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We condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. We grieve the loss of life in these hallowed halls, as well as the injuries suffered by those who defended our capitol today. And we will always be grateful to the men and women who stayed at their posts to defend this historic place. To those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. Violence never wins. Freedom wins. And this is still the peoples house. And as we reconvene in this chamber, the world will again witness the resilience and strength of our democracy, for even in the wake of unprecedented violence and vandalism at this capitol, the elected representatives of the people of the United States have assembled again on the very same day to support and defend the constitution of the United States. So may god bless the lost, the injured, and the heroes forged on this day. May god bless all who serve here and those who protect this place. And may god bless the United States of america. Let
President. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. Colleagues, heres where we are. We have a few more speakers now as we wait for the house to finish their debate and vote. We expect the house to finish voting on arizona between 11 30 and midnight. I ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with the following senators permitted to speak therein for up to five minutes each. Senator toomey, senator rubio, senator collins. Mr. Schumer on our side senators wyden, hirono and coons. Mr. Mcconnell following their remarks, the senate stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. Is the senate be in a period of morning business with the following senators permitted to spook for up to five minutes to speak therein for up to five minutes each. Toomey, rubio and collins. Mr. Schumer wye den, hirono and coons. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Toomey mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. The senate will be in order
We condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. We grieve the loss of life in these hallowed halls, as well as the injuries suffered by those who defended our capitol today. And we will always be grateful to the men and women who stayed at their posts to defend this historic place. To those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. Violence never wins. Freedom wins. And this is still the peoples house. And as we reconvene in this chamber, the world will again witness the resilience and strength of our democracy, for even in the wake of unprecedented violence and vandalism at this capitol, the elected representatives of the people of the United States have assembled again on the very same day to support and defend the constitution of the United States. So may god bless the lost, the injured, and the heroes forged on this day. May god bless all who serve here and those who protect this place. And may god bless the United States of america. Let
Order. The chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to the hearing, oversight of the department of justice. Political interference and threats. Before we begin, i want to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating written materials members might want to offer as part of the hearing. If you want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate them to members and staff as quickly as possible. I want to remind all members the nodance of the office says facetoface is required. Required here is to follow guidance. This is for the health and safety of our staff and loved ones we will return to at the end of the day. I expect all members to wear a mask, except when you are speaking. I but recognize myself for an opening statement. Mr. Chairman, the point of last friday,er william barr announced that Geoffrey Berman was stepping down. This was, of course, untrue. He