Joe Morelle

This is an attack on the United States Capitol, the citadel of democracy here in this country and around the world.

The President of the United States manipulated his followers into believing the election was stolen from him, summoned an armed mob to Washington, and then unleashed them on the United States Capitol, and then did absolutely nothing to…

There is no way to absolve responsibility of the President, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the Army.

There is a question to make sure that come January 2025, we better be damn sure we have communication that is clear, compelling, and chain of command.

We are here because of an unpatriotic, cynical, power hungry man incited a deadly insurrection as part of his months long effort to overturn a free and fair American election.

I agree with Senator Lindsey Graham who said, 'All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.'

I do agree. This is clearly not the venue for this to happen.

We owe you an enormous debt of gratitude. Thank you.

What he never did on the 6th was call the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, or the D.C. National Guard itself.

There is no evidence anywhere that I have heard of--other than him saying it--there is literally no evidence of logs from the White House.

I would say this--excuse me. I am going to reclaim my time. I apologize.

I do not want to draw you into it. I am just saying, those who want to absolve the higher levels of command.

I do not believe the delegation of authority exempts the higher authority.

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Trump bears responsibility for his actions, no ifs, ands, or buts.

I agree with Senator Mitch McConnell who said, 'Former President Trump's actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty.'

An unpatriotic, cynical, power-hungry man incited a deadly insurrection as part of his months-long effort to overturn a free and fair American election.

The truth is, the Commander in Chief could have ordered the National Guard.

People died. We almost lost our democracy. We could have a hundred hearings to deflect blame, but the facts are not going to change.

President Truman famously had a sign on his desk that said, 'The buck stops here.' President Trump's sign, on the other hand, would read, 'The buck stops anywhere but here.'

This is really the way we ought to be doing things in Congress; Subcommittees meeting, talking about substantive issues, trying to find common ground and commonsense solutions to challenges.

Making substantive, positive changes that make the place more efficient is something we should all be interested in.

It does seem to me for all the talk about illegal immigration we have hundreds of thousands of people who would like to come to the United States.

I actually have introduced legislation which would prohibit the disclosure of nonconsensual AI deep fake in pornography.

The way we will beat China is by out innovating China and that means tapping into the technology, resources, and talent in every nook and cranny of America.

My hope is that we will find ways to have robust, consistent, predictable funding for the regional tech hub program over the next decade.