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On the recordOctober 21, 2021
I thank the distinguished gentleman and chair of the Rules Committee for yielding and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, the House is a separate and coequal branch of government. We are the institution that is closest to the people. The House has a sacred obligation under the Constitution to defend our democracy, and we should be doing that in a bipartisan way, but something has happened to the modern-day Republican Party. The party of Abraham Lincoln is gone. The party of Ronald Reagan is gone. The party of John McCain is gone. A cult of personality has risen up to take its place. Is that why my colleagues refuse to denounce the former President's lie uttered today, that the real insurrection was on November 3? Take back your party. You can start today. You can start right here. You can start by holding Steve Bannon accountable for his blanket defiance of a congressional subpoena. What is wrong with Steve Bannon? There is no cult exception to the United States Constitution. There is a legitimate, bipartisan congressional investigation that is underway into the violent insurrection and attack on the Capitol on January 6. It was an assault on the Congress, the Constitution, and the country. A lawful subpoena has been issued that Steve Bannon should comply with.…
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
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govinfo.gov
Oct 21, 2021

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