ms. cheney and yasm mr. banks. mr. thompson: i ask that unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.the gentleman from mi. mr. thompson: madam speaker, it is regrettable that we're back to the floor considering another criminal contempt referral. but our former colleague, mr. meadows, has left us no choice. the select committee is investigating an attack on our democracy and it's essential that witnesses cooperate with our investigation to get answers. the law requires them to do so. and when a witness defies the law, that amounts to more than obstruction of investigation. the an attack on the rule of law -- it's an attack on the rule of law. in september the select committee subpoenaed mr. meadows for records and testimony because we believed he had information relevant to our investigation. for weeks we went back and forth with mr. meadows, to his lawyer, to

ms. cheney and yasm mr. banks. mr. thompson: i ask that unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.the gentleman from mi. mr. thompson: madam speaker, it is regrettable that we're back to the floor considering another criminal contempt referral. but our former colleague, mr. meadows, has left us no choice. the select committee is investigating an attack on our democracy and it's essential that witnesses cooperate with our investigation to get answers. the law requires them to do so. and when a witness defies the law, that amounts to more than obstruction of investigation. the an attack on the rule of law -- it's an attack on the rule of law. in september the select committee subpoenaed mr. meadows for records and testimony because we believed he had information relevant to our investigation. for weeks we went back and forth with mr. meadows, to his lawyer, to

ms. cheney and yasm mr. banks. mr. thompson: i ask that unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.the gentleman from mi. mr. thompson: madam speaker, it is regrettable that we're back to the floor considering another criminal contempt referral. but our former colleague, mr. meadows, has left us no choice. the select committee is investigating an attack on our democracy and it's essential that witnesses cooperate with our investigation to get answers. the law requires them to do so. and when a witness defies the law, that amounts to more than obstruction of investigation. the an attack on the rule of law -- it's an attack on the rule of law. in september the select committee subpoenaed mr. meadows for records and testimony because we believed he had information relevant to our investigation. for weeks we went back and forth with mr. meadows, to his lawyer, to

ms. cheney? >> i. >> ms. cheney i. >> i. >> mr. schiff? >> i. >> mr. schiff, i. >> mr. aguilar. >> i. >> mr. aguilar, i. >> mrs. murphy? >> i. >> mrs. murphy, i. >> mr. raskin? >> i. >> mr. raskin i. >> mrs. lauria? >> i. >> mr. kinzinger. >> kinzinger, i. >> mr. kinzinger, i. >> how is the chair recorded? >> mr. chairman, you're not recorded. >> i vote i. >> mr. chairman, i. >> the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on this vote there are nine is and zero nos. >> the motion is agreed to. the vice chair is recognized. >> mr. chairman, pursuant to clause 2 l of rule 11 i request members have two calendar days to file with the clerk of committee supplemental or additional views on the order reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. >> and so concludes the meeting of the january 6th committee, a 9-0 vote. not unexpected t

ms. cheney? >> yea. >> ms. cheney, yea. ms. lofgren? >> yea. >> ms. lofgren, yea. mr. schiff? >> yea. >> mr. schiff, yea. mr. aguilar? >> yea. >> mr. aguilar, yea. mrs. murphy? >> yea. >> mrs. murphy, yea. mr. raskin? >> yea. >> mr. raskin, yea. mrs. luria? >> yea. >> mrs. luria, yea. mr. kinzinger? >> yea. >> mr. kinzinger, yea. >> mr. chairman, you are now recorded. >> chair votes yea. >> mr. chairman, yea. >> the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on this vote, there are nine ayes and zero noes. >> the motion is agreed to. the vice chair is recognized. >> mr. chairman, pursuant to clause 2l of rule 11, i request that members have two calendar days in which to file with the clerk of the committee supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. >>> and that was it. a unanimo

ms. cheney for promotion. >> i move that the committee favorably report to the house on a resolution recommending that the house of representatives find jeffrey clark in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capital. >> the question is on a motion to report to the house. those in favor say i. those opposed say no. the eyes have it. >> i request a recorded vote. >> of recorded vote is requested and the clerk will call oval >> -- a vote. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, you not recorded. >> the chair votes aye. >> the clerk will port the vote. -- report the vote. >> there are nine ayes and zero nos. >> the vice chair is recognized. >> i request that members have two calendar days in which to file with supplements or additional views on the measure reported by the committee tonight. >> without objection, step is authorized to make any necessary conforming changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. without objection, the selec

ms. cheney, aye. miss lofgren, aye. mr. schiff, aye. mr. aguilar, aye. misses murphy, aye. mr. raskin, aye. misses luria, aye. mr. kinzinger, aye. mr. chairman, you are not recorded. >> i vote aye. >>a mr. chairman, -- >> mr. chairman, aye. the clerk will report the vote. >> there are seven ayes, no nos. >> the members have two calendar days in which to file supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. [gavel] >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more including buckeye broadband. ♪ buckeye broadband support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. today, nominees to the u.s. and better serve -- ambassadors appear for a confirmation hearing before the senate foreig

ms. cheney, aye. miss lofgren, aye. mr. schiff, aye. mr. aguilar, aye. misses murphy, aye. mr. raskin, aye. misses luria, aye. mr. kinzinger, aye. mr. chairman, you are not recorded. >> i vote aye. >>a mr. chairman, -- >> mr. chairman, aye. the clerk will report the vote. >> there are seven ayes, no nos. >> the members have two calendar days in which to file supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. [gavel] >> weekends on c-span two are an intellectual feast. every saturday, you will find events and people that explore our nation's past on american history tv. on sunday, book tv brings you the latest on nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. learn, discover, explore. weekends on c-span2. >> american history tv. saturdays on c-span2. exploring the people and events that

ms. cheney of wyoming for any opening remarks she'd care to make. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. we are here to address a very serious contempt of congress by a former chief of staff to a former president of the united states. we do know do this lightly and indeed, we had hoped not to take this step at all. for weeks, as the chairman noted, we worked with mr. meadows council to reach an agreement on cooperation, surely before his scheduled deposition, mr. meadows walked away from his commitment to appear and informed us he would no longer cooperate. we believe mr. meadows is improperly asserting executive and other privileges, but this on contempt today relates principally will testifying about communications and texts that he admits is not privileged. he does not have a privilege basis to refuse to testify entirely regarding these topics. let me give just three examples. first, president trump's failure to stop the violence. on january 6th, our capitol hilde building was attacked and invaded. the washington mob was summoned by president trump and many of those involved admitted

ms. cheney. because she's facing a formidable primary challenger who joined me now. iet, the voters of wyoming, what do they say about this this cheney quest for event against donald trump given what the country is facing with inflation and crime and everything else? >> they are incensed, thank you for having me. i enjoy listening to molly before this talk about the problems with the committee. i have been pleading with people all over the state of wyoming for the last 2 and half months, to describe the anger they feel towards liz cheney right now. she is advocated responsibility towards us, she's pursuing her own agenda and the agenda of the radical democrats in washington dc. this is a sham committee, this is a sham commission, a sham investigation. is a trial attorney i've been practicing law for almost 33 years and i can assure you when they have to start making up evidence, they don't have the facts on their side. laura: lose cheney let something slip recently. >> how we addressed in your sixth is the moral test of our generation which is said to see how my colle

ms. cheney and her obsession with text messages to mark meadows. i've read all my public tweets that day, they totally match what i said to meadows and what i said at night but she is like a woman obsessed. have you checked on her lately? chatted with her on text message. i to see her text messages. >> i did see what you said earlier and what sean hannity said in the same is true brian kelly, uber texting mark meadows to encourage him to get the violence under control, that is what you and brian and so many of us set on january 6th, that we cannot tolerate any kind of writing or violence for chaos, the same things we said through 2020 when you have left-wing blm mobs committing arson. i don't stand immediate's obsession with you and sean and brian and others saying privately what you said publicly on january 6th this year. laura: thank you. appreciate it. in moments, an update to the store the transgender university of pennsylvania swimmer, teammates are not exactly okay with what is going on there, so stay there. ♪ ♪ >> the team has been unbelieva

ms. cheney, the claim that a former president is not subject to legal process is extremely farfetched given the supreme court has found that the sitting president is subject to legal process. do you remember a 199 dec7 deci in a case called clinton versus jones? >> i do. >> do you remember the supreme court saying the president of the united states who's in office right now is subject to civil suit? is there any reason to believe that a former president is not subject to legal process or even worse that he can wave a magic wand and keep other people from having to testify? >> no. i think that that last point is really critical. that there are issues that we are litigating here. there's no question. but people need to remember that the current president, as to many of the matters we're discussing, has waved executive privilege. mr. meadows has, in fact, received indication that from the sitting president, from the white house, that he needs to appear. he needs to testify. and we are -- as we've said repeatedly -- we're focusing on matters over which he has no ability, no possible claim of pr

ms. cheney there was very dry, very measured, there just giving you just the facts, but we have more than just those facts isolated. i want to show briefly comparing some of this starting with fox's laura ingraham, her private text appeal versus her lies on air. >> more than 99% had to be, were peaceful, but because of a small contingent of loons, these patriots have been unfairly maligned. >> or her colleague privately said the violent day was destroying everything in trump's legacy while publicly lying about the violence that occurred. >> i do not know trump supporters that have ever demonstrated violence that i know of in a big situation. >> or sean hannity who literally campaigned with trump privately pushing for him to intervene to try to get the insurrectionists out of the capitol. then he went on the air to down play the insurrection as somehow separate from trump's wider movement. >> people who acted violently today, they don't represent the millions of law-abiding, hardworking, tax paying citizens responsible american patriots that are worried about election integrity. this is a

ms. cheney, a benedict arnold from the start.hen you turn on your party, good or bad or whoever they are, and go to the other party, that is a benedict arnold, in my book. i have no respect for her. host: to a call in fort payne, alabama, republican line. caller: yes, good morning. don't really consider myself a republican. i consider myself a person that votes for what is right. and second of all, i agree with both florida callers and with the michigan caller. third of all, we have serious things going on in our nation. what if liz cheney and all these people that are doing this, what if this storm had hit their place? what would they be thinking about this morning? would they be thinking about donald trump and mark meadows and all this bickering and arguing, like little kids fighting over a toy? give me a break. this has went on long enough. they are not interested in what happened at that capitol, they just want to damage donald trump. let me tell you something, when donald trump was in office, i had more help from him than i

cheney to call it off? >> they did not. >> seemed to just go to mr. meadows and the president. i yield back. >> ms. scanlon. >> i want to express our members of the january 6th committee for your tenacity, steadfast patriotism and courage and your focus on the actual issues before the committee. which would be why was there an attack on this building, a physical attack on this building, a physical attack on the constitution on january 6th, and how can we prevent future attacks. the pressure to block your inquiries and attempts to distract, to denigrate the severity of what happened, to deflect, to throw dust in our eyes i think is what the chairman said. chairman mcgovern referenced the mental gymnastics required to support mr. meadows' claim that he doesn't have to testify in response to a congressional subpoena. he's claiming he doesn't have to testify because of executive privilege, that everything he knows was privileged in some manner. that's simply not true. as you laid out quite compelling through. it's a distraction because there's no executive privilege from talking about con sayings with

he said in that rich, dick cheney, baritone, he says, john, i got us into some trouble. i say oh. he proceeded to tell me that the president and ms. bush had decided to leave washington right away to go to the funeral of john paul the second. the president had been scheduled to speak the next night at the radio and tv correspondents dinner in washington. as my colleagues also know, the president has to give a funny speech. cheney says i have to go there tomorrow in the president's stead and say funny things were 10 minutes. and then he says, i don't do funny. i said, well, sir, you will do a fine job of there. just let me call my colleague matthew and the next day or so we will get a speech ready for you. the lesson is, number one, he was very funny. he has very good comic timing. number two, generally, if you work in white house speech writing, you have to be ready for anything at any time. tamara: indeed. carolyn, i think you also wrote some speeches for those terrible, wonderful, whatever you want to call them washington dinners. carolyn: it is terrible. we had a very small staff of speechwriters. there were three writers. i w

ms. murkowski guilty. >> reporter: this is the latest in a long string of trump endorsements, fueled by getting revenge and settling political vendetta. >> the war monger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. how about that? >> reporter: in wyoming trump throwing his support behind congresswoman liz cheney's primary opponent, harriet higamen. >> so hopefully they'll get rid of her with the next election. >> reporter: after cheney has voted to impeach him and call out his dishonesty. >> we cannot be dragged backward by the very dangerous lies of a former president. >> reporter: in georgia, trump endorsing david perdue for governor as a way to get back at republican governor brian kemp for not doing enough to undermine the will of georgia voters and turn the 2020 election for trump. >> and your rhino governor brian kemp who has been a complete disaster. >> reporter: trump also using his endorsement to preserve his own political brand, attempting to stack the party with loyalists even if those candidates come with controversy. in pennsylvania trump endorsing former army captain sean parnell. >> he's a real hero, a real tough guy, and he'll never let you down. sean parnell. >> reporter: parne