We can critically close to lose in this democracy as we`ve come to know it. And so it`s our duty as patriots, as Americans, as members of Congress to make sure that we get it right.

The Committee would like to speak to Mike Pence.

The House Select Committee as you know is investigating.

I can assure you that if a criminal referral would be warranted, there would be no reluctance on the part of the committee to do that.

We understand that you had at least one and possibly multiple communications with President Trump on January 6th.

The committee considers Jim Jordan to be a key witness because he played such a big role in trying to prop up the former president's claim that the election was that there was widespread fraud.

Then President Trump considered appointing Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general, as Mr. Clark pressed his Department of Justice superiors, to use agency authorities to challenge election results.

When you produce records, you are expected to come in and answer questions about those records. And because not even Mr. Meadows was asserting any privilege claim over these records, there is no possible justification for wholesale…

I am prepared to close after the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. Cheney) and the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Banks). Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

By direction of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, I call up the report (H. Rept. 117-216) and accompanying resolution recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark Randall…

Just for the record, the gentleman from Ohio is aware of congressional oversight prerogatives. When Mr. Meadows was a member and later chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, he himself demanded testimony from senior…

If you are making excuses to avoid cooperating with our investigation, you`re making excuses to hide the truth from the American people about what happened on January 6.

By direction of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, I call up the resolution (H. Res. 851) recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark Randall Meadows in contempt of…

We want to get it right, we don`t think hurrying the work of the committee would be in the committee`s best interests, nor the best interests of this country.

We`re making progress and before too long, our findings will be out in the open. We`ll have public hearings, we`ll tell this story to the American people, but we won`t do it piecemeal. We`ll do it when we can tell the story all at once…

We need to put him under oath. He needs to come before us and tell the truth.

We have testimony about the delays that occurred, we have testimony and information about other individuals who made suggestions as to what federal assets could be used to promote this lie.

Given the information that we`ve had to review as a committee, I think Mr. Meadows has significant reason to be concerned about his activities.