Now, the question is, are we going to make them? Are we going to actually act upon those recommendations and do what`s necessary to secure the Capitol and our democracy?

I have been vocal about that. I have pushed back on it. I have helped, supported amendments to the DOD budget that have prevented that from happening to local law enforcement around the country.

Well, Kevin McCarthy is trying to undermine the legitimacy of the entire review process. He actually doesn`t want to even acknowledge that January 6 occurred.

The money is coupled with recommendations -- recommendations, changes in training changes in operational chain of command, intelligence-gathering.

But at the end of the day, I`m not going to accept the recommendations by General Honore or any other general just because they`re a general.

But if this is done right, it actually means less militarization. It actually means less power.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Members of Congress were involved and complicit in some of the riots.

I wouldn't be, I just wouldn't be, which, you know, that is a sad testament to, you know, the state of affairs in Congress right now, to be honest with you, and the state of affairs in our politics, that there are some depraved people that…

I’ve long said, this is an extremist movement. It didn’t start on January 6th. We’ve actually been dealing with this for decades.

We have to make sure that we are dealing with this aggressively and appropriately, and that means taking the measures we need to take to secure the Capitol, to secure our national defense, to secure the American people.

We`re going to get to the bottom of this. I have long said, Lawrence, you`ve heard me say this, we`re going to find out what happened. We`re going to piece this together.

There are overwhelmingly really good people that want to serve, that are trying to do the right thing on both sides of the aisle that are there to work and roll up their sleeves and do the work for the American people. But there are a…

This is not normal. This is not the way the United States Congress and our government should run, none of it.

Our responsibility is not to rubber stamp what the president does, whether it`s Republican or Democratic president.

I don't see any other way to do it. Right. And not to have that large of a scope, right, because you just can't look at what happened to the 6th. This actually started months ago, with the President's rhetoric, him telling the big lie over…

The fact that we don't have answers to how this happened actually tells you all you need to know, you know, if there was a process in place to assess intelligence, to assess threats, and to disseminate those threats down to the operational…

Yes, thanks, John, thank you for having me on. Obviously, some of the conduct of Republican senators continues to be very disgraceful. Those folks need to be held accountable for their involvement here, and helping, you know, lead us to…

This was a crime against our democracy.

This is one of the darkest days in the history of our democracies.

It matters how somebody votes, right? What they do when they cast that vote.

What is on trial, here are our norms as a nation.

I would like to speak briefly in opposition to the amendment.

I have always said that today is a good day to do the right thing.

This package is trying to deliver relief rapidly and effectively to small businesses.

We are going to go through a longer process through regular order for the rest of this session to address these longer-term fixes.