everyone can say that congress is just dysfunctional. -- see that congress is just dysfunctional. we have to make some pretty major changes to try to facilitate the conversations that are going to be able to solve these big problems. immigration, health care, debt, spending, these major challenges, we are not going to get a party line vote ever to fix these challenges. we have to work together and find a way to get good policy based solutions to fix these big problems. so far we've gotten about a third of the recommendations implemented. one of the big things -- we were very concerned about orientation. i often joke, i thought they were kidding when they told me to get on the republican bus. i was like, is this real life? are you really going to tell us republicans and democrats have to be separated during orientation? that is starting off on the wrong foot. we already and meant a number of recommendations regarding orientation -- implemented a number of recommendations regarding orientation. i think it is challenging to implement those during the pandemic. i think it is something

modern congress, now those may seems like oxymoron's but the last congress that had representative that did something that they had done more than a quarter century. they have a select committee to make congress function better. that committee on the modernization of congress, and that being one of the most successful of its kind. making nearly 100 recommendations to the branch of our representative government. as the president of the modernization achievements how impressive they were, the committee which was made up of equal members of republicans and democrats, approved each of the -- . all told the committee held 16 hearings, more than a dozen in person and virtual member gatherings, to come to agreement on problems that plagued s without having consensus on how to overcome them. a committee with such a success that, it was extended for another two years. today we are pleased to have the best of the leadership of the committee to talk about how to continue building a congress that works for the american people. so with that let me introduce our guests. today we have with us represen

part it was focusing on boosting technology capacity of congress in terms of how congress uses technology to solve problems, 2ingage constituents, we have a whole group of recommendations focused on communications with constituents. we had recommendations oriented towards greater bipartisan collaboration something so terrifically invested in. in trying to foster more bipartisan collaboration and civility. ultimately trying to improve the way members of congress to legislate and work together. we had some recommendations focused on schedule and calendar of congress. congress is often -- members of congressuc often spent too much timein traveling and not enough time being in washington d.c. to do the hard work of solving problems. an area we made a number of recommendations were continue to pull at the thread or issues related to the recruitment, retention and diversitycrcr of staff so we hae a staff that is reflective of our nation from a diversity standpoint and that we can hang onto some these terrifically talented people. we also had a series of recommendations focused on restoring the

so congress congress finally got around to modifying that. fine. anybody should been since under the old range go back and get resentenced. nine. the problem is what is this section got to do with it? because this section seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with that ratio. it punishes people for 20 years or for 30 years if they commit a felony, for example, of any drug schedule one, scheduled to was to others, any drug company of those drugs with intent to distribute it. they have nothing to do with the ratio. and if a look at the guideline which was level 34 for a career criminal category, that it nothing to do with it. and only not only picks up all the people who twice committed a felony, the crack one, and also people who twice committed many forms of robbery, and twice committed. so if you win this case, i don't see what's to prevent any person, any person, certainly who is convicted of any drug, felony, career criminal, from going out and asking judge, resentenced me. now, that's the practical problem i have as well as the language not rea

modern congress, a functional congress, they may seem like oxymorons. the last congress the house of representatives did something they had not done for more than a corner century. -- than a quarter-century. they updated the institution for the 21st century. that committee ended up being the most successful of its time. making nearly 100 recommendations for improving the legislative branch for are represented of government. as impressive as those achievements were, equally impressive was how the committee went about its work. the committee, made up of equal numbers of republicans and democrats, unanimously approved each of the recommendations. all told, the committee held 16 hearings, more than a dozen in person virtual member gatherings, to come to agreements on the problems that plagued the legislative branch. and consensus on how to overcome them. more than one third of the recommendations have already been fully implemented. the committee was such a success, it was extended for another two years into the 117th congress. it was extended today we are

congress has had to -- commerce has tried to advocate -- congress has tried to abdicate response ability as often as it could. the executive is most prone to it. so we have a special care placed the question of wherewith the legislator. madison and all the framers foresaw that george the third, the overreaching negative, but they underestimated the abdicating legislature. from the very beginning, congress says, a war vote is tough. it can be unpopular. even if you win, a lot of people will die. a lot of things can go wrong. from the very beginning of the republic, if congress had duck out of it, they would have wanted to. but that should not be allowed. that is why i have enjoyed working with senator on this. because he and i -- from political parties and on any particular issue we might see a different, like, should we use military force here? but we both have the same feeling, that the nation deserves to see that debate, the studied care, the pros and the cons. >> let's turn to the cob locating policies factor and legal factor of the 2001 aumf. that's the elephant in the room. that's t

do you believe it's time that congress considered strengthening the act? >> yes, congress. i want to highlight that requiring the president and the executive to maintain those documents does not necessarily mean, maintain those for public release so i think it's important to highlight that the presidential records act does include provision toss make sure that that sensitive information that wasn't released to the public won't be. >> thank you. chairwoman maloney introduced the presidential records preservation act and this bill would update the laws to require the president, vice-president, and other senior white house officials to vote, make and preserve records, end quote. that document the official activities of the president and it will also require that electronic messages can be severaled and retrieved. do you believe that these updates to the presidential records acts are needed? >> yes, absolutely. and would anything in the presidential records preservation act prohibit a president from claiming executive privilege? >> not to my knowledge, this bill would improve t

or speak with a member of congress. that should apply to whistleblowers. there is no enforcement. i think in particular where there is a legal avenue to pursue and to use as a whistleblower and there is no way to enforce your protection, i think what we do is just incentivize people to work outside proper channels. that is where we can see things like leaking classified information if whistleblowers don't feel like they will be protected. they just won't blow the whistle it all and you won't have the benefit of their direct experience. rep. norton: the act we are putting forward would limit public disclosure of the identity of an employee who goes -- blows the whistle on the floor -- federal agency. why is this important? what impact would it have on other whistleblowers if the identity of the whistleblower is disclosed by an agency? >> thank you for the question. the committee knows the value of allowing the whistleblower to be anonymous if they want to. the committee view on your website say if whistleblower comes to

do you have thoughts how can congress work with the library of congress to get more materials to rural communities to expand the reach of your program quick. >> thank you senator. the surplus program is a very effective way to provide brand-new books and materials selected by offices to send to libraries, schools and other entities to provide literacy services in cases of emergency especially from hurricanes. we've done that with hurricanes and fires with the collection and a local community are destroyed or not available. we have been working with congressional offices to make sure even during this time to make it easier for staff members to work with communities and specify what types of books or materials they can use with the program we can talk about during virtual town halls this past year we mentioned the books program and libraries in general consider their services as an extension and that's part of it. thank you for mentioning that. >> thank you for your focus. doctor come in your testimony you mentioned cbo is working to improve the capabilities to improve legislation of peo

the day before congress and congress decided somebody in prison as a time when released, easily required to do so. one reason is they would give them a notice on the release and no question of having to track people down, no question as to whether or not they do as an excuses but the congress could not figure out whether this rule would apply retroactively, not to punish people who didn't register before the act but make sure people released before would be given notice and there would be required to register. ... there were two responses and it's worth mentioning. the first was the way in which the police command. this is a criminal case and criminal cases are the ideal so there were many that i was involved in and many i can't remember any word -- anymore. both liberals and conservatives that it's an impossible delegation. to echo jim's point if he can make up your mind and don't. you can't take it through to do something that is a quintessential legislative act and that simple point and i tried to figure out how many microplans were going to the air a simple up down decision. we shoul

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congress. it was a great experience. any general assembly, statehouse, the congress itself. they have a lot of people and a lot of personalities. given my background the big family group at a march i felt like home to me. over the years i made friends on both sides of the aisle but fortunately almost everybody who served. when i got to congress republicans up in the minority for 36 years, it became obvious to me there was never a real effort or belief that they could ever be a majority. my younger colleagues in newark colleagues and few of the season colleagues begin to believe in the early '90s that we could be a majority. in 1994 with the contract with america newt gingrich being our leader at the time we became the first republican majority in 40 years of the u.s. congress. that was a number for leader in the house and served there for four years, newt gingrich left in 1998 and i got bounced out of leadership because people thought i was too close to newt gingrich. but as chairman of the wor

very much like in congress. this is an argument that as you know from when you were recruiting candidates to run for congress when you were head of the d triple c she would consider running and they would say didn't have the right experience, their experience was mostly in the home, and i believe, tell me if this is right, she would tell them the same story that the skills you gain by being a mother or not dissimilar from what you need to bring to washington. did you hear her make that argument? >> many times, and it usually worked. before i send it over there was a famous quote that speaker pelosi used in a white house meeting with president trump when he began yelling at her one of them please don't characterize the strength of the meeting but another was more directed at the experiences. >> where she said i recognize a temper tantrum when i see one. she came back with a meeting and shrugged off the fact that he had -- i recognize a temper tantrum when i see one. i can tell you i don't know what he said when h

you can defend without asking congress permission. about two weeks later that was done and he said time to go on offense against isis. i said you used the phrase that triggers article one. the president needs congress' authority to do that. i would bring that up and they would look at me don't make life hard for president obama. we can't do this. i have to get democratic votes now that we have a democratic president. some might say, gosh, are you trying to clip his wings or curb his authority? that's why i have a potential green light. if the biden administration says we're fine with this, then i'm going to deliver to todd 50 out of 50 democratic votes. but we have to work that green light. >> let me play devil's advocate just to see your reaction. what authority does the biden administration have at all statutorily to use the 2002 iraq amf that they don't have the 2001? in other words they're empty suits. there's nothing left to them. what authority do they have that they don't enjoy in 2001? >> they don't which is why i think this i

it is when you're saying congress needs to go home. congress needs to stop. i want to call for a motion to adjourn every day because congress is so out of control they need to stop and go home. [applause] >> let's talk about science. you believe in science, trust the science, right? i'll tell you a quick story about my neighbor across the hall. i had a democrat across the hall. i found out because there was video on twitter the week of the equality act and i had been vocal about that saying, that is not a good idea. there is a video on twitter tagging the with my neighbor across the hall, democrat marie newman. i'm from the south, when we meet our neighbors we deal with cookies, brownies, or a bottle of wine -- neighbors, we do it with cookies, brownies, or a bottle of wine. she took a video on my name plate and then it went to her. so i said ok i will do my video to her, and it has evidently been seeing a lot -- there is only two genders, male and email -- female, trust the science. i lovingly call her maria new person instead of -- she does not believe in g

in this congress? ashley: i think so. the most recent development here on the hill was a hearing yesterday on misinformation on traditional cable news networks. specifically, the democrats are concerned about fox news. they're concerned about one american news network, newsmax, channels like that that popped up in the trump era. they are messaging a bit there, saying not all misinformation is on tech platforms, it's on the tv they watch, and cable companies are just as responsible as tech companies for allowing this misinformation to spread. so there's a lot of concern among democrats on that issue. however, anything they try to do their is going to be pushed back by conservatives, to say they are trying to silence conservative voices, whether they are doing it on tech platform or on tv. we saw brendan carr, fcc commissioner, push back against this hearing that happened in the house energy and commerce committee. i don't know if the fcc is going to pick up media ownership rules and try to make them more strict, so conserv

it is when you're saying congress needs to go home. congress needs to stop. i want to call for a motion to adjourn every day because congress is so out of control they need to stop and go home. [applause] let's talk about science. you believe in science, trust the science, right? i'll tell you a quick story about my neighbor across the hall. apparently i had a democrat across the hall, i do not know it because they do not talk to me much. i found out because there was video on twitter the week of the equality act, and i had been vocal about that saying, that is not a good idea. there is a video on twitter tagging me with my neighbor across the hall, democrat marie newman. i had never met her. i'm from the south. when we meet our neighbors, we do it with a plate of cookies, brownies, or a bottle of wine. that is not how i met my neighbor. she put a video up where she started a video on my nameplate on my door that you do not get to see because they do not allow you in the buildings that you pay for in washington, d.c. the video started on my nameplate, and the

politics in cover -- congress -- politics and congress for bloomberg news. we begin with this headline in your reporting available at bloomberg.com. for the president, pivotal week as he meets with congressional leaders on wednesday, the headline saying this meeting is a pivotal point in dealmaking. what is the significance of this meeting on wednesday that will include republican leaders kevin mccarthy and senator mitch mcconnell? guest: that is the headline meeting of the week, the first time president biden meets with the top leaders in congress, pelosi and chuck schumer will be there, as well. there is a follow-up meeting on thursday with other key republican players on infrastructure. combined, it is a real turning point. democrats are saying they are going to give bipartisanship a chance. they really have to do that because their members like joe manchin really want to see a bipartisan infrastructure deal. so it is a chance to come together, especially on issues of how to pay for an infrastructure bill. the republican offer is $600 billion, perhaps a l

to our congress. to the people's house and the united states senate which was occupied, at least this house was not occupied. but members were terrified. and work was stopped. and democracy for a short period of time was overtaken by armed, violent, insurrection uses. doctor insurrectionists. certainly each one of us should be concerned about getting to the bottom, why did that happen? how did it happen? how can we stop it from happening again? what are the resources that we need? and yes, who was responsible? some, perhaps, are going to vote against this because that's what they fear. the 9/11 commission, as mr. katko pointed out, made america safer. it made this institution safer. it made our law enforcement more acutely aware of the failures that led to 9/11. i hope this commission does the same. and it was right, and i talked to numerous republicans who tell me they think it was right, that we focused on january 6. don't be distracted. don't coverup or make more lacking in clarity by trying to dea

passed this so i can do x which congress never intended. charles: picking up where senator kaine left off, i said in the paper that i talked about, year -- your bill that congress needs to get back into the gym. they need to get back in exercise their muscles. and, by doing that you need to get back in the habit of passing laws that are specific or repealing laws that are no longer have any utility. i think we all agree that repealing these two would have zero effect as a legal matter on the 2001 aumf. sen. young: even the department of defense agrees. there is a period of time which they did not cite in their 60 day reports to congress and the war powers resolution the 2002 aumf as a justification for their conflict. they left it out and cited other authorities, the 2001 aumf. one can infer that that was an admission that these are no longer required for any current operations. charles: years ago in the 2018 ndaa, they passed section 1264 which tells the executive branch tell us the domestic authority for any wartime activity or engagement

-- they represent 212 members of the republican congress. [video clip] host: from fox news sunday. his name was mentioned briefly for the number three slot, and then he was true. why? guest: one of the things that republicans really have in the wider elect to -- in the wider electoral fields, the idea that they would have an all white male inter-ship team, they had optics. elise stefanik, just based on that has a lead over jim banks or mike johnson or other people who have credentials, working in caucuses, who probably have significant support for their views and talents, but the only thing that she did aside from her defensive trump was to get more republican women elected. after democrats took over, there were only 13 republican women in the house, more than doubled. there is a real effort among republican women, and an effort speaking to those who oust cheney -- i think thanks probably have a limited possibility given that demographic. host: and of course liz cheney is facing a primary challenge back home in wyoming next year. guest: she

capitol police from the members of congress and overwhelming support that is been given to us. it means a lot to the u.s. capital police, not only to myself but also did officers and to the families of all of our officers who have been through so much this year, so thank you. thank you, chief. [applause] >> i would like to call up the ceo of the national officer's memorial fund. >> thank you, leader mccarthy, distinguished visitors, and guests. this is one of the most solemn days for us here at the national law enforcement memorial, and the fact that you all made it your priority to start your day with us is truly appreciated. we are preparing this evening at 8:00 p.m. to read the names of 394 fallen officers. one of the deadliest years in history for law enforcement. 182 of those names are covid deaths, confirmed law-enforcement covid deaths, we will be reading the names of law enforcement officers who didn't have the choice to shelter in place, but put their lives on the line to make sure our communities were safe. so thank you. thank you, leader mccarthy, for making this you

capitol police from the members of congress and overwhelming support that is been given to us. it means a lot to the u.s. capital police, not only to myself but also did officers and to the families of all of our officers who have been through so much this year, so thank you. thank you, chief. [applause] i would like -- thank you, leader mccarthy, distinguished visitors, and guests. this is one of the most solemn days for us here at the national law enforcement memorial, and the fact that you all made it your priority to start your day with us is truly appreciated. we are preparing this evening at 8:00 p.m. to read the names of 394 fallen officers. one of the deadliest years in history for law enforcement. 182 of those names are covid deaths, confirmed law-enforcement covid deaths, we will be reading the names of law enforcement officers who didn't have the choice to shelter in place, but put their lives on the line to make sure our communities were safe. so thank you. thank you, leader mccarthy, for making this your priority this morning. rep. mccarthy: appreciate it. [applaus

activated, congress debates things in full public view. the public gets educated about what are the states. why is this important? i guess this isn't a national mission. as the debate takes place up to vote for president doesn't want to say so you don't get that same kind of detailed analysis. the pros and cons debated in full view of the american public and then you don't get the public by to the mission and i would argue it's sort of an immoral thing to do with respect to truth. if your multiple troops in harm's way, to be a clear imprimatur that this is a national mission and the way you get to that is following the debate and a considered boat that should be the toughestboat you . he sent troops into risk their lives and health without that kind of debate and the inference or of yes, this is in a national mission the legislature says, that's a short has always seemed to be publicly immoral so what todd is saying is there framework we are just because we say we call the constitution but to get into the y framework their underlying polic

. ♪ we cannot allow that ideology to congress from within. as long as i am sitting here and as long as i am behind a microphone. as long as i have a breath to breathe, they won't. join me. i hope you will get your copy of american marxism. i will see you next week on "life, liberty & levin". >> . steve: good evening everyone. happy mother's day. welcome to the next revolution. profamily pro community and especially from america. this week we saw smart leftist out for conservatives who criticize those on the first amendment grounds the first amendment does not apply that they pompously drawn but they don't understand the constitution and america itself is built on the idea that is under assault right now from facebook, from the left of big tech in the biden regime. that is the decentralization of power. no one should be over power should be dispersed. that's a way to prevent tyranny. the concentration of power is the enemy of freedom that's the whole point of the constitution. checks and balances separation of powers and federalism all designe

getting congress to pass his covid relief bill. rejoining the paris climate accord a starting the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. but not all of his promises have been kept so far. we'll have more on that later. during his speech, president joe biden even urged more action including passing his infrastructure and childcare proposals, the two would amount to roughly $4 trillion in government spending. but could that price tag make members of congress wary of supporting beaudin's agenda? joining us tonight are four reporters covering all things washington. geoff bennett, white house correspondent for nbc news. and zoing me here in the studio is lisa desjardins, correspondent for "the pbs newshour." jonathan martin, national political correspondent for "the new york times" and ashley parker, white house bureau chief for "the washington post." lisa, i want to start with you. it's so niece to be here in studio with you. you were inside of the chamber on wednesday. so take me inside of the room. this was a moment that president biden h

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getting congress to pass his covid relief bill. rejoining the paris climate accord a starting the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. but not all of his promises have bn kept so far. we'll have more on that later. during his speech, president joe biden even urged more action including passing his infrastructure and childcare proposals, the two would amount to roughly $4 trillion in government spending. but could that price tag make members of congress wary of supporting beaudin's agenda? joining us tonight are four reporters covering all things washington. geoff bennett, white house correspondent for nbc news. and zoing me here in the studio is lisa desjardins, correspondent for "the pbs newshour." jonathan martin, national political correspondent for "the new york times" and ashley parker, white house bureau chief for "the washington post." lisa, i want to start with you. it's so niece to be here in studio with you. you were inside of the chamber on wednesday. so take me inside of the room. this was a moment that president biden had

there was a debate before congress in congress decided somebody in prison at the time could be easily required to do so. just give them the notice on release so there is no question of having to track people down. no questions as to whether or not there was ignorance as an excuse. congress could not figure out at this particular time whether they wanted this rule to apply retroactively. not to punish people that did not register before the act, but to make sure people that released it before would be given notice and then required to register. that is a very hard question. they decided to delegate this issue to the attorney general. maybe he would do a detailed study and try to take advantage that the executive branch had which is sort of the ability to deal fact-finding and one way or another which congress cannot do the attorney general just did it. i think it ought to be retroactive. this was an illegal delegation. two responses to it. i think that it is worth mentioning both. this is a criminal case. if you want to talk about it present you know of liberty, there was a flow of ami

to congress to regulate interstate commerce. it can be creating a national bank, even though creating a national bank is not one of the powers. i think when it comes to the president, we use the terms formal and informal powers. a formal power are those specifically listed in article two, the power to be commander-in-chief, to execute laws, to give the state of the union's. the informal powers are those that are implied and part of the energetic executive as hamilton wrote about in federalist 70. one of the big implied powers is the bully pulpit, to speak directly to the american people to try to shake public opinion to advance the president's vignette -- agenda. host: let's go to kyle from virginia. would you like to take a question or ask a question? caller: i would like to take a question. -- it took right from the federal government and made it to where states cannot infringe on them. guest: that is a story students should know. traditionally, the bill of rights was written to constrain the powers of the federal government.

that's largely how she sees her function in congress right now. remember, she ise1w3 alreadyu she's axd junior member of the minority party. she has a reputation that nobody will co-sponsor a bill with her or work withj/b÷ her on anyt substantive. i think she feels like this is her contribution to this congress is to be a troll on these issues a andok try to dra attention to them. >> yeah.e1 olivia, as i've been watching this unfold, i think people have, i imagine people had the experience where you're interacting with a person who maybe there'sjyuát conflictw you have some beef with in some waye1 and then they start actin way you're like there's something kind of deepernb happening here than what i i would imagine some republicans on the hill. >> yes. i mean, talking to republicans, it's a big headache and you it's a big has talking to one ty it's a big has talking to one ty trying to unravelx#v she is jt there way. it comes after the house just ousted cheney, their most promf innocent trump critic and put in elise stefanik. they are trying to

i am not keen on bashing congress. i do think any future technology has to answer a lot of questions and concerns about what the impact is going to be. those are understandable questions. >> the power of the tech industry and its impact, with chamber of progress founder adam. in the communicators. -- on "the committee hitters. >> president biden was in cleveland with a discussion about his infrastructure plan and plans to pay for. the speech was just under 40 minutes. >> [applause] >> thank you, all. thank you. [applause] >> please sit down. thank you very much for sharing your story, it is impressive. everybody at cuyahoga community college, thank you for having me here and being here.

it makes sense that members of congress should be able to use v.a. facilities when it is not taking away space needed for health care and when there is any opportunity for members of congress to meet with their constituents, with veterans, with their family members to hear about the issues those families have in getting access to the v.a.. this stemmed from something that happened roughly one year or longer than that now. congress was kicked out of doing just this, using some additional, unused office space within a v.a. to meet with constituents. these numbers are represented. represent these veterans -- they represent these veterans in their district. they should have an easy way to meet with these veterans to find ways to increase support to veterans. there is a lot of unused space. politics played a role in kicking out this member of congress and resulting in legislation to say this is a no-brainer and let's give members of congress the ability to use unused office space within v.a. facilities to meet with their constituents. host: we begin our c

it is when you're saying congress needs to go home. congress needs to stop. i want to call for a motion to adjourn every day because congress is so out of control they need to stop and go home. [applause] >> let's talk about science. you believe in science, trust the science, right? i'll tell you a quick story about my neighbor across the hall. apparently i had a democrat across the hall, i do not know it because they do not talk to me much. i found out because there was video on twitter the week of the equality act, and i had been vocal about that saying, that is not a good idea. there is a video on twitter tagging me with my neighbor across the hall, democrat marie newman. i had never met her. i'm from the south. when we meet our neighbors, we do it with a plate of cookies, brownies, or a bottle of wine. that is not how i met my neighbor. she put a video up where she started a video on my nameplate on my door that you do not get to see because they do not allow you in the buildings that you pay for in washington, d.c. the video started on my nameplate, and

and give electors the federal congress. they had down there the votes that took place on the sixth of january, it would have to be done by that time they would have to reject the state role in all of this. some of you younger people might be thinking about this also, it seems at that time, here is the document. 230 years, they didn't have airplanes back then, it's a different world altogether. a lot of people, i suggest some of our own u.s. congressman were of the opinion that it's outdated, it ought to be changed. i think there is an argument that can be made on this. i've taken oath of office 18 times. none of you kids are from oklahoma so you're not aware of this but in oklahoma, i have taken the oath of office 18 times, but more times than anyone in the history of oklahoma so i believe in the oath and i have strong feelings about it so i have to say this also, that would have been, that vote was an unconstitutional vote in two ways. first of all, what was on the ballot january 6 was to eliminate state ballots, you've al

why does congress not care about david dorn? why does congress not care about secoria turner? despite all of this damage, there is no investigation into domestic terrorism from congress. we have no commission launched to investigate the funding of antifa. there's no investigation into the funding of b.l.m. there's no commission set forward for the past year of violent riots. but all they care about is the commission for the one riot here on january 6. the accused on january 6 have been -- they've been abused behind bars. they've been denied due process rights. they're still being held in jail. michael sherwin from d.c. bragged they rounded up 400 people who participated in the breach of the capitol on january 6. he said he wanted to charge as many people as possible. what kind of justice system do we have if officials are eager to charge as many people as possible but they don't care about antifa domestic terrorists and they don't care about the people in those riots? the biden administration has taken investigators who normally work on drug trafficking, child pornography, and

unfortunately, in this very divided congress, to find out the truth is to do it in this manner, do it in a bipartisan manner and one that everybody accepts. unfortunately, that looks like that's not going to happen. >> woodruff: speaking of that, now that we've had this vote, is there a way that you know of where there could be some kind of independent investigation short of what congress was trying to create? >> well, you can do it outside of congress, but then you don't have subpoena power, you don't have the tools you need in order to do a proper investigation. so this was the right way to do it, and my hope is that the public and other people will call and the peple in both -- call on people in both parties to say let's do it and do it right to tell the american people what they need to know to go forward. >> woodruff: governor, have you been in contact with members of congress, with members of the senate on this to make the kinds of arguments you're sharing with us? >> i have not. i probably should have. i've said a nmber of things publicly, and i've talked to a few congress mern