I want to join with my five colleagues who have been here today and the two people who were with us, Senator Durbin and Senator Fischer. I would say one of the great things about this effort was the unanimous feeling that all seven of us…

Oh, so your view is that the core of this -- this right then is about what?

St. Louis and I thank you, Chairwoman Maloney for convening this urgent, urgent hearing.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for having this hearing today, and I want to thank the witnesses for being here.

I look forward to seeing this bill on the floor sometime between now and the end of this year.

I would like to have a cloture vote and a recorded vote. I would like to observe regular order on each of these, unless we can make some progress on having a public hearing on this report. That is my position at this time. Again, I am not…

You have referred to people with a capacity for pregnancy. Would that be women?

No accountability. There has been no one fired. There has been no one relieved of command. This administration has stonewalled. They have dragged their feet. They have refused to cooperate. Oh, we have had hearings, and they have had…

I would like to say a word, if I could, about the nature of my objection. It has been now almost a year since the attack at Abbey Gate in Kabul in Afghanistan, almost a year since we lost 13 American servicemembers in that tragic attack…

A parliamentary question, Mr. President: Do I have the floor when I respond? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has yielded for a question. So he has the floor.

Well, that was the one thing that I wanted to point out.

I would like to have a recorded vote. Are you asking me if I would vitiate cloture, Senator?

But I am not asking the question. He is asking me the question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. But you were the one who yielded to the Senator from Virginia for a question. So you still maintain the floor.

No, I have yielded the floor. My remarks were concluded. So the Senator has the floor. I am happy to respond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator yield for a response?

I think now, they have got a big body of evidence on intent, on his criminal intent. That he knew he had lost the election, and he wanted to steal power. And that`s fraud. It is a crime, it one of those years crimes that can be committed.

I think Merrick Garland, if he is not totally awake now to the pressure that he is going to be facing, I think now for him not to indict, frankly, would cause this country more harm that even if he indicts and there is a hung jury or not a…

Homeownership is the single largest source of wealth for the American family.

We are witnessing a gargantuan loss of wealth, which will leave a permanent impact on this nation.