Katherine Clark

I am so impressed with your transition to virtual programming.

Your own testimony today says that that January 3 assessment, quote, 'foretold of a significant likelihood for violence on the Capitol Grounds.'

You testified that the U.S. Capitol Police were aware that there were militia members, White supremacists, and other extremist groups who were coming to DC on January 6.

My goal is to honor those officers who gave their lives, to honor everyone who was injured, terrorized, and traumatized.

It is time to pass laws that cover these types of harms. It is crucial that legislation provide private rights of action.

Congress can work with independent extremism experts to protect vulnerable targets from becoming either victims of abuse or radicalized perpetrators of violence.

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 35 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby, elected to…

We are resolute about holding this president accountable.

This president is a danger, this president is a traitor, and this president must be removed from office.

Rage that this President would commit this seditious act, would commit this act of treason against our country.

I completely support your plans for regionalizing and trying to get former law enforcement.

We are deeply grateful.

But sadly, this story won't end that way. This story will be one in which the outgoing President Trump thought at every turn to obstruct democracy and to subvert the will of the people.

It is difficult to close such a remembrance and a celebration, and we will never close the chapter on our friendship, admiration, and reverence for John Lewis. But John Lewis, for me, has always been the embodiment of the words of Micah 6…

And when we talk about the dignity of work, we have to make sure that those workplaces, those salaries are really giving people a chance.

I don't think we make tradeoffs between public health emergencies.

Are we addressing in a realistic way systematic racism, systemic racism, and the toxic vestiges we have of slavery? Are we looking at voter suppression?

I think part of the problem with these work requirements is that it sets up a false paradigm that people are not working out of choice because they are getting a handout from the Government.

When we talk about the dignity of work, and I would ask you, Professor Edin, if you could repeat the statistics of how many people are working on TANF and others.

To pick up on that theme, I often think of the Boston Globe report that came out a few years ago on the median net worth of families in Boston.

President Obama never proposed eliminating LIHEAP, but he did propose dramatic cuts to it, to the tune of $3 billion.

I first want to correct myself. I told you that there were 67 days to get the congressionally mandated report. It is actually 53----

I am mystified why the White House totally took apart the pandemic chain of command.

I certainly think that you understand as Secretary that public health crises keep coming, and that is why you prepare.

So you decided that seniors, families with children, that is going to be where we are going to make our decisions in the tight budget environment.