mr. snyder. >> thank you. for the 25 years of my professional career, i served democratic causes, whether it was working on campaign throughout the country, presidential cycles, or joining the labor movement as an organizer in upstate new york. i also served in two democratic administrations in national security proudly. so i am not going anywhere. i will make a promise now that i am going to be in this fight, whether the other side likes it or not. you know, look, i have a weird combination of national security and politics but now, we are seeing a convergence of that and it is needed and i think i have hopefully proven that through my experience, i am a crisis manager and we need that in this fight because one thing i want to make abundantly clear is the other side is normalizing nationalist white supremacy in the narratives that they are using, ok? we see it mimicked in their executive orders right now, seeking to go after immigrant communities. this is unfortunately the new normal we need to work with now

mr. snyder. >> i think this is where my experience the national security comes into play. what were talking is an asymmetrical threat. so yes largely not only being the biggest grifter ever, a large distraction, he's instructing us from what's happening on the ground. we need to focus was happening on the ground level. we are seeing shenanigans in north carolina where are those who are emboldened by trump playing with a boat, holding up court confirmations and that is going to continue to happen. we are seeing three percenters and oath keepers running for office is. what's going to happen after january 6 our pardon. they will come home. what is going to do? they are likely going run. while we focus on trump, yes, it should be a resistance, we need to focus at the local level. if we don't and they get their foot in the door and politics at the local level, we all know what happens. if you get elected dogcatcher you keep moving up. you keep moving to city council and then we will be with these folk

mr. snyder? >> i think this is where my experience and national security comes into play. what we are talking about is an asymmetrical threat so largely not only being the biggest grifter ever, he's a large distraction. and so we need to focus on what's happening at the ground level. we are already seeing shenanigans happening in north carolina where there are those who are also emboldened by trump holding up core confirmations and that will continue to happen. we are also seeing proud boys running for office. what will happen after the january 6ers are pardoned? they will come home and they will likely run. while we are focused on trump, yes, we need to focus at the local level, because if we don't and they get their foot in the door in politics at the local level, we all know what happens. if you get elected dog you keep moving up. you move on to city council and then we will be dealing with these people for years, not just a cycle or two but years, so we need to resist at the local level, we n

mr. snyder? mr. snyder: i would commit to that. however i would also be busy traveling as well. part of my plan, i want to open organizing hubs in states like texas, georgia, pennsylvania, michigan, iowa and nevada. i'll be visiting the filed, going out there work alongside folks fighting the battles that need to be, if i need to i'll pick some fights as well. greg: mr. wickler? >> i'd be in d.c. on a regular basis, like a congressional schedule. i'd keep raise my families in wisconsin, because i think there's strength that come froms from being someplace democrats don't win every time. in this whole thing no one mentioned unions. i want to point to texas where the afl-cio, martin luther king jr. civil and human right conference celebrated the reaffiliation of afl-cio and seiu. we can learn from that. let's do the work. greg: ms. williamson? ms. williamson: we all know the organizing and strategic things that need to be done. i would pick one of these yemen and say get to it. i would be on the road. i would empower people to do things. i would be on the road. i'd be talking to p

mr. marks snyder, historian and nation builder at the colonial williamsburg foundation. ade me miss you, miss your speaker. mr. ambassador, illustrious members of congress. my dear friends, please allow me and introduction the name is lafayette. though i believe many of you know me far better by name of the austere regime of the old order of the revolution here than america. and that, of course, is mattie joseph pulley hospital bed, the multi marquee de lafayette. it is truly a pleasure and honor to see all of you here on this simply magnificent day. this day of celebration, this 10th day of december of the year 18 and 24. my friends, the last time i set foot on american soil was 40 long years ago. i had returned to celebrate signing of the treaty of paris, which had occurred in september of 1783, ending that great war for american freedom. so, dear friends, now that i have returned and though 40 years have passed, we must never forget how that independence was in fact achieved for all of those soldiers, farmers and marines alike, french, american, spanish, those of color

mr. snyder is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before i start, if the secretary wants to address the previous thing at all, i would be interested. >> i'm happy to share everything we've done. we can go over this. we don't have time to do it now. i'm happy to do that and happy to show you exactly what we have done, and happy to get any information to the contrary, and work through this. all right? thank you. >> thank you. let me thank the chairman, chairman mccaul and ranking member meeks. having had the privilege to wave on this committee, it's been an honor working with you. i want to thank the outgoing biden/harris administration and directly you for your tireless efforts navigating some of the most critical challenges in he cent history. i looked up the definition of the great passage why it's so treacherous, large waves, strong waters, storms, rough seas. you have navigated i think exactly that, rough and unpredictable seas. as has been said, even by the chairman, our relationship with nato, our relationships in many places ar