, whether he is straight and narrow or has to feed into a little of the trumpism of the rest of the panel. >> donna, quick procedural question, do the republicans have veto power over subpoenas or can the democrats outvote them, issue subpoenas? >> no, the republicans don't. they gave that up by choosing not to have an independent committee and speaker pelosi going with this select committee, that that gives democrats all of the power they need to get to the evidence. >> i want to turn to troubles of the infrastructure bill and the republicans challenging funding of it, especially if they have lost the irs money that was punitive at best. now the committee for responsible federal budget, very well respected nonpartisan group, released new estimates showing $3.5 trillion price tag for the infrastructure deal could be between 5 to $5.5 trillion over a decade if made permanent. the price point on this is already a stressor for republicans because of the way they stre

the house administration committee holds a committee on congressional authority.ure subcommittee meets at noon on c-span two to review food assistance programs. at 3:00 p.m. the senate is back to complete the nomination of the undersecretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights. >> coming up this morning on washington journal, a discussion on critical race theory with bryn mawr college professor of education chanelle wilson

well, we are not surprised to see congressman davis who is the top republican on the house administration committeea relevant committee, to be part of this. they have some type of jurisdiction here. i talked to several members of congress today who were asking me questions about the hodgkins' sentencing and a couple of things stood out. they asked me, what struck you most about what mr. hodgkins said in court. a couple of things. first of all, he made clear what he did was foolish, it wasn't a politician's fault, but his fall. then, joy, he made explicit in his words that joseph r. biden jr. is the rightful president of the united states. he felt empowered or he felt it relevant to say that. i'm not sure what message that sends the other defendants. will there be a queue of other defendants who have to say just that in seeking leniency? it is a strange time. >> yeah. >> but that's reality. >> if you were a prosecutor in this case, glen, would you feel like this was in a sense a failure in terms of the prosecution? because to me it is not sending a super strong message, as you sort of explained befo

just yesterday i testified in the house administration committee on this bill so that we can make surel to prevent these partisan power grabs of boards of elections. >> just to be clear, you've got a county board, a board of elections that is half democrat, half republican. it's a bipartisan board the way that a lot of these boards work throughout the country. they're going to come in and the state republicans signed this law signed by kemp. they're going to do a performance review and try to appoint a hand-picked person by the republican party essentially to run the elections in fulton county, to run all of it. that's what's happening? >> that is what's happening. and they say they want local control only when it's not convenient for them and then it becomes a partisan power grab. it's very clear, we played by their rules. we still won and now they are changing the rules. it's the same thing that they did with every other piece of this bill that is in sb-202 that is now the law of the land in georgia and that's why we have to continue to fight on the federal level to get things like h

announcer: >> next, legal experts testify before the house administration committee on the elections clause and the role congress plays in regulating federal elections. witnesses answer questions on the founders' views of elections, the history of elections clause and the history , of federal and state jurisdiction of constructing laws around voting. this is about an hour and a half. >> our hearing today will examine the broad constitutional authority given to congress to regulate elections under the clause of the united states constitution known as the elections clause. it reads as follows. "the times, places and manners of elections shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but, the congress may at any point alter such regulations except as to the places of choosing senators. the state making regulations for the time and manner of congressional elections, but to provide congress power to alter such regulations at any time. during the constitutional convention the framers came to the conclusion of the elections clause and the broad powers it confers to congress.

the house administration committee holds a committee on congressional authority. in agriculture subcommittee meets at noon on c-span two to review food assistance programs. at 3:00 p.m. the senate is back to complete the nomination of the undersecretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights. >> coming up this morning on washington journal, a discussion on critical race theory with bryn mawr college professor of education chanelle wilson and american enterprise institute resident fellow ian rowe,, later stat washington correspondent lev facher on the big pharma political donations. [no audio] ♪ [washington journal theme plays] host: good morning, it's monday, july 12, 2020 one. at the white house today president biden is set to meet with law enforcement officials and elected leaders to discuss strategies for reducing gun violence in america. while that discussion is set to start early this afternoon we want to begin our conversation on that same topic. we are asking for your suggestions on how to reduce gun violence in american cities and comm

. >> the house administration committee held a hearing on legislation designed to limit state officialsting access. representatives john sarbanes of maryland, burgess owens in-q-tel testified about the recommendations for ensuring free and fair elections.

house rules committee. or the senate, or house administration committee or the senate rules committee. that wasn't in your supplemental. that's not in this legislative branch appropriations committee. it's not in any of president biden's rescue plans. we do throw a lot of money at it but we're not fixing a structural, fundamental problem that helps complicate our response. our motion to recommit fixes. that it simply changes the language and allows for all of those folk, requires them, to come before the committees of jurisdiction together and answer questions of oversight capacity for members of congress. that's a simple fix that shouldn't be partisan. it's not in the underlying bill and it should be. our motion to recommit does that. another thing we do in our motion to recommit to improve the underlying bill is we require an improved and streamlined response and give that authority to the capitol police chief to call in the national guard on a quick developing emergency. one of the things we heard in the aftermath of 1/6 was, you know, he said, she said, i called them in, they said

>> i assume republicans on the oversight committee on homeland security committee and house administration committeeill ask -- to their own due diligence. this is what happened in the senate. we had senate committees looking at the aftermath of generally six for they issued a report i read it. right after january 6 i endorsed a bipartisan commission led by rodney davis a member of the house administration committee. the ranking member to do a fully bipartisan equal subpoena power,ub equal staffing, i would have supported that. i'm afraid now this is boiled down into a very partisan approach a speaker pelosi. >> host: were talking with franchot republican of arkansas at member the financial services committee but is also one of two members on the covid-19 congressional oversight committee paid this was established by the cares act, congressman. describe your work. >> we were responsible for following very closely all the actions of the u.s. treasury department and the federal reserve from the time of the beginning of the covid pandemic, how they responded, how they applied financial assistance to bus

at 1 p.m., the house administration committee holds a hearing on congressional authority under the electionsse of the constitution. on c-span2, a subcommittee meets to review eligibility requirements for food assistance programs. washington journal continues. we are back with kate arnott, who is here to discuss a bipartisan infrastructure bill which seat -- she says is a gift to wall street and detrimental to the environment. kate, good morning. caller: good morning. host: the bipartisan structure bill, which has been endorsed by the white house and we expected to be pushed into the senate later this month. but the version they are working on cut out some of the president's key climate initiatives. including carbon free electricity and clean energy tax incentives. why were those pieces left out? what effect does not have on the bill? caller: to give it a little context, when we talk about things being cut out, like that american job plan which the biden administration put out, we already have people paying attention to what's happening in the atmosphere. this plan, the american jobs plan was

not just for myself, i chair the house administration committee and i know how many others work in this capitol, not only the staff to the members of congress, but the food service workers present, clerical staff. you saved them as well. so they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately the rioters breached the capitol, but the time that you kept them out really made a tremendous difference. you saved the day. you saved the constitution. it made a tremendous difference for our country. officer dunn, i did hear you about the need for additional help. i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capitol police to make sure that the resources, the mental health unit has the resources that officers need. i'll make that pledge to you right now. i would like to ask sergeant gonell, everyone knew you were fighting in the hall way near the lower west terrace. can you tell me what you went through in the hall way and while you were there metropolitan police arrived to help you out? what difference did that make? >> sure. ma'am, before i start, by no means am i suggesti

the house administration committee has made a lot of progress into some of the media questions aboutman lachlan said, we may need to build that part of the plane while flying it, but, yes, there were a tremendous number of unanswered questions. >> i want to ask you what is to be learned about the ex-president's role. i don't know if you have seen the video. there are video of his own rally, his family backstage, clearly enjoying the fervor that the supporters felt in and around his event, which was the warm-up event for the insurrection. his comments that he would join them to march to the capitol were obviously made in public, and then there's been a lot of investigative journalism that has made clear that he sat and watched the insurrection, transfixed. his first video, he said, "i love you" to the insurrectionists, 500 of whom have been charged with crimes. what are the questions you still have about the president's conduct that day? >> well, we know really very little about his conduct. we know what you've described that we've seen publicly from that video in terms of his public-

committee. house administration -- adam shaft of the intelligence committee. jamie raskin, constitutional scholar as you all know. >> raymond: it's like the nursing home edition of the suicide squad. this is not serious but this is not fact-based investigation. this is the second trump investigation reunion tour. all three on the panel she just named not only voted to impeach trump, but were part of the prosecution. it's also hard to fact find and investigate when you come to the game with hardened opinions of those you are investigating. >> america has been through a civil war, world wars, a great depression, pandemics, and now a white nationalist insurrection. this is the single biggest terror threat to the american people into our public security right now. >> we don't need a long investigation to know the president incited right wing terrorists who attacked the congress to try to overturn constitutional government. speaker pelosi should've invited general anna reback to investigate. at least he wasn't part of the impeachment redo. pelosi also appointed som

at 1:00, the house administration committee for hearing on congressional authority.an2, health agriculture subcommittee meets to review income eligibility requirements for food assistancerograms. and then the senate is back to consider the nomination for the under secretary of state for the -- washington journal continues. host: we are back with kate arnott, who is here to discuss a bipartisan infrastructure bill which seat -- she says is a gift to wall street and detrimental to the environment. kate, good morning. caller: good morning. host: the bipartisan structure bill, which has been endorsed by the white house and we expected to be pushed into the senate later this month. but the version they are working on cut out some of the president's key climate initiatives. including carbon free electricity and clean energy tax incentives. why were those pieces left out? what effect does not have on the bill? caller: to give it a little context, when we talk about things being cut out, like that american job plan which the biden administration put out, we already have peop

i'm sure the house administration committee and i know how many others work in this capital to the staffmembers of congress, but the food service workers who were present and clerical staff. you saved them as well so they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately, the rioters breached the capital, but the time that you kept them out made a tremendous difference you saved the constitution and it made a tremendous difference for our country. about the need for additional help and i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capital police to make sure that the resources and the mental health and have the resources officers need. i will make that pledge right now. i would like to ask sergeant gonell, you were fighting in the hallway near the lower left terrace on january 6th. can you tell me what you went through on that hallway and why you were there metropolitan police arrived to help you out. what difference did that make? >> by no means am i suggesting that we would go to his house. after we retreated, it was rough, it was terrible. everything happening to us.

on friday, the house oversight committee hears from former trump administration officials and d.c. police chief robert contee about their actions in response to the capital attack. that's all this week starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government and we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? it's way more >> than that. >>comcast is creating wi-fi enabled listings so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast support c-span is a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> now, and update on the pandemic from president biden. he spoke about the rise in cases involving the delta variants, and how his administration was planning to get more people vaccinated in the coming weeks through community outreach efforts. up vaccine ability with local family and medical practices and placing more mobile vaccine units to hard-to-reach areas. this is just o

will be answered and that's why publicans aren't serving on this committee and i want to yield to the ranking member of house administration today. >> leader mccarthy asked me to be thinking number on the house of ministration committee, he told me to fix things around the capitol which is why i you mentioned, we introduced the capitol police advancement act during the last congress that woulde have increased transparency and accountability semiannual reports and addressing the issues brought up for years, ig report studies and other different forms of communication with congress. the democrats chose not to advance our legislation to help our officers it's with great disappointment today that i don't get to question my friend, harry and i don't get to talk to thim about what he and heroes like david bailey and crystal who saved the lives of steve and all of us on a baseball field years ago, we don't get to ask the questions that will lead to why there was not a better security posture here on the cap complex. harry is a friend. gary and i met each other when we saw each other in the capitol after what happened january 6. h

national guard commander william walker, and on friday, the house oversight committee hears from trump administration officials and robert contee about their actions in response to the capital attack. that is all this week starting at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span. next, a discussion on budget reconciliation in congress which allows certain legislation to pass by a civil majority in the house and senate. the democrats use the reconciliation process to pass cove 19 relief without any republican support. now they are considering similar action on a potential infrastructure bill. from the bookings institution, this runs 45 minutes. n congress. the brookings institution is hosting the discussion. >> my book is on the history of the filibuster. working conditions. we also have to ensure adjust economic recovery that is inclusive. >> we are going to leave washington journal for a live event. now to alive discussion about how the budget reconciliation process works in congress. thoo

not just for myself, i chair the house administration committee and i know how many others work in thisly the staff to the members of congress, but the food service workers who were present and clerical staff, you saved them as well. and so they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately the rioters breached the capitol. but the time that you kept them out really made a tremendous difference. you saved the day. you saved the constitution. and it made a tremendous difference for our country. and officer dunn, i did hear you about the need for additional help and i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capitol police to make sure that the resources and the mental health unit has the resources that officers need. i'll make that pledge to you right now. i would like to ask sergeant gonel, and how everyone knew that you were fighting in the hallway near the lower west terrace on january 6. can you tell me what you went through on that hallway and then while you were there metropolitan police arrived for -- to help you out. what difference did that make? >> sure

. >> 2 former trump administration officials appeared before the house oversight committee back in may to answer questions about their actions during the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. former acting defense secretary christopher miller told lawmakers he stood by every decision he made that day." former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen shared a similar view, stating the justice department "acted with the utmost integrity and urgency." d.c. police chief robert contee was also at the hearing. >> it was harrowing and heartbreaking. of our democracy we are familiar with as our own homes was overrun by a mob bent on murdering the vice president and members of congress. their goal was clear, they were trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to the newly elected president by halting the counting of electoral votes. this insurrection failed, but not before police officers were attacked and had to use deadly force to protect members of congress. shots were fired near feet from the house floor. the cause of this horrific attack, for private citizens died, three police officer

administrations, democratic and republican, to hold the line and continue modernization. multiple congresses. we need to be able to get this done. you recently had an exchange in the house armed services community -- committee with the secretary -- acting secretary of the navy were he had a directive to unilaterally defined something- -- defund something the trump administration put to adapt to the threats today. based on your discussions with other dod officials, do you think there is sufficient report for that program and do you have an update on that? what is the context we should continue to think about the systems and i know we are getting ahead here. we don't have a nuclear posture due to the bided administration but the landscape has not improved since this weapon was deemed necessary. ms. heinrich: let's review the exchange. the acting secretary of the navy -- let's put emphasis on the word acting because he should be exercising major policy decisions -- issued a memorandum that instructed staff instructing the budget for 2023 to defund this missile. it is currently funded in this budget in 2022 because of president biden's submission. he claimed to have not spoken to anybody on his own and decided

we had the house committee on administration where we can go through and see what happened with the securityapitol police. my point being oversight has broad powers, which i used to search on the oversight committee. we have all the authority we need on the committees we need. i don't know why we're not going through and getting reports that way. that's what the senate did. i think that's what the house ought to do. i think my colleagues view this as political theater by the speaker. that's the frustration that is kind of playing into the narrative there and playing into their hands by making it more about political theater than following the truth. i'd like to know about the investigations of 500 arrested americans. why, who are they, what did they do? >> you have been willing to criticize former president trump's behavior after the election for pushing the election lies and more. trump has attacked you for it. when you ran for a house leadership question trump said, i can't imagine republicans would go with chip roy. the only reason up bring it up is because you were with trump yesterday w

on friday, former trump administration officials appeared before the house oversight committee to testify about their actions in response to the capital security breach. watch both hearings tonight and tomorrow starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> president biden announced u.s. military operations in afghanistan will officially conclude by the end of august, almost 20 years from the time they started. he spoke in more detail about the u.s. troop withdrawal before answering questions from reporters. this is about 30 minutes. >> when i announced our drawdown in, i said we would be out by september. we are on track to meet that target. our mission in afghanistan will conclude on august 31. the drawdown is proceeding in a secure and orderly way, prioritizing the safety of our troops as they depart. our military commanders advised me once i made the decision to end the work, we need to do it swiftly to conduct the main elements of the drawdown. in this context, speed is safety. thanks to the way in which we have managed our withdrawal, no one u.s. forces are any forces have been lost. c

friday, the house oversight committee hears from former trump administration official and d.c. police chief robert contee about their actions in response to the attack. that is all this week starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. announcer: up next, u.s. trade representative katherine tai joined other government officials to discuss the one year anniversary of the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement which went into effect july 1, 2020. everyone. my name is a pat, i am president and chief executive officer of kansas city southern, one of north america's large railroads, and i am delighted to have been asked to kick off this remarkable round table discussion. my primary role here will be to introduce ambassador green who will introduce the panel and others on the discussion for today.

on friday, the house oversight committee hears from former trump administration officials and the d.c. police chief about their actions in response to the. that's all this week starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> next, a hearing on financial institutions and their treatment of minority communities. the house financial services subcommittee on diversity and inclusion held a hearing on the racial wealth gap through

january 6th attack, he's a member of the committee on house administration which held the hearing today with a local election officials. congressman, thank you for being with us. yesterday's testimony was incredible to hear lawrence o'donnell and i we were talking about it this weekend thought we heard everything we had to hear about january 6th. having the police officers talk again with stirring. same today. these people, election officials in michigan and arizona telling them about how they've been threatened? people have gone to their homes, people have threatened their safety. what did you take away from that? >> these are additional brave heroes who are administering -- and they are the fabric of our local communities. they are under assault. our hearing today and house administration was about a bill from williams, and it's the preventing elections -- of 2021. it's making it a crime to intimidate and harass election officials because we know that's what they're trying to do here. they're trying to use the combination, the backdoor law change with its base rooted in racism, combin

then on friday for a trump administration officials and police chief robert contee appear before the house oversight committee to testify about their actions in response to the capital security breach. watch both hearings tonight and tomorrow starting 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more, including spark like. >> the greatest town on earth is the place you call home. at spark light it is our home too. we are facing our greatest challenge. that is why spark light is working round-the-clock to keep you connected. we are doing our part so it is easier to do yours. >> spark light supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front seat to democracy. >> george will occur served as the former beauty attorney general in the george w. bush administration. bush-cheney. he's a partner of mcguire woods. we will talk about election integrity. can you go back to the year 2000 and the role you played in the recount and what it taught you about issues of election integrity. guest: i would b

i think the administration is doing all it could do and i'm not alone on my committee and house following this and being interested and consistently we hope we are relaying to the administration we support this engagement and will back it up. i would love to be there for those elections, by the way. gerald: i think it is christmas eve? rep. malinowski: if it is christmas eve, i would do it. we will see. one of my long-term goals has been to have a chance to attend in benghazi the ribbon-cutting for the christopher stevens memorial american center in that wonderful city that was so devastated after his death. but where i've never seen greater sentiment for friendship with the united states in any middle eastern city i've been in. i would like things to come full-circle. gerald: thank you so much for spending this hour with us. for a time of a legend u.s. retrenchment and retreat from the middle east, we still have a full plate of issues and a full plate of u.s. engagements and commitments to the states of the middle east, the people of the middle east. there are a lot of issues we did not