democratic congressman, ruben gallego of arizona. congressman, appreciate you being with us. these new videos. they continue to show the reality of what happened and it's sickening to watch. is there any reason to believe -- well, i mean, i know the answer to this. there is no reason to believe that this is going to change any of your republican colleagues' minds. i mean, they -- they've been whitewashing what happened that day. >> yeah. they can't. and they won't be able to, because they've made the calculated decision that they need the trump-base voter and in order for them to have the trump-base voter, they basically have to ignore the fact that there was an insurrection that happened. when, in fact, most of these deniers were the ones that received capitol-police protection. you know, the gosar or biggs of the world were the defifirst on evacuated. representative clyde was screaming against a wall at security trying to tell them what to do in order to keep of some these rioters out. so they know what happened. except, now, they are basically selling their souls in order

friend and author of h.r. 2726, and a member of the house veterans' affairs committee, congressman ruben gallego of arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. gallego: madam speaker, i rise today in support of my bill, h.r. 2726, the v.a. foia reform act. i want to thank chair takano and ranking member bost for bringing this bill to the floor and rep murphy for co-leading this important legislation with me. this bill is a simple and bipartisan measure to improve efficiency and transparency at the v.a. as we know transparency is critical to ensuring our v.a. is serving veterans. veterans, their caregivers, v.s.o.'s and the public deserve easy and timely access about veteran care, v.a. performance, and other data when requested. unfortunately, v.a. currently has among the worst backlogs of freedom of information act requests across federal agencies. among these are decisions as well as request from veterans about their own personal records. my bill will ensure the v.a. will increase steps to decrease backlogs and allows to review v.a.'s process. finally, the bi