THERES SO MUCH MORE TO DIG
THROUGH.
>> THANK YOU, ANDREA.
>> YOU BET.
JOINING US NOW DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN, A FORMER
HELICOPTER PILOT AND FORMER
PROSECUTOR.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT NANCY
PELOSI NOT BENDING TO KEVIN
McCARTHYS THREAT.
IS THAT THE RIGHT DECISION AND
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE
FUTURE AND THE CREDIBILITY OF
THIS INVESTIGATION?
>> HI, ANDREA.
CERTAINLY ITS A DISAPPOINTING
SETBACK.
ANYONE WHO HEARD THAT WE WERE
GOING TO SET UP A CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE AND KEVIN McCARTHY
WOULD MAKE PICKS COULD HAVE
PREDICTED THAT ONE OF THOSE
PICKS WAS A HACK LIKE SOMEONE
LIKE JIM JORDAN WHO WOULD TRY TO
BLOW UP THE PROCEDURES, BUT THIS
WASNT THE COMMITTEE OF
CHOOSING.
WE WANTED AN INDEPENDENT,
BIPARTISAN COMMISSION, BUT THAT
SAID, ONCE WE DECIDED TO MOVE
DOWN THIS PATH, YOU KNOW, WE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN RED FOR THIS
AND I DONT THINK WE SHOULD BE
AFRAID OF THIS FIGHT.
I THINK THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
SHOULD HEAR THE TRUTH.
THEY DESERVE THE TRUTH.
WE NEED TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION
INTO THIS AND QUITE FRANKLY, I
WOULD PUT LIZ CHENEY AGAINST JIM
JORDAN ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
>> DOESNT THIS PUT LIZ CHENEY
IN A REALLY DIFFICULT POSITION?
FIRST OF ALL, SHELL PLAY A MUCH
MORE IMPORTANT ROLE, POTENTIALLY
AND IT FURTHER ISOLATES HER FROM
THE REST OF HER PARTY.
>> YOU KNOW, LIZ CHENEY WHO I
HAVE DISAGREED WITH ON MANY
OCCASIONS AND WE BOTH SIT ON THE
HOUSE ARMS SERVICES COMMITY.
IM FROM NEW JERSEY.
SHES FROM WYOMING.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT POLICY VIEWS,
BUT SHE ACTED AND HAS BEEN
ACTING VERY COURAGEOUSLY.
I WISH EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS
COULD HAVE ONE IOTA OF HER
COURAGE IN THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS STANDING UP FOR WHATS
RIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY AND NOT
PUTTING HER OWN AGENDA FIRST,
AND SO I THINK THIS IS FURTHER
ISOLATING HER.
ITS NOT -- IM SURE HELPFUL TO
HER, BUT SHE HAS CHOSEN TO PUT
THIS COUNTRY BEFORE HER OWN
SELFISH PERSONAL INTERESTS WHICH
I WISH MORE MEMBERS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD CONSIDER
DOING.
>> SHOULD THE SPEAKER TRY TO
FIND SOME OTHER FORMER
REPUBLICANS, PERHAPS WHO MIGHT
BE WILLING TO PLAY A ROLE AS HAS
BEEN REPORTED AND MIGHT BE
CONSIDERED.
>> WELL, LIKE I SAID, THE GOLD
STANDARD, WHAT WE HAD NEGOTIATED
FOR WITH REPUBLICANS AND HAD
BEEN PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD ON
WAS AN INDEPENDENT, BIPARTISAN
COMMISSION.
THATS WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE AND
QUITE FRANKLY, REPUBLICANS
RECEIVED MOST OF WHAT THEY
REQUESTED IN THAT COMMISSION AND
UNFORTUNATELY, KEVIN McCARTHY
PULLED THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER ON
THAT.
HES DECIDED TO PUT LOYALTY TO
TRUMP OVER THIS COUNTRY, REALLY,
AND GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF
WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6th AND
ENSURING IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN,
AND SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO
DO NOW WITH THIS CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE IS GET AS CLOSE TO
THAT AS POSSIBLE, BUT ITS MY
HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY, LIKE WITH
THE 9/11 CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
WE CAN EVENTUALLY TURN THIS
INVESTIGATION OVER TO AN
INDEPENDENT, BIPARTISAN
COMMISSION.
>> AS A VETERAN, I ALSO WANT TO
ASK YOU YOUR REACTION TO GENERAL
MILLEYS ROLE AS RECOUNTED IN
PHIL AND CAROLS BOOK HOW HE WAS
AFRAID OF A COUP AND HOW
PREPARED THEY WERE TO STAND UP,
TO RESIGN IF NECESSARY.
>> YOU KNOW, NONE OF THIS
REPORTING SURPRISES ME HAVING
WORKED WITH GENERAL MILLEY OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN THE
HOUSE ARMS SERVICES COMMITTEE.
MAKE NO MISTAKE.
HE WAS PUT IN AN INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT POSITION.
OUR MILITARY IS SEPARATE FROM
OUR CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT.
OUR MILITARY IS NOT AND SHOULD
NOT BE POLITICAL OR PARTISAN,
AND YET HES ALSO TAKEN AN OATH
TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION AGAINST ALL
ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
SO HE WAS WORKING INCREDIBLY
HARD TO ENSURE THERE WAS A
PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF
GOVERNMENT AND FOR THOSE WHO
CRITICIZE HIM, I WOULD SAY THAT
IS NOT A PARTISAN VIEW.
THAT IS OUR DEMOCRACY AND THAT
IS DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTION,
AND I THINK HE WORKED INCREDIBLY
HARD TO DO THAT, AND I COMMENT