i am including in the record now the house judiciary committee's record addressing whatever rights and the woody rights act of the senate judiciary committee. without objection, that will be included. and continue to work with us, because i was thrilled to be standing with -- if i could have that photograph back for just a moment before i yield the floor -- i was thrilled to be standing with leading republicans and democrats when we last signed this bill. and saying, see, it's for america. it's not for either political party. it's for america. and that's what you want. now to answer senator blackburn's question -- actually, senator, i am told senator lee will be recognizing. sen. lee: thank you, mr. chairman. general clarke, let's talk for a moment about what states can do. does california have the authority, and should it have the authority to adopt more stringent air quality standards than the federal standards in place without receiving preclearance from the united states government? general clarke: senator, this is not an area that i work in. i suppose, this is not an area that i w

hopefully we'll continue to work together on this and i'm including in the record now the house judiciary committee addressing footing rights act [inaudible] our objective will be included. i'll continue to work with you because i was thrilled [inaudible] i was thrilled to be standing with leading republicans and democrats, and say this is for america. it's for america. now to answer my friends question, senator lee will be recognizing senator klobuchar. >> thank you mister chairman, miss clark talk about four minute with states can do. can california have the authority and should it have the authority to adopt more stringent air quality standards than the federal standards in place without receiving plea clearance from the united states government? >> senator this is not an area that i work in this is not an area that i work in. >> what about areas that are protected by the bill of rights? hastings wants to pass laws dealing with covid-19 that might have the impact of restricting religious impact, like restricting the number of people who may congregate in a church or otherwise? should l

as a member of the judiciary committee of the house, and now seeing with the senate judiciary committee has revealed, you to have jurisdiction, oversight jurisdiction of what goes on at the justice department, what are your first thoughts about what can be done about this? >> good evening lawrence, great to be on. as always. donald trump's behavior continues to make richard nixon look like a choir boy. there is no bottom, there never will be. that is how corrupt this particular individual, who used to occupy 1600 pennsylvania avenue, is, and how much he has corrupted, the republican party, which is no longer a functional governing party. it's a cult. i think, we came very close to losing our democracy and the more information that is to, fields the clear that becomes. and so i expect that on the house, judiciary committee side, they will continue to explore this information, probate, presented to the american people of course. leading that effort in the house is going to continue to be the select committee, and they were going to have to try to figure out how we can hold some of these i

today at a house judiciary committee hearing, attorney general merrick garland said this. >> the house of representatives votes for referral of the contempt charge. the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. it will apply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. >> joining our discussion now is congresswoman madeleine dean of pennsylvania, she is a member of the house judiciary committee and served as a house impeachment manager in the second impeachment of donald trump. thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to begin with where we just ended, and that is the attorney general's comment today. it's difficult to imagine him saying anything else under these circumstances, and yet, there is more suspense tonight in washington about what this attorney general will decide than there has been in a long time. >> and yet, lawrence, thank you, number one, for having me tonight. it's a pleasure to be with you. i was in that hearing room today with attorney general merrick garland, and if you flash back,

he is a member of the house intelligence committee and the house judiciary committee. thank you for joining us tonight, mr. swalwell. chairman thompson is saying that, anything is possible in terms of where the subpoenas will be going next, but it seems like the january six committee does have to calculate how long a fight, a legal fight, donald trump would put up over a subpoena. >> lawrence, we should assume he's gonna fight everything. that's what he does. he is a legal terrorists, as we would call him on the impeachment team. we offered for him to come and testify in impeachment number two. if you recall, he refused that we believe that showed a consciousness of guilt. if he makes the same refusal if he's asked for january 6th, i hope the company recognizes the reason he won't come forward, is that is as it relates to this edition suite at the willard hotel, yes, we should know who paid for and stayed in that suite, at the very least. >> yeah, apparently there were several of them. let's listen to john eastman, the lawyer who was there providing the phony legal mem

he's the head of the house intelligence and judiciary committees. congressman swalwell, do you agree with steve that democrats have to use all the legal rules of power to do anything they can to protect our democracy. essentially, i think this moment is an inflection point, and a stress test for the other branches of government. >> absolutely, zerlina, right now we are squarely in extremes. i'll use that they and analogies the giants are beating the dodgers right now. we thought the 2020 election would resolve this matchup between trumpism and democracy, instead we are an extra and it's. and everything matters. and making sure we protect accessing voter rights at the polls, that matters, making sure we understand what happens on january six, so that no candidate cadaver a mom violently at the capitol. and those have to be the priority. and i cannot stress enough, to our president, that getting the senate to break the filibuster, to pass voting rights, we have to do that in extremes. getting this january 6th commission to press subpoenas even if it m

and judiciary committees. congressman swalwell, do you agree the democrats need to use all the levers of power to do everything they can to protect our democracy? essentially, i think this moment is an inflection point, as i said in the open, and a stress test for the other branches of government. >> absolutely, zerlina. and right now we are squarely in extra innings. we thought -- i'll use that analogy as the giants are beating the dodgers right now here in the bay area. but we thought that the 2020 election would resolve this matchup between trumpism and democracy. instead, we are in extra innings and everything matters. making sure we protect access and voter rights at the polls, that matters. making sure we understand what happened on january 6th so that no candidate can ever aim a mob violently at the capitol, that matters. and those have to be the priority. i cannot stress enough to our president that getting the senate to break the filibuster to pass voting rights, we have to do that in extra innings. g

if jeff rosen told the house committee the same things that he told the senate judiciary committee about jeffrey clark, then jeffrey clark is living in fear of criminal charges tonight of attempted election fraud and conspiracy to commit election fraud. joining our discussion, jill wine-banks former assistant prosecutor and matt miller former spokesman for attorney general eric holder. i want to begin with this key question that i think has left a lot of us confused. why were you so effective in getting compliance to subpoenas against president nixon and his administration during the watergate investigation and the democrats in congress have been so ineffective in relative terms in pursuit of the same kind of subpoenas against team trump? >> it's really a very simple answer. because president nixon, despite his crimes and despite all the wrong that he did, actually believed in our system of laws and government. and when confronted with a supreme court decision, he agreed to comply. so he never tried to stop people. he did try to claim executive privilege, but the supreme court said, no,

committee, of which i am vice chair and a member. and then literally going to the floor of the house, to hold bannon in contempt of congress. and i want to remind people that mr. bannon is a small player in this, he is a bit player in the corruption. but, much more importantly with the facts will come before the american people, come before congress, we will uphold our oversight responsibilities. and let everybody know exactly what happened so that we never let happen again. this was an attack on our democracy, and attack incited by failed former president, and attack of americans by americans, i know you know this part, an attack by americans on americans. where there was destruction, there is violence, there is literally desecration, and there is ultimately death, an attack on our democracy we, must never let it happen again, and we know there's a threat that will happen again. know there's a threat that will happen again brought back feelings about that was like to be on that floor, on january 6th when the people, steve bannon was