But for Donald Trump, we would not have had an insurrection at the Capitol. He fed the lies for months and months and months and then after the election, when it was so clear that he had lost, he continued the lies.

It is shameful that the Republican members of the House and the Senate do not support our Capitol Police, our Metropolitan Police.

Thank you, Chairman Himes, and thank you to our witnesses for sharing your expertise with us today.

And an important reminder of the important stimulus that we did send out through the CARES Act and other measures, and then, of course, with the American Rescue Plan, and how that cash is helping stimulate the economy.

What are we to make of the lunacy of Donald Trump, who thought it was love and hugs and kisses? We should call it delusional, as you just did.

Speaker Pelosi said today that her responsibility was to get at the truth. And Mr. McCarthy actually obviously overplayed his hand. She is not going to allow a clown car on a matter as serious as an insurrection that threatened the lives…

The American people will watch these hearings. They will care what happened. We have now a bipartisan quorum with Liz Cheney. And if we get other Republican members, like Adam Kinzinger, good. But we have a quorum.

This is a serious matter for serious people. Mrs. Pelosi did the exact right thing today and Mr. McCarthy, I'm sure, tonight is wondering why did he overplay his hand.

What happened on January the 6th -- and thank you for recognizing I was there. It's still -- it's still incomprehensible to me that, that happened. That Americans incited by an American president attacked Americans, using our flag, using a…

His speech is dangerous. It`s sickening, frankly. And even more troubling are all of those around him elected leaders, and now many in his base who are complicit in these lies.

This is Mr. McCarthy who deputized Representative Katko to set up and negotiate with Bennie Thompson the independent commission.