now it's pleasure to yield as i announce the chairmanship of this committee, chairman bennie thompson of mississippi. a person who has fought such a long time to call to the attention of the american people the issue of domestic terrorism. we are very proud of his service and his leadership on that committee and very honored that he has agreed to serve as the chair of the select committee. mr. thompson. mr. thompson: thank you very much, madam speaker and i thank you for your steadfast commitment to getting to the truth behind the january 6 domestic terrorist attack on the capitol. next week will mark six months since the world watched in horror as americans violently stormed the citadel of our democracy to stop congress from carrying out its constitutional duty. with the presidential election. over the last six months, at every turn you have been laser focused on doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom and deliver the truth to the american people. you met with republicans more than halfway in an effort to stand up in a bipartisan independent commission. the reason i say that is

i salute our chairman, benny thompson, and mr. katko, the ranking member. even though it was something that was bipartisan and yielded on many points to republicans in order to get bipartisanship, the leader of the republican party whipped and voted against the commission. we had the votes. 35 members on the republican side voted with us to send it to the senate. it was very hopeful we could pass it there. we had seven republican votes but not 10. we needed 10 to get up to 60. hopefully one day that will still -- that opportunity will still present itself. but because it was not possible in this time frame, last month we passed our legislation for a select committee. the select committee is bipartisan and it has a quorum and it will do the job it sets out to do and that is to investigate the causes and -- of what happened on january 6, to find out how it was organized, who paid for it, who messaged to get those people here for the assault on the capitol. as you well know over 100 people were injured, some died. it was a horrible, horrible thing. i'll never

here is what benny thompson said yesterday. speaker pelosi has met republican leadership more than halfway to investigate that facts, the circumstances of generally six. today the speaker by exercising her authority took decisive action to bring us closer to answers that the american public seeks on democracy. it has been more than six months since the attack. we owe it to our democracy to stay the course and not be distracted. comments on social media. this one says, mccarthy put jordan and banks on the committee knowing lucy would not entertain a clown show instead of finding out what happened did we know it is a trap so mccarthy could say this not fair. this one says, if policy is organizing the investigation, issue the one who will be direct -- redacting everything before the american people can see it? similar to bill barr filtering the truth. this has nothing to do is who broke into the capitol. it is another example of creating a crisis in order not to waste it. just, tennessee, republican line. caller: i would like to m

democrats control the house in the chair is bennie thompson. she's not officially the ranking member of the committee, but democrats are going to let her give an opening statement after the chair gives his opening statement. what do you you -- what do you think about that? caller: i'm not afraid of what she has to say. i do not agree with her and i never agreed with her father, but she's a patriot who believes in the constitution and i like the way she handles her self onto the press and i believe she is a woman of integrity and i want to hear what she has say. host: ok. danny is a republican from arizona. good morning to you, danny. go ahead. caller: how are you? host: doing well. your thoughts this morning? caller: yes, ma'am, the so-called select committee is a sham, for one thing. and i want to know if it will come out, who was the person that killed that young lady at the capitol that day. thank you. host: ok, shelley, louisiana, republican line. caller: good morning. the way i feel about this is they have two republicans on their committe

. >> house speaker nancy pelosi announced mississippi congressman bennie thompson will chair the 13 member select committee that will investigate the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. this figure also announced that republican liz cheney is on the committee. this is 25 minutes. about inclusion. we will have his reaction after we hear from speaker pelosi. ms. pelosi: good morning. it's a good morning, because decision decisions as they are and difficult as they are and sad in some cases, they are liberating and enable us to go forward. as we gather here on the floor of the house right now, we are passing the invest in america act, an opportunity for us to not only build the infrastructure of america, but to build the middle class of america. it does so by putting equity front and center with the necessary focus on communities of color, rural communities and regions with persistent poverty. we are pleased that the president has come together in a bipartisan way with the united states senate -- senators for a bipartisan infrastructure plan. when we finish with this legislation, we look fo

. >> house speaker nancy pelosi announced mississippi congressman bennie thompson will chair the 13 member select committee that will investigate the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. this figure also announced that republican liz cheney is on the committee. this is 25 minutes. about inclusion. we will have his reaction after we hear from speaker pelosi.

host: bennie thompson from the state's secondary -- second district will be the chair of the committee. if you were on the committee, what is the one overall --question you would want answered? guest: i think we know what happened. i would like to know why it happened. i would not like allegations being made that this person, that person, our president, our then president was responsible -- i would like to know how that claim is proved, then i would like to know why it has happened and what we can do to prevent it from ever happening again. i do want to commend the fbi and the justice department from doing investigations about why we were there, but i think a truly nonpartisan commission would have the most credibility to do that, just as the 9/11 commission did. host: we welcome our listeners on c-span radio. our guests joining us from boston is jane harman, former member of the house of representatives, former president of the wilson center. her new book is entitled "insanity defense," why our failure to confront national secured problems makes us less safe." craig is on the line. th

bennie thompson will chair, and liz cheney, the only republican she appointed. the remaining five in consultation, as is the resolution is written in consultation, with leader kevin mccarthy. sheila is next on the democrat'' line. caller: good morning, sir. first off, i heard you might be retiring, so i want to say thank you for your service and good luck whatever you do. host: at retiring, but moot-- not retiring, but moving on. i'm too young to retire. [laughter] caller: to get straight to the point, if we are talking about whetehr republicans should be on the committee by january 6, i completely think they should be. that is the democratic system, right? it's just finding who would be workable party, and that is the only thing. i want to appreciate the last caller because i think he made a lot of good points for both parties to think about, so thank you. host: thank you. sheila from pennsylvania. inside the style section of "the washington post," meghan mccain is leaving abc's "the view." she's leaving after four years following rancorous debates with her coh

as one member who was among the last to be evacuated, i applaud chair bennie thompson and the members for their work investigating fully to uncover the full truth of the savage brutality to which our nation and constitution were subjected and those who are sworn to uphold the law. let the facts lead our country to a judgment brought about through justice, not mob rule. thank you and i yield back my remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the body for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today i rise to honor the santa ana high school debate team and their coach. they won the national high school division speech championship, they took first place and they won the school of excellence award. more than 1,400 schools across the country competed at the national speech and debate association. this is the largest speech and debate tournament in the nation. and santa ana high school took first place. this is a hu

i am very pleased with the leadership of bennie thompson, our chairman and the bipartisan nature of those who have experienced patriotism as their calling card. we will proceed and the committee is in the process of hiring staff to that end. it is my responsibility to make sure that we get to the truth, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that. host: writing about one of the members of the committee on tuesday. 9:30 p.m. eastern. when members of congress had home, some hit tractor pulls but others might stop by mom-and-pop stores. for some, a recent swing and a speech by the chairman of the joints cheats -- chief of staff. talking about signatories. a reference to being grilled on military readiness. the next round wilkinson a topic more sensitive for the military. a 20 year naval veteran and surface warfare officer, he is joining nancy pelosi's special committee to investigate the mob attack on the capital. seeking bipartisanship. is it a worthy goal? if you want to send a text, that number is (202) 748-8003. some saying it is a worthy goal. when it comes to social progr

here is what benny thompson said yesterday. speaker pelosi has met republican leadership more than halfway to investigate that facts, the circumstances of generally six. today the speaker by exercising her authority took decisive action to bring us closer to answers that the american public seeks on democracy. it has been more than six months since the attack. we owe it to our democracy to stay the course and not be distracted. comments on social media. this one says, mccarthy put jordan and banks on the committee knowing lucy would not entertain a clown show instead of finding out what happened did we know it is a trap so mccarthy could say this not fair. this one says, if policy is organizing the investigation, issue the one who will be direct -- redacting everything before the american people can see it? similar to bill barr filtering the truth. this has nothing to do is who broke into the capitol. it is another example of creating a crisis in order not to waste it. just, tennessee, republican line. caller: i would like to m

i am very pleased with the leadership of bennie thompson, our chairman and the bipartisan nature of those who have experienced patriotism as their calling card. we will proceed and the committee is in the process of hiring staff to that end. it is my responsibility to make sure that we get to the truth, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that. host: writing about one of the members of the committee on tuesday. 9:30 p.m. eastern. when members of congress had home, some hit tractor pulls but others might stop by mom-and-pop stores. for some, a recent swing and a speech by the chairman of the joints cheats -- chief of staff. talking about signatories. a reference to being grilled on military readiness. the next round wilkinson a topic more sensitive for the military. a 20 year naval veteran and surface warfare officer, he is joining nancy pelosi's special committee to investigate the mob attack on the capital. seeking bipartisanship. is it a worthy goal? if you want to send a text, that number is (202) 748-8003. some saying it is a worthy goal. when it comes to social progr

and bennie thompson, one of his opening statements is no questions about pelosi. pelosi was asked to get national guard and extra police six times and she denied at all. why? why did she not want to police there? it's like she wanted something to happen to make all trump people look bad. i voted for trump, i voted for trump twice and i'm going to vote for him a third time. it is just so hypocritical. they don't want to bring nothing about all the violence, all the burning, all the killing, looting, nothing that's happened in the summertime time of last year and it's happening now. look at the people -- crimes in the streets. host: let me ask you something about the testimony yesterday. did you learn anything from listening to those police officers? caller: yeah. being a police is not -- what do you call it -- it's not an admired profession. it don't matter if it's on the left or the right. seems like men and women in blue are victimized. they are demoralized and being a policeman is rough. they don't just stand there protecting people. they do all kinds of things.