Political Quotes

“This is not a vote that I ever thought I would be asked to take. The idea that this body would find a former chief of staff to the President of the United States, a former Member of Congress, in contempt was unthinkable prior to today. We must approve this resolution, Madam Speaker, because of one simple fact: 187 minutes. For 187 minutes, Mark Meadows was besieged by cries for help from citizens, from members of the press, from members of the President's own family, and from our colleagues in this Chamber, pleading for Mr. Meadows to intervene and stop the attack. The American people need to understand exactly what happened during that 187 minutes. Mr. Meadows knows, which is why he must come forward. It is increasingly clear that for 187 minutes the Commander in Chief was derelict of his duty. We know this because Mr. Meadows provided the evidence to the committee without any assertions of privilege. And while the records he has handed over are helpful, there are many questions that we need to ask him. Mr. Meadows received a text, one of several, from one lawmaker in the days leading up to the attack saying, ``Check your signal.'' The signal messages are encrypted. Only Mr. Meadows can tell us what they said, so we would like to ask him about that. {time} 1800 In the course of our investigation, we have heard from individuals involved in planning the rallies that immediately preceded the violent attack on the Capitol. Those people talked with Mr. Meadows.…”