for protection congressman westerman said he commandeered a civil war sword from an office display. he barricaded himself in mr. mccarthy's private bathroom and waited out the siege while crouched on congressman mccarthy's toilet. and then next line of the peace friends describe the post election period is traumatic for mr. mccarthy. traumatic for mr. mccarthy for kevin. i mean, he is the one who got rushed out of there because the rioters were breaking in. he brought another republican member of congress to his private office with him. and then once they were there, i was like, oh, no, bruce. we came here to my office to hide but the rioters they're inside now they're coming for us. by bruce. later, i'm out of here. there's a toilet in there. maybe good luck crouching on top of the toilet. they won't see your feet. if they look into the door. i don't know. the guy ended up opening up a display of civil war artifacts and grabbing an antique display sword and then he had to hide on kevin mccarthy's toilet. because leader kevin mccarthy left that congressman there to fend for himself

representative bruce westerman. a republican congressman from arkansas. when it became evident the rioters were breaking in, mr. mccarthy security's detail insisted he leave. but congressman westeman was left behind. in kevin mccarthy's inner work area at his capitol office for protection, congressman westerman said he common deared a civil war sword from an office display, he barricaded himself in mr. mccarthy's private bathroom and waited out the siege while crouched on congressman mccarthy's toilet. and next line, friends describe the post election period as traumatic for mr. mccarthy. wait, for mr. mccarthy? for kevin? he was rushed out. because the rioters were breaking in. he brought another republican member of congress to his private office with him and then once they were there, it was like, oh no, bruce, we came here to my office to hide but the rioters they're inside now. they're coming for us. bye, bruce. i'll see you later. i'm out of here. there's a toilet in there. maybe good luck crouching on top of the toilet they won't see your feet if t

work area, for protection, congress westerman said he commandeered a civil war sword and barricaded in a private bathroom and waited on out the siege while waiting on congressman mccarthy's toilet. and next line, friends describe the post election period as traumatic for mr. mccarthy. wait, for mr. mccarthy? for kevin? he was rushed out. he brought another member of congress to his office and then it was like oh, no, we came here to hide but the rioters they are inside now, they are coming for us. bye bruce. see you later. i'm auto out of here. good luck crouching on top of the toilet, they won't see your feet if they look under the door. i don't know. the guy ended up opening up a display of civil war artifacts and grabbing a display sword and then he to hide on kevin mccarthy's toilet because leader kevin mccarthy left that congressman there to fend for himself. while the rioters closed in. he left with the security detail. buthe did not bring the other congressman with him. it was not like that congressman had an -- they left him, while they went through the office. imagine the d

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. >>> what do we know about swordsman congressman bruce westerman?this story to my colleague that he was in mccarthy ice office with a number of other people on january 6th and then he went into another room for a period of time, and when he came back, everyone was gone. so he saw a sword, took it off the wall, went to the bathroom and hid with the sword. he said he could hear the rioters in mccarthy's anteroom, although, they never got close to the bathroom where he was hiding. this speaks to the trauma members felt that day, that's going to be a bart of our lives. anyone at the capitol on that day recounting the story -- i can't imagine anything scarier than feeling so afraid you have to grab a sword off a wall and sitting in the bathroom to keep safe. it's an amazing story and terrifying to realize you've come out of a room and everyone is gone. >> abandoned. >> with a sword. lauren fox, thanks so much for being with us. appreciate it. >>> so former president trump out of office, off twitter, and still complaining about election results. an inside

i will give ranking member westerman a shoutout. he does do a great job. i served with him on the natural resorts committee, and it's a pleasure to serve with him. >> good morning. >> caller: good morning. i think it's sad. we've been here i don't know how long working on farms for white people. they get paid, we get nothing. it is sad. we can't pay the bills. and still getting $814 through social security, medicaid and medicare. the food truck comes by from the department of agriculture. i have to pay $1400 before i have any surgery. i'm sitting at home. ever since january 2020. it is sad trump kept everything to himself and themselves. >> kathy, what's your question? >> this is what happened in mississippi. it's a police state now. it came out about two or three weeks ago. >> congressman rosendale, anything you want to pick up on there? >> i heard medicare and medicaid and we're having problems with medicare and medicaid and then i heard a truck going by two weeks, but i wasn't sure what the question was. >> we'll go to kareem. buffalo, independent, good

westerman: of course if you bring up this topic with climate czar john kerry, he'll tell you all these workers can switch to working in solar energy. madam speaker, from looking at salary data, a welding wand in the hand of a highly skilled pipeline welder is worth more than two screwdrivers in the hands of solar panel installers. these job-killing energy policies are yet another example of how out of touch the biden administration is with the men and women who keep our country going. talk is cheap, action is harder. if president biden is going to continue promising these illusive green jobs, then he needs a long-term plan in place, a plan to have a plan is not enough. neil crabtree and thousands of americans like him are the people democrats are choosing to forget. we won't forget them. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> with