mr. mccarthy: we'll answer all the questions. yes. >> mr. mccarthy: it's true, it is politics by pelosi. what helps them is we will go forward just as i promised them. we'll get the answer to those questions. we'll make sure they're protected just as we'll talk about officer evans too who died on good friday. we'll go through and get the answers. yes, sir. >> mr. leader orange may 20, you told us -- on may 20 you told us you were prepared to testify about your conversation with president trump regarding january 6. do you stand by that? mr. mccarthy: my question is out there. you make a phone call after people are in the capitol to advise the president of what's going on doesn't get to the answer of why we're unprepared. that is playing politics. it shows they don't want to get the answers. yes. >> mr. mccarthy: unfortunately, the democrats and pelosi said no to that. >> mr. mccarthy: very easy. exactly what we said on the 13th of january. while pelosi played politics. make it like 9/11. let us discover what built up to it? why was that decisi

mr. mccarthy: i take it very seriously. reporter: you just named a number of entities that you blame for -- mr. mccarthy: i didn't put blame. reporter: but questions. do you believe that former president trump is responsible for the events leading up to january 6th? mr. mccarthy: have you read the senate report? have you read the senate report? did you have have questions that the prep we had for this capitol. when they found i.e.d.'s in the morning, did we not call the f.b.i. were you concerned that the sergeant of arms had intelligence provided by the f.b.i. but wasn't put forward? were you concerned that if we had that information why didn't we have a different presence built here? if you were concerned about riots why would you put the lie on the gear locked in a bus? at the time the riot took place, why were there not communications that had direction from leadership because leadership wasn't talking. there are so many failures that happened the days before that allowed individuals to get into the building. we want to

mr. mccarthy: thank you for coming on short notice. speaker pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying the republican party's rep. mccarthy: thank you for coming on short notice. speaker pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying the republican party's picks for the select committee. it's an egregious abuse of power. pelosi see has broken this institution. denying the voice of members who have served in the military, jim banks, a navy veteran, who served in afghanistan. serves on -- chair of the largest caucus in the republican conference. rgest caucus in the republican conference. as well as a leader of a standing committee, jim jordan, this isn't his first committee, he's done it before. he's served on the select committee and serves on one now. made it undeniable that this panel has lost all he yit macy and credibility. it shows exactly what i warned back at the beginning of january, that pelosi would play politics with this. for more than six months, we have a better example of the senate, bipartisan. schumer didn't

mr. mccarthy: good afternoon. before we begin, i'd like to wish a happy birthday to a guy in the back of the room, caleb smith. happy birthday. he's a good man. as lawmakers, we are here to serve people. our main mission is to work on issues that will positively impact the constituents we are sent to serve in washington. to do that effectively, we need to engage directly with the american people. to get a sense of their major concerns and what's happening in their day-to-day lives and how we can make it better. over the past week, i set out just to do that. because democrats' reckless spending has led to inflation, i asked the american people to send me their stories about the soaring inflation but how does it personally affect them and their families. the stories i heard are just devastating. there's a few here i'd like to bring up. first, chuck from arkansas. he writes, i'm on a fixed income. i'm retired from the state police and the national guard. my everyday expenses are up. my small amount of money is worth

mr. mccarthy has no credibility. i have no doubt that mr. thompson will do the work that needs to be done. too bad it's not independent commission. still have the opportunity to do that if the leaders stand up and lead. but in the meantime we'll move forward with talented investigators and legislators who want to make sure this never happens again. >> and i can sort of see -- republicans very good at showmanship, not governing, their jobs, but showmanship. if he decides to have six empty seats on one side of the commission, reality is the commission will still be bipartisan because liz cheney is there, a republican. if he fills the seats, only one more democrat than republicans, nancy pelosi gave up one democrat seat to liz cheney. is the argument of bipartisanship moot because of that? >> i think it is. and because again of their actions. this is the mr. mccarthy who deputyized representative katko to set up and negotiate with thompson the independent commission, would be equally populated by both parties, equal subpoena power, everything s

mr. mccarthy, including mr. mcconnell, that has any facts about what happened leading up to, during, and after the insurrection. >> yeah. quick, as promised, a question for you on the infrastructure bill. as you heard speaker nancy pelosi confirming if a bipartisan bill gets passed in the senate she will not put it up for a vote in the house until a larger reconciliation package is passed. do you support that? >> i support doing as much as we possibly can at this time of great need and also extraordinary opportunity. i was delighted and heartened to hear more than a week ago now, i guess, the $3.5 trillion agreement, handshake agreement that was reached in the senate budget committee. we need to marry that to infrastructure investment. we need to invest in the american people. so i'm going to support whatever is the greatest investment for the greatest number of people, and we can pay for it along the way. you saw that the senate decided that one should not be collecting revenue actually owed by american people.

mr. mccarthy said everybody knows how congress works. sir, in the last eight months, the united states government does not work anymore for the people. thank you, sir. host: dan, good morning, your next from massachusetts. caller: thank you for having me on. i would like to point out here, i said this on your program before. the media and its lack of reporting. i just want to point out the fact that on the sixth they were going through state-by-state to certify the joe biden win in each state. when they start in our for medical order, when they got to the state of arizona two senators stood up and said there was a problem with the voting in arizona. at that point -- that has never happened in the history of our country. two senators along with a bunch of people in the house stood up and said there were problems. at that point the certification stops. the procedures on the senate floor were laid out on what would happen next. what was on the agenda next was four hours and hours of conversation in the house in the senate about what happene

specifically mr. mccarthy is an ally with ally united states. and if anything coming up, mr. regarding to the prompts over the 5 days a number last week, it looks like the last 11, all supported by mr. thought how did he did it by the united states has got to the order prom at the expense of the and i asked reported by iran. and i don't know if the 11 of the major supports sort of hits in the, on, on the speaker of the find them at mr. betty is a close and i, or how do you read and we got the so it seems as though the american saudi alliance has the upper hand versus iranian syrian, russia, i'm rely on so russia, one indication seems to be stepping back from this whole process process syria is drawn it up either it's on a metal to go to the problem, which has been sunk into for the past 11 and a half years. so this has that saudi arabia as the united states to drive but to see in some process or influencing information in your cabinets in particularly discovery and just to jump in the i don't mean to interrupt about we're just limited with time. yeah. just focusing again back

mr. mccarthy actually obviously overplayed his hand. she is not going to allow a clown car on a matter as serious as an insurrection that threatened the lives of every member of congress, including the vice president of the united states. this is a serious matter for serious people. mrs. pelosi did the exact right thing today and mr. mccarthy i'm sure tonight is wondering why did he overplay his hand. the american people will watch these hearings. they will care what happened. we have now a bipartisan quorum with liz cheney. and if we get other republican members like adam kinzinger, good. but we have a quorum. the american people will watch intently for the truth and the facts. less for the politics. they want to know what happened. why was their capitol attacked by americans, incited by the president? why did that happen? and most importantly, jonathan, and i know you know this, how do we make sure it never happens again. >> and with that we are going to leave it there. congresswoman madeleine dean, juanita tolliver, david jolly, than

mr. mccarthy: good afternoon. before we begin, i'd like to wish a happy bth

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mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, consist tept with israel's request for $1 billion in emergency military aid to fund the iron dome, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on appropriations be discharged from further consideration of house joint resolution 54 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines consistently issued by success fifth speakers as recorded in section 956 of the house rules and manual, the chair is constrained not to entertain the request unless it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships. mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: what is the inquiry? mr. mccarthy: account speaker inform us of the composition of the floor leadership? the speaker pro tempore: floor leadership includes the speaker, and majority, on the majority side. and the minority leader on the minority side and does not include the entire hierarchy of party leadership. mr. mccarthy: i want to thank you for th

mr. mccarthy: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. mccarthy: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of husband reese 8, the yeas and nays are order -- of resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does zwrofment indiana steek? mrs. walorski: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. buck sthon of indiana, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. bucshon will vote no on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. graves of missouri, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. graves w

mr. mccarthy: i want to take one second to congratulate jake elizey on his election to congress but brought two people back together. mike garcia and jake served our nation before they served in this body. they flew f-18's. off an aircraft carrier into iraq. they were brothers and now they are back together again. serving their nation and putting it forth. it might be a little ironic that they both came in in a special election. they both were turning points on those elections and i would say underdogs in those elections. but it shows they both graduated from the naval academy. served their nation. and continue to serve again. this is a good day in this house. madam speaker, one week ago president biden said, inflation was temporary. he went on to say that spending trillions more would, and i quote, reduce inflation, reduce inflation, reduce inflation. madam speaker, i think he's the only one who believes that. mr. president, with all due respect, we need to wake up. inflation has risen every single month since you took office. and last month was the largest increase in 13 years. let's be v

mr. mccarthy: thank you for coming on short notice. speaker pelosi has taken the

mr. mccarthy who once said from the well of the house on live television, we have tape of it, that trump bore responsibility, and there should be a fact finding mission. now he wants us to forget us. what is he scared ofs now? >> his goal is to be speaker in 2022 and for the republicans to take the house. he's scared of donald trump and the power he has and the political power he still retains. let me remind the viewers, brian, when the commission was initially proposed, the viis said we said we don't about a partisan committee. the democrats said you can have all the things you ask for, and the republicans said, no thank you. now they are getting a committee that will have subpoena power over which they have no say, and so they will regret it, and they will have liz cheney on there, and putting the law and her country first, and also will draw the line at real partisan behavior that could go on in the subpoena process. >> let me ask a quick follow-up, liz cheney, and kessinger, are the republicans that get democrats excited, fulfilling them with hope. do they still match your definition

mr. mccarthy said everybody knows how congress works.ir, in the last eight months, the united states government does not work anymore for the people. thank you, sir. host: dan, good morning, your next from massachusetts. caller: thank you for having me on. i would like to point out here, i said this on your program before. the media and its lack of reporting. i just want to point out the fact that on the sixth they were going through state-by-state to certify the joe biden win in each state. when they start in our for medical order, when they got to the state of arizona two senators stood up and said there was a problem with the voting in arizona. at that point -- that has never happened in the history of our country. two senators along with a bunch of people in the house stood up and said there were problems. at that point the certification stops. the procedures on the senate floor were laid out on what would happen next. what was on the agenda next was four hours and hours of conversation in the house in the senate about what happened

mr. mccarthy, i think our team is going to do the people's work here. this is very serious. >> you compare the capitol riots to the jonestown massacre. why? >> well, in fact, i was in that gallery and lying on the floor when the first shot rang out. the only shot, and i was taken back to that horrible day, 44 years ago, in which i was shot five times and left for dead. i thought this can't be happening in the united states. i survived it in a foreign country, and yet here i am in the symbol of democracy for the world, and i may be dead. so it was a traumatic experience for me, and for everyone in that gallery and for many others and for the republicans to call it a tourist activity is so offensive that it makes for great theater, but it is not reality. >> congresswoman, thank you, great to talk to you on this monday morning. >> thank you. >>> in afghanistan there is a new warning for u.s. troops from the taliban. nato's commander is here to talk about the future. >>> parts of the south and southwest are seeing a surge in covid cases. what needs to happe

mr. mccarthy who once said, in the well of the house, on live television, we have the tape of it that trump and now they want us to forget that. i guess he thinks for stupid. want to see so scared of, right now? >> you have to realize, his ultimate goal is to be speaker in 2022 for the republican state of the house. he is scared of donald trump ultimately, and the political power he still retains. when this commission was initially proposed, republicans said, we don't want to partisan commission. we demand the following things including, the power to equal presentation on the committee and to subpoena witnesses. the democrats say, and you could have all the things you asked for, and the republican said, no thank you. now, what they are getting, is a committee that would have subpoena power, over which they have no say. they will regret this at the end of the day. they actually should be happy they have someone like liz cheney on their, who is doing her constitutional duty and putting the law and her country first. i think she would draw the line and some really partisan behavior, that could

mr. mccarthy. she used that power today. i want to look at who we are talking about. ccarthy made five appointments. look at the five faces of the people he wanted on the committee. two of them, jim jordan and jim banks were the ones she had issues with. the other three were going to be allowed to remain on the committee, but said they will not participate. so why them specifically? that is a question we have all been asking. jordan isn't someone who is seen as a potential material witness, because he worked with president trump's legal team on questions about the certification of the election. as for these two men, one reason it is raising eyebrows is because of their positions within the house. jim jordan, as many viewers will know, is the number one republican, the ranking republican on the judiciary committee. jim banks, also someone behind the scenes who is very important. he chairs the republican study committee, the largest caucus. the majority of. republicans are in that group. both voted to object the election results on january sixth after the insurrection. b

mr. mccarthy, including mr.ding up to, during and after the insurrection. >> this tuesday's committee hearing coming just days after the harshest sentence for a capitol rioter left. paul hodgkins sentenced to eight months in prison. they say the nation's crackdown on domestic terrorism might be going too far. nbc political contributor and national correspondent betsy swann. betsy, the judge gave eight months to a rioter in the insurrection. why did she give him such a long sentence? >> partly is because the people handling the sentencing asked for terror enhancement. that's a tool that judges can use to extend the sentences of crimes they're convicted of if the judge is convinced the person was involved in that crime for reasons of terrorism. the protester was protesting the pipeline. she damaged some equipment close to the pipeline being used, and she also damaged the pipeline itself before oil was floegs through it. when she found out oil was flowing through there, she argued. they said the woman involved in t

mr. mccarthy, that may have been a very brief moment of truth for him.ut that wasn't a critical moment. i think there are a number of moments during the insurrection where there was communication between members of congress, perhaps president trump, maybe others at the white house, maybe the national guard leadership. that is really important information that will help us fully understand the events that allowed this attack to be as bad as it was. this is the reason that we want serious people who are willing to ask honest questions and seek the truth on this committee, not people like mr. banks or mr. jordan who are trying to pretend that this thing didn't happen, that it was some sort of a field trip. i think the speaker made the right call on that particular decision because of the questions that you raised that have to be the subject of the investigation the committee will conduct. >> congressman, house peeker pelosi says that the committee has a bipartisan quorum. right now the only republican on the committee is congresswoman liz cheney. cnn learne

mr. mccarthy. she used the power today. i want to look at who we're talking about. leader mccarthy made five appointments. we look at the the five faces of the people wh he wanted on the committee. there they are. two of them, as you said, jim jordan and also jim banks there at the top left were the ones that she had issues with. the other three were going to be allowed to remain on the committee, but they have, in fact, said they will not participate now. so why banks and jordan specifically? that's a question we've all been asking. now, jordan, you should know, is someone who seen potentially as a material witness in this case because he did work with president trumpas legal team on questions about the certification of the election. now, as for these two me, one reason it's raising eyebrows is because of their positions within the house. i want to talk a little bit about that. jim jordan, as many viewers will know, is the ranking republican on the judiciary committee. and then jim banks, also someone behind the scenes, who's very important. he chairs the republican

mr. mccarthy to submit names to participate but the speaker would have to approve. two of the names that she suggest ready not just people who voted for the insurrection, who voted against certifying the election, but have denied the reality of what took place on january 6th. it would be like having a 9/11 denier on the 9/11 commission. it makes no sense to have them there. but she was committed to making it bipartisan. that's why she named liz cheney and now has named mr. kinzinger, both conservatives, people with whom i share big difference. and we vote a lot differently, on almost everything. but at the end of the day, they are both patriots that believe in the constitution and will do their job. i'm glad they will. there will be a bipartisan -- >> i might add that of the five that congressman mccarthy nominated she did keep three republicans. she only denied the two who overtly denied what happened on january 6th. you have opened up about your own experience with post-traumatic stress disorder after you and colleagues were forced to bury indicated your workplace

mr. mccarthy seemed to want to do. >> yeah, this is not 11 truthers on the 9/11 commission. >> excellent. >> and i say that as someone who worked for the mayor of new york at the time, a republican. >>> listen, you talk about the tourism charge that has been levelled by some of your colleagues. we have new audio of former president trump saying in an interview from last march -- late march, the insurrection crowd was loving. want you to listen to this. >> there was a loving crowd, too, by the way. there was a lot of love. i heard that from everybody, many, many people told me that was a loving crowd. in all fairness, the ca of to police were ushering people in. the capitol police were very friendly. they were hugging -- you don't see that. >> you're still suffering from ptsd from that day. what does hearing ex-president trump say the crowd was loving make you feel? >> we are being retraumatized every time one of these people whether trump or jim jordan or banks, any of these folks try to paper over an attack where we felt our lives were at risk. where 140 officers of the law were injured

mr. mccarthy's choices.hink that what speaker pelosi plans to do is give the republican party, not just president trump, but the republican party a fair and impartial firing squad. i think that she. >> tammy: looks like it. >> i think she is planning to, as she has in the past. to try to equate the atrocities and they were atrocities of january 6th, with the entire population of people who didn't vote for biden. most of whom are republicans. >> tammy: i think you are absolutely right. and everyone on the democrat side is missing that irony that they are complaining about an assault on democracy and here they are using taxpayer dollars campaigning propaganda to demonize and smear half of the american population when already there is violence in this country, when this is a figure of maybe they can get more votes. i want you to listen to a, if you could, sir, some sound from a cbs news conversation, a contributor about his reaction to the olympics and comparing his trouble with it to january 6th. let's listen.

mr. mccarthy's position to advice with a private citizen.wo, the republicans in congress unfortunately seem to think the legislative branch is there to support the leader. that's not what it's there to do. it's there to balance the leader and check the leader. and then number three, thinking about the future. unfortunately, i mean, if you were looking at another country, and you saw this pattern, and you looked at it without any kind of passion or emotion, what you would say is these guys are not planning to win the election. they're playing to rely on the people who are most enthusiastic, most committed to their cause. if they were planning to win the election, they'd be moving on. that's the thing i find disturbing. we have a political party which can't move on from an attempt to move onto power. and into a normal competition with policy. that's what makes me worry about the next two and four years. >> and they keep spreading lies and misinformation. that's permeated so much of society. in fact, it's literally killing people. look at what'

mr. mccarthy is unfit to lead. and as i said he seldom on the floor to even show leadership. in the absence of real leadership this is what you get. fortunately speak pelosi put together a fantastic committee. i'm light delighted liz cheney said she will serve on it. and she said she and i have a politically very little in common. but we have one thing very much in common. and it's the most important thing, wanting to seek and speak the truth. >> january 6th is one side of this anti-democratic coin and the other side of the coin is the work that's going on in legislatures around this country amongst state republicans to -- that are anti-democratic and restrictive on voting. we know that people from your state and my state, pennsylvania, traveled to arizona, republicans to take a look at the sham audit see how they can do it. it does appear that there is some impetus and some motion in trying to repeat this in pennsylvania. first of all, it's probably not going to succeed. but does it bother you this continues to live another day in pennsylvania? >> absolutely. what a waste of

mr. mccarthy made, namely mr.well as congressman armstrong, and none of them are anti-trump. in fact, i believe that mr. nehls voted not to certify some of the election results on january 6th. so i think what she wants is, in my humble opinion, she wants people who are after the truth, and anybody who has been around jim jordan for ten minutes on any committee, and i have served with him on various committees at this point, knows that, you know, he's just going to get up there and create a circus at this point. the stakes are too high for that, yasmin. >> what do you think about congressman kinzinger being a possible candidate to add? >> i think he would be a fine addition because i think that he's, again, he satisfied that number one criteria, which is someone who is approaching this objectively and searching for the truth. we need to know, you know, how did this come about. we need to know where the federal government under donald trump was so slow in responding on the day in question, on january 6th. then we ne

mr. mccarthy and former president trump? >> it could. >> reporter: one thing we won't hear today is some of that counter narrative that you played from the republicans who were downplaying that attack, the seven democratic appointees and the two republicans are strongly, have strongly pushed back on that misinformation, as lies and conspiracy theories. they are determined to figure out they say what happened that day and they are determined to start off as they're trying here on a non-partisan note. andrea, hallie? >> sahil, thanks. it is the emotional tone setting here for the rest of the length of the collect committee expected to go on as adam schiff said yesterday way past the end of this year. today day one is about bringing in that human face, it's about talking about the heart of what happened on january 6th with the emotion we're going to see. >> we've already heard from the senate rules committee that joint panel and heard from various investigators and heard from general honorare. we've heard interviews and testimo

mr. mccarthy, please just appoint serious individuals so we can have a serious inquiry. as we wait to see who he puts on that committee, i hope he takes it as serious as it was. >> and the speaker can veto, correct, an appointment? >> yes, thank god. nobody wants marjorie taylor greene on that committee. >> i know you said that chairman thompson can decide who he wants to call. do you think it's possible kevin mccarthy will be called to testify? you said no one's off the table. what about donald trump? i mean, would you even expect donald trump to testify or would he find an excuse to not testify? >> well, we offered donald trump the opportunity to testify during the senate impeachment trial, and we used the fact that he refused to come in against him as an adverse inference, meaning that the fact that he was asked to testify and he turned us down showed that he was culpable, that he had a consciousness of guilt. i'll leave it to chairman thompson. if he indeed means it that no one's off the table, donald trump is a very relevant witness. kevin mccarthy we know talked to

mr. mccarthy with us? well, how about ms. cheney? she does not count. i think ms. garcia is next. his mirth -- is ms. garcia with us? sheila jackson lee? rep. jackson lee: i am here. thank you. as has been said earlier, for you holding this important hearing, i wish i could transpose myself to the united states senate. but, before i start, let me indicate that i have heard so many people offer the name of john lewis on the other site, including republicans. we happen to be this weekend naming a navy vessel after john lewis. i hope most of the witnesses on this panel would agree with me that the greatest tribute to john lewis is to protect the fundamental right to vote and reinforce the basis of the 1965 civil rights act the 15th amendment. so, my inquiries will go along those lines. let me also indicate that because of the inertia and inaction of the senate, state leaders and black women gathered yesterday along with the democratic texas delegation who contrary to governor abbott is working very hard, to be able to insist that there must be action in the senate. to the extent that

mr. mccarthy for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i rise in opposition to the amendment and to this bill. mr. speaker, earlier today, the speaker of the house said that people who are fully vaccinated but don't support wearing a masks are morons and said the house should follow the science. madam speaker, you don't know the facts nor the science, so let's talk about it. the speaker is referring to the c.d.c. current recommendation. i just left speaker with the house doctor. he said he used the c.d.c. recommendation on a report that hasn't been reported yet. he did not know that the report was based upon india about a vaccine that is not approved in america. and now he did not know that it didn't even pass peer review. that's why vaccinated people in this house now have to wear a mask. there is no science. but i guess the speaker must have not known that. why wouldn't the speaker not know the facts? you know what frustrates americans the most? hypocrisy. they hate the idea that you tell people to get vaccinated, you don't hav

mr. mccarthy, all the way from bakersfield, california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mccarthy: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from arkansas for yielding to me. i rise in support of my amendment to division e that would prioritize funding for critically important u.s. forest service initiatives to mitigate safety hazards to reopen and rehabilitate the sequoyah national forest. following the devastating s.q.f. fires. giant sequoyahs are the tallest trees in the world. they grow wider than a city street and more than six stories high. they can only be found growing naturally on the eastern slopes of the sierra nevada mountain range in california, including in my district in the sequoia national forest. now, last august, the s.q.f. complex fire burned over 170,000 acres, primarily in the sequoia national forest after being hit by lightning. a report led by the national park service estimates this fire killed, and i quote, 10% to 14% of all large sequoias across the natural r

mr. mccarthy has lost all credibility. he deputized one of his members to come up with the independent commission which we did and then he pulled the rug out from under him today. i thought the same thing, he's taking his ball and going home. he never wanted to participate in this investigation of the truth and the facts. it's about patriotism. the not about politics. it's truth over lies and cover-ups. the speaker made the right decision. they will go on without them. we will get to the facts and the truth. >> hannah, take us behind the scenes. it certainly looks like after listening to liz cheney a that she and pelosi are marking lock step. was she involved in making this decision? and what really pushed pelosi to say, hey, we're not going to let jordan and banks in this committee room? >> i think it's important to understand that liz cheney certainly doesn't speak for republicans or kevin mccarthy. she's so out of step with where the house republican conference is at this point. the important thing, i think it was a stu

mr. mccarthy is against everything having to do with looking into this?know, the democrats are here. it is important that we have the select committee, but i would love to talk about what we are actually doing. we passed the american rescue plan this week, july 15th will be the beginning of the expanded child tax credit, which is really a tax cut for working families that will be generationally transformative. in my own district on july 15th and then every 15th thereafter, 40% of children living in poverty in my district will be lifted out of that. that's what democrats are about. we're about building infrastructure, growing jobs, and, of course, doing the important oversight of, for god's name, an insurrection. i want to just tell you, nicolle, the day of the insurrection when i was in the holding room, for the first several hours we saw no tvs. we had no information who was in the building, how many were in the building on what was going around. i remember the buzz around insurrection. i literally looked up the word insurrection having never been in one

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 after what happened on january 6th. harry has been to my office to talk about these isss. he knows that a

mr. raskin of >> kevin mccarthy was asked about inclusion. we will have his reaction after we hear from speaker pelosi. ms. pelosi: good morning. it's a good morning, because decision decisions as they are and difficult as they are and sad in some cases, they are liberating and enable us to go forward. as we gather here on the floor of the house right now, we are passing the invest in america act, an opportunity for us to not only build the infrastructure of america, but to build the middle class of america. it does so by putting equity front and center with the necessary focus on communities of color, rural communities and regions with persistent poverty. we are pleased that the president has come together in a bipartisan way with the united states senate -- senators for a bipartisan infrastructure plan. when we finish with this legislation, we look forward to continuing that conversation with them so that we can pass an infrastructure bill as well as a reconciliation bill. that was yesterday -- that's today. yesterday, we saw patriotism on