Unprecedented step of denying the republican partys picks for the select committee. Its an egregious abuse of power. Pelosi see has broken this institution. Denying the voice of members who have served in the military, jim banks, a navy veteran, who served in afghanistan. Serves on chair of the largest caucus in the republican conference. As well as a leader of a standing committee, Jim Jordan, this isnt his first committee, hes done it before. Hes served on the select committee and serves on one now. Made it undeniable that this panel has lost all he yit macy and credibility. It shows exactly what i warned back at the beginning of january, that pelosi would play politics with this. For more than six months, we have a better example of the senate, bipartisan. Schumer didnt pick who went on as republicans. Why was the capitol so illprepared for that day when they knew they had a problem . And what have we done to make sure that never happens again . Pelosi has created a sham process. Un
Officer, the meda will to special agent crystal griener, special agent david baily, and alexandria police department officers, nicole ba tag leah, kevin jobe and alex general sen. the medal of vol or is reserved for those that go above the call of duty as each of these men and women did that on that fateful day, and they did it with great courage and they did it with instinct. when our human instincts tell us to run, there s danger, our police and first responders run straight at it. standing in the breach protecting the innocent and keeping our loved ones safe. now i would like the military aide to read the citation as these great american heroes step
Forward to receive the medal of valor. special agent crystal griener. medal of valor presented to special agent crystal griener. u.s. capitol police, district of columbia for bravery and compose you re while engaged in an active shooter incident. despite being shot, special agent griener placed herself in morlgts danger to save the lives of members of congress attending family members and congressional staff during a charity softball practice at eugene simpson memorial park in alexandria,
Interrupted by loud, vicious gunfire. matt mie ka, zachary bart and beloved congressman and my friend steve scalise were each shot during an attack. others were injured trying to evade the incoming bullets of which there were many. fortunately, from the moment that gunman began to shoot, he was met by return fire. capitol police, special agents, david bail dwri and crystal griener raised thu the bullets, and that s exactly what they did, they raced through the bullets and immediately engaged the gunman. minutes later, members of the alexandria police department
Changing with the steve scalise shooting, and i want to read you what senator james langford, a republican from oklahoma wrote yesterday. i just chaired a hearing with the u.s. capitol police about safety and the june 14 shooting attack of steve scalise, mike mika and officers crystal griener and david bailly. national and local leaders, including our president, should model civility, honor, and respect in our political rhetoric. the president s tweets today don t help our political or national discourse and do not provide a positive role model for our national dialogue. my question to you is has capitol hill been making an effort to be more civil since the scalise shooting? have you noticed a change in the tone if discourse? i noticed a change for maybe two days. then, you know, there s one thing that changed the tone and discourse. it s another thing to be more open-minded to compromising, to going across the going across the aisle and working with the other party. i think that