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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

Speaker Pelosi announced retired Lieutenant General Russell Honore who led relief efforts during Hurricane Katrina, he would lead a top to bottom-review of security failures at the Capitol that day.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

Congressman Eric Swalwell of California today sued Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol riot.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

The Capitol attack was a direct unforeseeable consequences of the defendants' false and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft, and in direct response to the defendants' express calls for violence.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

False and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft and in direct response to the defendant's express calls for violence at the rally, a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

Swalwell is suing under a civil rights law originally passed to try to combat threats from the Klan.

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

The subcommittee is concerned that the loss of electric reliability and the resulting human suffering, deaths and economic costs will happen again unless ERCOT and the state of Texas confront the predicted increase in extreme weather…

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

It is unconscionable that we have the situation that we do where we have 5 million to 6 million Americans, by the way, who gets tips or making lists of $5 an hour.

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

I would add it happened before in 2011. They had the same exact situation with the winter and there were recommendations to weatherize the grid. What we need to know is why those recommendations were disregarded.

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Mar 5, 2021

We have an obligation as the United States to make sure that this doesn`t happen to anyone -- Texans or Californians or people in any state. And this was so preventable because it just required basic infrastructure investment.

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Kevin McCarthy
@kevinmccarthy· Republican · CA· Mar 5, 2021

The Republican party grew with the blue-collar worker. Because it was a forgotten man and woman that Donald Trump listened to the voice that no one else would listen to. And we`re never going that people -- those people.

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Kevin McCarthy
@kevinmccarthy· Republican · CA· Mar 4, 2021

Under the Constitution, we genuinely defer to states and counties to run elections. Democrats want to change that. First, they outlaw Dr. Seuss and now they want to tell us what to say.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Mar 4, 2021

We should have them here as long as they are needed. We have to ensure with our security that we are safe enough to do our job.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Mar 4, 2021

If, in fact, there`s any troublemakers around, it made sense. I don`t think anybody should take any encouragement that, because some troublemakers might show up, that we changed our whole schedule.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 4, 2021

All we're trying to do is give a hand up to those Americans who are the working stiffs who are just trying to get back into the game.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 4, 2021

But it is, in fact, still an incredible lifeline for Americans across this country who are holding on.

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Jackie Speier
@jackiespeier· Democratic · CA· Mar 4, 2021

These are people that, frankly, probably don't belong in Congress, because they are there to inflame an outrage.

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