I will just echo what Senator Sinema was just speaking about, in terms of making sure we are getting to our rural veterans in remote areas.

It is one of our largest towns but it has 900 people total, and it is a beautiful spot but it takes 3 hours for people in wintry weather to get to Manchester.

I am really excited to be a member of this Committee and I am really looking forward to the work that we can do together to serve our veterans.

It is a difficult time in our country, so we are really grateful for your interest and willingness to serve.

Was that because the FBI is limited in its tools or capacity to monitor, charge, or arrest these individuals prior to January 6th?

I think it is important for us to understand whether this was a failure in information-sharing product or practice.

There is no question in my mind that there was a failure to take this threat more seriously, despite widespread social media content and public reporting that indicated violence was extremely likely.

I especially want to take a moment to acknowledge the heroism of the officers of the U.S. Capitol Police, law enforcement, and other employees of the Capitol who bravely worked to protect our democracy on January 6th.

It is astounding to me that, even if it is raw intelligence, given what the stakes were on January 6th, that that kind of sharing was not routine and that it did not happen.

We must align our counterterrorism resources and our intelligence-gathering efforts to ensure we are focused on this dire threat.

The January 6th attack marked a once-in-a-lifetime failure, and now we have the duty to ensure that the Federal Government is doing everything in its power to make sure another attack like this never happens again.

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