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On the recordJanuary 10, 2023
The passage of this resolution would also give MAGA Republicans the ability to interfere in ongoing criminal investigations, including those investigating that day that some declared was just a bunch of tourists on January 6, 2021. Mr. Speaker, I have worked with my friends on the other side of the aisle. I have worked with Mr. Roy. But is this a question of truth? That is the issue that we stand here discussing today. In this country, no one is above the law, and to suggest that some people should be because they don't agree with the force of law being applied to their activities is contrary to the very fabric of fairness, justice, and equality that America was founded on. Let me, as an aside, indicate that we know what has been in the headlines--10 documents found in a locked closet that Mr. Biden may have had. Well, you know what, Mr. Speaker, the process of the law is proceeding. The call was made. The documents were surrendered, if you will. The process goes forward under the laws of this land. No one denied it. No one rejected it. No one did not in any way come to say anything other than: Follow the law. On the other hand, in Mar-a-Lago no law was found. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to consider the truth and vote against this resolution. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H. Res.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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