riot. the lawmakers also want to know about mccarthy s contact with white house chief of staff mark meadows in the days that led up to january 6th. he s made significant public statements about what occurred on january 6th and we d to hear from him. he gave a statement on the floor about president trump bearing some responsibility for what occurred. if he doesn t cooperate with the voluntary request, would you subpoena him? well, let me say we ll consider it. well, tonight mccarthy issued his own statement saying he will not comply with the committee. quote, i have concluded not to participate with the select committee s abuse of power that stains this institution today and will harm it going forward. but here s the thing, this past may mccarthy was singing a very different tune. would you be willing to