pelosi: thank you, mr. schiff. mr. aguilar served serves on the appropriations committee and house administration committee. did you want to share some thoughts? mr. aguilar: i just wanted to underscore that the focus of this is on seeking the truth. the focus is on making sure that the american public understands the threat to democracy that took place on january 6. there were real people affected by those actions. 140 capitol police officers injured, some of them permanently that day. five people lost their lives. staffers were barricaded here in the capitol. members were affected. everyone touched by january 6 deserves to find the truth of what transpired, what led up to it and how we can protect our democracy moving forward. i am honored to be part of this group and i look forward to chairman thompson's leadership. thank you. ms. pelosi: you would like to hear from them. >> i fled a country where political violence was how political transitions were made and never lived a day in this country where i haven't been pr

schiff. mr. agolar serves on appropriations committee and house administration committee. >> thank you, madam speaker. i wanted to underscore that the focus of this is on seeking the truth. the focus is on making sure that the american public understands the threat to democracy that took the focus is making sure that americans understand. some of them permanently that day. five people lost their lives. staffers were bar cased here in the capitol. how can we protect this going forward. i look forward to chairman tompgs's leadership. >> i want them to self introduce so you hear more from them than from me. >> i'm congresswoman stephanie murphy and i fled a country where political violence is how transitions were made. and i never lived a day in this country where i have not been proud to live in the democracies. is it broke my heart to be in this building and see the kind of political violence that occurred like the country i fled, happening here in our country. so i look toward to fulfilling my ro

schiff. another -- mr. aguilar serves on two committees of jurisdiction, the appropriations committee and house administration committee. did you want to share some thoughts? >> thank you, madam speaker. and i just wanted to underscore that the focus of this is on seeking the truth. the focus is on making sure that the american public understands the threat to democracy that took place on january 6. but there were real people effected by those actions. 140 capitol police officers injured, some of them permanently that day. five people lost their lives. people were barricaded here in the capitol. members were effected. everyone touched by january 6 deserves to find the truth of what transpired, what led up to it, and how we could protect our democracy moving forward. so i'm honored to be part of this group. i look forward to chairman thompson leadership and working with my colleagues. thank you. >> i want them to self-introduce so you hear more from them than from me. >> i'm stephanie murphy and i fled a cou

swalwell and mr. schiff. i think that's why they were going after republican staff come wider going after carter page to get to trump and i think there's probably somebody in tucker carlson orbit that nsa was monitoring and is no denial that they cut tucker carlson and that monitoring. by the way there's no denial that there was a plan to leak the information to try to in somewhat embarrassed tucker carlson here to only denial is they work expressly trying to get his show off the air. and it's not like the nsa has never lied to us. i mean, we were told that there was no bulk collection of america's data. it turns out there was bulk collection american stayed and no one was ever held to account for that. the chairman is right, and professor wu is right, too. we cannot count on these people to police themselves. and so it's my expectation that the needs to be greater review. so mr. chairman i'm inviting you to continue this bipartisan, bipartisanship come join in calling for inspector general investigation into

schiff and mr. swalwell. it is long past this department of justice to right the wrongs of the last one. i worked for the justice department early on in the obama administration and i understand that the integrity of the department is important, and that exactly why this department justice forerucks and the and misdeeds is so misplaced. the best way of the doj is to repute jaz and the protection of the policies pro bobo defen. and so it is well established that they engage in these bipartisan basises, and bipartisan legislation solutions for the challenges that we face. i want to focus in on something that a number of witnesses mentioned earlier from what has been reported over the last few week,ie and secrecy orders have prevented the targets of the mediaun companies from sharing e of the attorney/client privilege, and you touched on this earlier in your testimony with ms. scanlon, and i would like to give you an opportunity to elaborate on anything that is contributing to this property? >> i would say that

. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i was on the house floor from the beginning of the joint session to the beginning of the attack and the evacuation by the capitol police. i want to thank you. i'm convinced one of the lives you saved that day might very well have been my own. we are all greatly in your debt. you are all heros. sergeant gonell, representative lofgren asked you about your experience. i won't ask you to repeat that. i would like the public to see some video from your perspective if you're comfortable with my showing it. >> that's fine. >> if the clerk could roll the video, please. >> you want to lock them together? here. right there. show them how to lock the shields together. go ahead. [indiscernible] >> sergeant in that video win of the first things you hear is someone saying "you're going to die being crushed by rioters, feeling yourself losing oxygen, thinking this is how your life is going to end. it's hard for us to understand what you went through and we were there. i think it's hard for people ar

. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to each one of you and your colleagues for what you did. i was on the floor of the house helping to defend the voters of arizona to a challenge to their electors while you were out trying to keep the violent mob from invading the capitol. i want to thank you for your tremendous courage and stamina and heroism. not just myself, i know there are many others that work in this capitol not only to the staff and members of congress, but the food service workers who were present, and the clerical staff, you saved them as well. they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately the rioters breached the capitol, but the time that you kept them out really made a tremendous difference. you saved the day. you saved the constitution and it made a tremendous difference for our country. officer dunn, i did hear you about the need for additional help and i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capitol police to make sure that the resources, the mental heal

. >> thank you mr. chairman and witnesses. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. schiff. >> i was on the house floor from the beginning of the joint session until the attack and evacuation by the capitol police and i want to thank you. i'm convinced one of the lives you saved that day might have been my own. we are all greatly in your debt. you are all heroes. sergeant genell. i would like the public to see from your perspective some video if you are comfortable with my showing it. >> yeah, that's fine. >> if the clerk could roll the video, please. [shouting] >> you, hold the shields. we need a man. go ahead. [shouting] >> stop, stop. >> sergeant, in that video one of the first things you hear is someone saying you are going to die tonight. you described in your opening statement being crushed by rioters, you could feel yourself losing oxygen thinking this was how your life would end trampled to death defending the capitol. it is hard for any of us to understand what you went through even though we were there. it is even harder for people around the country to und

swabo and mr. schiff as well as even family and staff members. apparently i want to thank the witnesses for helping us examine the threat specifically posed to the freedom of the press by these practices. i think it's a matter of fundamental importance to american democracy, and i'm pleased to note that tomorrow. i will be introducing the press act the protect reporters from exploitative state spying act which i've been working on senator wide-in for some time along with my colleague and mr. lou this bill is an update of the free flow of information act that i probably introduced in the last congress with our colleague the ranking member mr. jordan in and 15th, it will prevent federal law enforcement from being able to obtain information from covered journalists through their work devices and accounts as well as their personal devices and accounts and will also prevent the government from conducting an end run around these prohibitions by preventing them from seeking third-party communications held by computing and communication services except i

mr. schiff: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the havana act. i was proud to introduce this legislation in the house. i appreciate the continued support from ranking member nunes, chairman meeks, and ranking member mccaul in moving this legislation through the house and to the president's desk. every day thousands of patriotic americans serve our country abroad, representing our values and interests across the globe. they are diplomat, soldiers, intelligence officers, and more. but we must never forget they are also mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters who routinely make tremendous personal sacrifices in the service of their country. in return for their service to our nation, we have a seek red responsibility to make sure that we take care of them. that's what this bill does. over the past several years public servants from the intelligence community and elsewhere have experienced symptoms of unknown origin. these cases, which have been described as havana syndrome or anomalous health incidents named for the cohort whose

. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from california mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i was on the house floor from the beginning of the joint session until the evacuation by the capitol police. i want to thank you. i'm convinced one of the lives you saved might very well have been my own. we're all greatly in your debt. you're all heros. sergeant gonell, you were asked about your experience. i won't ask you to repeat that. i would like the public to see from your perspective some video, if you're comfortable with me showing it. >> that's fine. >> if the clerk could roll the video. >> sergeant, in that video one of the first things you hear is someone say you're going to die tonight. you described in your opening statement being crushed by rioters. you could feel yourself losing oxygen, thinking this is how your life was going to end, trampled to death, depending the capitol. it's hard for any of us to understand what you went through, even though we were there. it's even harder for people around the country to understand. can you tell us what you were thinking when yo

schiff of california, mr. aguilar of california, ms. chaney of wyoming, mrs. murphy of florida, mr. raskin of maryland, and mrs. luria of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 188, the house stands adjourned until 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.

. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i was on the house floor from the beginning of the joint session to the beginning of the attack and the evacuation by the capitol police. i want to thank you. i'm convinced one of the lives you saved that day might very well have been my own. we are all greatly in your debt. you are all heros. sergeant gonell, representative lofgren asked you about your experience. i won't ask you to repeat that. i would like the public to see some video from your perspective if you're comfortable with my showing it. >> that's fine. >> if the clerk could roll the video, please. >> you want to lock them together? here. right there. show them how to lock the shields together. go ahead. [indiscernible] >> sergeant in that video win of the first things you hear is someone saying "you're going to die being crushed by rioters, feeling yourself losing oxygen, thinking this is how your life is going to end. it's hard for us to understand what you went through and we were there. i think it's hard for people ar

chair recognizes the gentleman sfr california, mr. schiff. >> thank, mr. chairman. i was on house floor from the beginning of the joints session until the attack and evacuation by the capitol police and i want to thank you. i'm convinced that one of the lives that you saved that day might very well have been my own. we are all greatly in your debt. you're all heroes. sergeant gonel, representative lofgren asked you about your experience and i won't ask you to repeat that. i would like the public to see from your perspective some video if you're comfortable with my showing it. >> yeah, that is fine. >> if the clerk could roll the video, please. >> you're going to die tonight. >> you're -- the shields. you, the shields. hold the shields. >> go >> back up. no. stop. stop. stop. stop. >> sergeant, in that video one of the first things you hear is someone saying you're going to die tonight. you described in your opening statement being crushed by rioters. thinking this is how you thought your life was going to end, trampled to death while defending the capitol. it's diff

so, mr. chairman, thanks so much for joining us. this special committee to investigate the insurrection on january 6th has been in preparation sessions today to get ready for tomorrow. we have heard from lawmakers from both parties. we've heard from the police officers involved. are the american people going to learn anything new tomorrow? >> well, i hope they'll get a much better sense of what it was like to be on the front lines that day, what these officers endured, the fact that many of them thought it was going to be their last day of life that they were going to die defending the capitol, and sustain grievous injuries. they'll see some footage that they've never seen before. but mostly they'll hear these first-hand accounts. we may be familiar with some of that far. but most of the public is not. and it's all the more important that people are trying to whitewash history and reinvent january 6th as some normal tourist day. >> i want to play you a little bit about what kevin mccarthy said about speaker pelosi's decision to reje

mr. chairman, thank you so much for being here with us to talk about this incredibly important investigation. i would like to start with all of the new revelations that have come out over the course of the last week or so as we're learning more in the public record, i'm sure there are that i think so you already know, that were classified, but now many of us are learning for the first time. but i'm interested to know, one of those revelations, and we talked particularly about general milley, and i know you said he should definitely testify, was there anything that occurred that stood out to you that you want to make sure that the committee pursues in depth as you get started? >> first of all, i can confirm that we will miss you. all the best to you. >> thank you. >> but, you know, what i've said about general milley is that he's certainly someone that we should consider. we haven't made any decisions yet on witnesses, apart from our first hearing, which your reporters are quite accurate,