Some people are trying to deny what happened, to whitewash it, to turn the insurrectionists into martyrs.

Do you think us stakeholders' viewpoints were heard during this necessarily hurried-up process?

Democracy is bigger than any one person and any one party.

They're not putting the country before the party, and that's what bothers me the most because I, as a former soldier, I know what that inherits, that oath, and I'm still willing to do that.

when it comes to the security of the Capitol and our democracy, nothing will be off limits. We will do what is necessary to understand what happened, why and how. And we will make recommendations to help ensure it never happens again.

In closing, we can never again allow our democracy to be put in peril as it was on January 6th.

I thank God our democracy and our Republic withstood this assault, but that man's warning reminds us that this threat hasn't gone away.

Well, let me say nothing is off limits. We`ll follow the facts. On the meetings we`ve had with the members of this committee, they have all said wherever the facts and I investigation lead us, that`s where we`ll go. So nothing sacred.

While our institution's endured and while Joe Biden is the legitimately elected President of the United States, a peaceful transfer of power didn't happen this year.

There is no place for politics or partisanship in this investigation.

As Chairman of this Committee, I will not give that lie any fertile ground.

I think a majority of Americans are really looking forward to that as well.

But my oath, your oath, all of our oaths here today to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, will be our guiding light for this investigation.

If not for the heroism of the United States Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department, many more lives might have been lost.

We cannot allow ourselves to be undone by liars and cheaters.

Let's be clear. The rioters who tried to rob us of our democracy were propelled here by a lie.

We are here today to talk about the use of modern financial technologies for terrorist fundraising and financing.

If I might add, people in Narva, Estonia, and people in the city across the river have access to each other across a bridge there. And it is clear to the people on the Russian side that their cousins and friends in Narva, Estonia, live a…