Representatives Andy Biggs (R., Ariz.), Mo Brooks (R., Ala.), and Paul Gosar (R., Ariz.) are denying any involvement in organizing last week’s rioting at the U.S. Capitol after a protest organizer claimed he “schemed” with them to put “maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting.” Right-wing activist Ali Alexander’s claim that he had colluded with the congressmen came in a since-deleted video on Periscope unearthed by the Project on Government Oversight. He said weeks before the storming of the Capitol that he was planning something big for January 6, the date Congress met to tally the electoral votes and affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Alexander planned to “change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body, hearing our loud roar from outside,” he said. Meanwhile, Representative Mikie Sherrill (D., N.J.) on Tuesday claimed she saw members of Congress leading people through the U.S. Capitol
More than two dozen representatives are formally requesting an investigation into “the suspicious behavior and access given to visitors to the Capitol Complex” the day before violent pro-Trump rioters stormed the building.
Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ11) today released the following statement after President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021:
“The NDAA is the product of months of work, collaboration with experts, and input from the administration, the Pentagon, and our constituents. As a member of the Armed Services Committee, each year I attend hearings concerning a wide range of issues including our military’s modernization, efforts to end the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and problems with military sexual assault and harassment. I meet with Pentagon officials and receive briefs on numerous projects at Picatinny Arsenal. I work hard with members of the committee to pass a strong National Defense Authorization Act.
Sherrill Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign December 15, 2020, 3:39 pm | in
Sherrill Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign
Parsippany, NJ Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie to resign following the recent report from Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General detailing the Secretary’s attempts to smear a woman veteran who reported a sexual assault at a VA facility:
“One of the very first things I did when I got to Congress was write to Secretary Wilkie, urging him to take immediate action to ensure VA medical facilities equitably serve women veterans and to address the reports of sexual harassment at the VA. After two years of work to raise the level of care women veterans receive, the Inspector General’s report and the Secretary’s behavior are extremely disturbing. The Secretary of the VA is responsible for the veterans in his care, and they should be his