This Subcommittee is known for getting bipartisan legislation not just passed, but signed in to law every Congress.

Thank you, Chair Napolitano, for holding this important hearing.

I am glad to join my colleagues for today's hearing to learn more about the decisions and the actions of Federal agencies on January the 6th.

I join my good friend Senator Portman with my appreciation for where we have headed with this so far

This hearing... is really the beginning of a series of efforts that hopefully we can approach in a bipartisan way.

If the restrictions on your authorities had not been put in place by DOD, what would you have done when Chief Sund called you at 1:49 p.m. on January 6 with an urgent request for National Guard assistance?

To allege that you, any of you, were complicit in this violent mob attack on this building I think is not only extremely disrespectful, it is really quite shocking.

Thank you to all of the law enforcement from all of our various branches who responded in this dire emergency to face these criminal rioters, these violent criminals, to repulse them from the Capitol and to secure this space so that the…

the Capitol Police Board does not have to consult with Members of the Senate or House leadership in order to make a request for deployment of the National Guard

clean and reliable water and wastewater infrastructure is essential to protecting the public health, growing local economies, and conserving the environment.

I think that is something that this Committee--or Committees and Congress is going to have to grapple with as we go forward, that there was a political reaction to events from over the summer, and that political reaction resulted in…

I have fought throughout my career for their best interests in the financial markets, and this hearing today is no different.

We hope that the Federal Government will support the efforts and the recommendations we make.

I come as one, but I speak as many. I bring with me today my family... and generations of Black men and women who have labored on this land.

The Federal Government has a significant role to play.

Money isn't everything. It is not about giving money.

on my behalf and the behalf of Senator Cramer, I send a question to the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Senator Hawley, on behalf of himself and Senator Cramer, sends a question for the counsel and House managers. And following our…

I think that is the tender underbelly of the Trump defense.