position? the most important thing we have in america is freedom. it means justice, law and order. that s why the fbi director has to rise above politics. he has only been appointed to these positions by republicans. guess who appointed the hunter biden prosecutor. it was donald trump. the issue that the republicans should have is that donald trump wasn t able to competently appoint people who wouldn t violate their oath. they seem to be upset that these trump appointees won t violate their oath. instead are holding everyone to the same standard of law. very interesting hearing so far. congressman eric swalwell, i will let you get back to it. the warning about the state of the u.s. miitary from a top air force general and why he says one republican is to blame. mikey sheryl joins me next to talk about it on andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. .
the republican controlled house has voted to overturn a key gun regulation that was put in place by president biden. in a mostly party line vote on tuesday, republicans repealed stricter federal regulations on pistol braces that attach to a shooter s arm to stabilize the firearm. these stabilizers were used in march by the nashville school shooter and ended up killing six allegedly killing six people including three 9-year-old children. the pistol braces were also used in mass shootings in dayton, ohio, and boulder, colorado. the senate is not likely to take up the house bill. president biden is vowing a veto, but joining me now is democratic congresswoman mikey sheryl of new jersey. this big bill was cosponsored by
barr tentatively agrees to give testimony to the january 6th committee, that as the committee is investigate a capitol tour a republican congressman gave the day before the deadly insurrection, they believe this could be significant, telling, laudermilk was one of the house republicans that voted to overturn the election on january 26th, so tell me about mr. laudermill, what do we know about this tour. reporter: at the very least, suspicious, and want to know who laudermilt was giving entrance on the complex day before the insurrection, this comes as mikey sheryl of new jersey in the days before january 6th mentioned in a town hall, republican members were giving what they called reconnaissance tours, she never gave evidence or named named so this is the first time we had a congressman associated with any type of tour
force their allies in europe to impose the very tough sanctions that are being talked about in the united states today. we were given promises not to push the infrastructure of the nato block to the east one inch. everyone knows this well. today we see where nato is located. poland, romania, the baltic countries. they said one thing, they did another. as people say, they screwed us over. joining us now is democratic congresswoman mikey sheryl of new jersey. she s a member of the house armed services committee, she also just returned from a trip to ukraine where she was part of a bipartisan delegation to discuss this buildup of russian troops along the ukrainian border. long intro there, congresswoman, but you ve been on this important trip we wanted to tell people about. first, though, can you respond to what you heard there from vladimir putin basically saying nato has just encroached on russia and he clearly feels justified?
congresswoman, is we have these photos from an independent company that shows this buildup of troops, in crimea, in donbas, coming in from belarus as well, and yet the russian position seems to be that we should not believe our eyes. what do you say to that? it is really striking. it kind of harkens back to the way russia used to communicate or the soviet union used to communicate during the cold war. i remember even as a young girl, you know, seeing right through that and thinking this makes no s sense, and certainly that s where we are today. you re exactly right. you know, 2014, when russia invaded crimea and the donbas, that was the first time since the end of world war ii that we saw an invasion of a sovereign nation in europe, and attempt to annex territory. so, again, this massing of troops i think is really the aggression that we re seeking to address.