INTERRUPTION, CHUCK SCHUMER IS
ADDRESSING WHAT JUST TOOK PLACE.
>> THE BAD NEWS, THE REPUBLICAN
MINORITY MOUNTED A PART SAN
FILIBUSTER AGAINST A COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JANUARY 6.
TO INVESTIGATE JANUARY 6.
OUT OF FEAR OR -- TO DONALD
TRUMP, THE REPUBLICAN MINORITY
JUST PREVENTED THE SENATE FROM
DEBATING THE BILL.
NO OPPORTUNITY FOR AMENDMENTS,
NO OPPORTUNITY FOR DEBATE.
THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT BY THE
REPUBLICAN MINORITY TO SHUNT
THIS VOTE INTO THE DARK OF
NIGHT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIME, IT WAS
DONE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
AMERICA WILL SEE HOW EACH
SENATOR VOTED.
THE COMMISSION WAS BIPARTISAN,
STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
SPEAKER PELOSI AND I SUPPORTED
AND STILL DO SUPPORT THE CHANGES SENATOR COLLINS PROPOSED AND WE
SENATOR COLLINS PROPOSED AND WE
TOLD THAT TO OTHER SENATORS.
REPUBLICAN SENATORS SUPPORTED
IT, BUT NOW THEY RAISED A
FILIBUSTER AGAINST THE BILL. THIS VOTE HAS MADE IT OFFICIAL.
THIS VOTE HAS MADE IT OFFICIAL.
DONALD TRUMPS BIG LIE HAS VULZF
ENVELOPE
ENVELOPED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE IS THE DEFINING PRINCIPLE OF
WHAT WAS ONCE THE LINCOLN PARTY.
THEY ARE CONDUCTING THE GREATEST
ASSAULT ON VOTING RIGHTS SINCE
JIM CROW.
REPUBLICANS IN BOTH CHAMBERS ARE
TRYING TO REWRITE HISTORY
CLAIMING IT WAS A PEACEFUL PROTEST THAT GOT OUT OF HAND.
PROTEST THAT GOT OUT OF HAND.
AND NOW A PARTISAN BLOCKADE OF A
BIPARTISAN COMMISSION.
I HEARD WHY REPUBLICANS WERE
BLOCKING THIS, ITS TOO EARLY,
NOT NEEDED.
ALL OF THESE EXCUSES ARE
MERITLESS AND INVENTED IN THE
LAST TWO WEEKS.
SENATOR REPUBLICANS CHOSE TO
DEFEND THE BIG LIE BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT
UPSET DONALD TRUMP COULD HURT
THEM POLITICALLY.
WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE
HORRORS.
I WAS NO MORE THAN 30 FEET FROM
THE WHITE SUPREMACIST HOOLIGANS.
TO MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES, DO
THEY RECALL THEM CALLING FOR THE EXECUTION OF MIKE PENCE,
EXECUTION OF MIKE PENCE,
BUILDING A GALLOWS OUTSIDE.
DOORWAYS CRUSHED.
SHAME ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
FOR SWEEPING THAT UNDER THE RUG
BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP.
OUR DEMOCRACY HAS LONG ENDURED
BECAUSE LEADERS OF GOOD FAITH,
EVEN AT A COST, SHARED A
FIDELITY TO THE TRUTH, NOT SO
TODAY.
>>> I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE
BEGINNING OF AN EFFORT BY SENATE
REPUBLICANS FROM DEBATING
REASONABLE COMMONSENSE
LEGISLATION.
WE WILL SEE.
AFTER THE BREAK I WILL BRING