"The filibuster has outlived, long outlived any original purpose it might have."
"This is a brutal attack that we are dealing with on January 6th. It was an insurrection. It was an assault not just on our democracy but on police officers and members of Congress, on staff."
"We can’t sweep this under the rug. Even though we have a handful of folk who’s are kind of depraved and, as you said, deranged, who want to try to recast this as something else, it’s very clear what h..."
"We have to push back on immoral behavior, behavior that I think is contrary to our democracy, to our democratic norms, to our values as a society because we can’t be silent in the face of that."
"I think it is within that spirit that the Community Navigator pilot program is trying to help our underserved businesses the most."
"I just asked the question is anything sacred to some of these people?"
"The money is coupled with recommendations -- recommendations, changes in training changes in operational chain of command, intelligence-gathering."
"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?"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"But if this is done right, it actually means less militarization. It actually means less power."