You couldn't imagine going through those towns. I travelled 600 miles around Oregon, north to south and back north again, and never got out of the smoke.

Today I am introducing the Disaster-Safe Power Grid Act of 2020, in partnership with Senator Wyden.

There must be a way to bring 50 of us together, hopefully a hundred of us together, but a lot of us together. Nobody can live on $7.25 an hour.

This is a huge bill for America. This is so essential, not only does it have the unemployment, it has the direct payment to individuals with this $1,400 and the previous $600.

I think this is a deeply corrupted vision of power that goes against the purpose of the vision of a Congress coming together to solve problems for America.

This is the right deal. This is, in essence, what Senator Carper was proposing earlier with some slight adjustments that address some of Senator Manchin's concerns. So a compromise has been forged.

Well, it makes us very aware of McConnell's philosophy of power. And we saw this when he was in the minority under Obama. His strategy is delay and obstruct, delay and obstruct, never reach a deal.

All 50 of us in the Democratic Caucus have a one-person veto, and it tells you the level of challenge it is to work together.

I support the broader goal of $50,000. It would be incredible stimulus and an opportunity for so many to escape this deep burden.

I could never have imagined this happening here.

There was an FBI report the day before reporting on far-right extremists saying this is the moment to stop Joe Biden from being elected and ensure Trump will be elected.

We have reports about several officers who`ve been suspended for possible actions that had that day -- again, none of this is in one place with information that we know and I think we all need to see it.

It just -- it was -- it`s astounding. And it shows the challenge we have in America where social media and cable television can get stories out in kind of the Trump bubble, media bubble that is so hard to break into.

Absolutely not. Not to my knowledge. If they`ve whispered an apology in anyone`s ears, it certainly isn`t something shared in the Senate community.

It is not just a commitment to the ideal, but to the, well, let's actually make it happen.

We just have to keep pushing back in trying to put adults back in charge.

I see it as one of those plans that advances climate by encouraging movement to electric vehicles, but it also helps address environmental and economic justice.

It became the site of this, you know, largely because of Trump but partly because those senators announced they were going to make it a contest.

On that day, you issued rules of engagement that included what, specifically?

But it had this provision that--this restriction that I think you have testified to--was unusual, that required reconsultation on January 6th in a fashion that deeply inhibited the ability to move quickly.

This six-step process seems totally unsuited to the situation of responding quickly to an emergency.

I believe that, if I heard your comments correctly, that quick reaction team was there to respond as needed, including protection of the Capitol.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to all for your information.

That is done as an actual drill, where people have to run, get the keys, lock the doors.

Have you ever held a drill to respond to this situation where a crowd pushes past the exterior barricades?