many american's 16s in the last year, many have been on a local level, attacks from elected officials, misinformation, we saw a lot of information earlier that really have taken attacks restricting access to ballot, seen so many proposals and bills coming into 2022. this attack on democracy goes beyond what just happened on january 6 and americans probably aren't able to see that up front but what the investigation will do is lay out firsthand experiences what people need to know, to hear, to see, however we know that may not always make a difference, the polling shows it as is. we -- it is disappointing to see, but what we can do is hope that with more information, with a public hearing, with more public hearings and testimonies, and information that's of clearly, clearly laid out for the american people, they can trust what they're hearing actually happened and as a full-on attack on democracy. >> chairwoman liz cheney spoke