capitol, people say, oh, when are they going to open this up, oh, the security issues it s mostly covid that s kept us shut down. there s a statue here, i want to show it to our viewers. it was created in 1814, cleo, the muse of history, recording events. she bore witness to the attack. how do you think she would look at this chapter in american democracy? with tears in her eyes. i ll call this an episode in our democracy. every time we have a new class of members, i bring them here, we have dinner, this or that, and we talk about cleo, that she is recording everything that she sees. c cleo, the muse of history. in fact, the president referenced her this morning beautifully, because we feel very possessive of cleo. and so seeing that had to bring tears to her eyes, because for all of the divisions we have had in our country, we never had a
confederate flag walking through here. we never had the kind of disrespect, deaf case and all of the rest of it with who came through here at the wish of the former president of the united states. so, i think that cleo, not only cleo, but lincoln, whose desk was right over there, rosa parks, who is looking at us from over here, she wanted to be seated, she told me that in her st statue, she wanted her to be seated, as she was seated on the bus. and so many other heroes. some of these people have to go and we have a bill to get rid of them, but nonetheless, some of the newer people, we are very proud to have in the capitol with more diversity, shall we say. and shall we say consistency as to you remain optimistic, though, about always. no, you have to be optimistic, but you cannot be, as president