PEACEFUL --
>> TOURISTS --
>> -- TOURISTS IS COMPLETELY
ABSURD.
>> LETS KICK IT OFF WITH
CONGRESSMAN ROHAN FROM
CALIFORNIA.
HIS DISTRICT IN THE BAY AREA
INCLUDES SAN JOSE AND SANTA
CLARA.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WELCOME.
>> JOSHUA, ALWAYS GREAT TO BE
ON.
>> LETS START WITH THE JANUARY
6th COMMISSION.
WHAT ARE YOUR DROP DEAD MUST DOS
FOR WHAT THIS COMMISSION MUST
ACCOMPLISH OR HAS TO UNCOVER?
>> JOSHUA, THEY JUST HAVE TO GET
THE FACTS AND CONDUCT THE
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
I GIVE THE SPEAKER A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF CREDIT, AND ITS A
BIPARTISAN COMMISSION WITH THE
COURAGE OF PEOPLE LIKE LIZ
CHENEY AND ADAM, AND ITS NOT
JUST A FEW HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE
THAT KEVIN McCARTHY APPOINTED TO
TRY AND DISRUPT THE COMMISSION,
AND MANY PEOPLE WANT THE
COMMISSION TO DO ITS JOB AND IT
WILL AND I THINK THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WILL HAVE ANSWERS.
>> WHO WOULD BE ON YOUR LIST?
YOU HAVE SAID THAT DONALD TRUMP
MIGHT NEED TO BE QUESTIONED.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE?
SOME PEOPLE SAID JIM JORDAN
SHOULD BE CALLED AS WELL.
WHO ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
ON THE WITNESS LIST?
>> THE PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IS THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
AT THE TIME, AND SOME OF THE
GENERALS WHO WERE IN CHARGE.
WHY DID IT TAKE SO MANY HOURS TO
HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THE
CAPITOL?
THAT LEAVES US VULNERABLE, NOT
JUST AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
BUT IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN
ADVERSARY LOOKING AT THIS AND
YOU THINK THE UNITED STATES
CANNOT PROTECT THE MOST
IMPORTANT INSTITUTION OF
DEMOCRACY, IT TOOK FIVE OR SIX
HOURS, THAT MAKES US VULNERABLE.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT
WRONG AND HOW TO PREVENT THAT
FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
>> THE BARRIERS AROUND THE
CAPITOL COMPLEX CAME DOWN NOT
TOO LONG AGO, AND HOW SAFE DO
YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW, SENATOR,
WORKING ON CAPITOL HILL?
>> I PERSONALLY FEEL SAFE.
IM GLAD THE BARRIERS ARE NO
LONGER THERE.
I LOVE WHEN CONSTITUENTS AND
PEOPLE CAN INTERACT WITH
CONGRESS, AND I AM CONCERNED FOR
POLICE OFFICERS EVERY DAY, AND I
DRIVE IN AND SEE THEY ARE
STANDING OUTSIDE AND CARS ARE
COMING IN AND ITS NOT AN EASY
JOB.
IM CONCERNED FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
I AM CONCERNED FOR SOME OF THE
STAFF.
I REALLY HOPE THAT A LOT OF
THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO PROTECTING
THEM AS WELL.
>> LET ME GET YOUR REACTION TO
ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO SPEAKER
PELOSI KEPT OFF OF THE
COMMITTEE, CONGRESSMAN JIM BANKS
OF INDIANA.
HERES PART OF WHAT HE SAID
TODAY ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY.
WATCH.
>> SHE CLAIMED THE REASON SHE
BOOTED ME FROM THE COMMITTEE WAS
BECAUSE OF ANTICS ON THE PART OF
JIM JORDAN AND I, AND IN
HINDSIGHT WHAT I REALIZE SHE
MEANS BY THAT NOW, WE WERE
PREPARED TO ASK QUESTIONS NOBODY
ELSE HAS ASKED AND DEMAND
QUESTIONS AS TO WHY THE CAPITOL
WAS VULNERABLE TO AN ATTACK ON
JANUARY 6th?
WHY WAS THERE A SYSTEMIC
BREAKDOWN OF SECURITY ON JANUARY
6th?
IF YOU ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE
JANUARY 6th, WHY NOT ASK THOSE
QUESTIONS?
>> HOW DO YOU REACT TO THAT?
>> I DONT KNOW WHAT HES
TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAVE ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS.
IM ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE,
AND ALMOST EVERY MEMBER OF
CONGRESS HAS ASKED ABOUT WHY WAS
THERE A SECURITY BREAKDOWN AND
WHY WAS NOT NOT A STRONGER
ANTICIPATION BY CAPITOL POLICE
AND THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE?
THE REASON HE WAS NOT INCLUDED
ON THE COMMITTEE IS HE
DOWNPLAYED THE FACT THAT IT WAS
AN INTPAUSURRECTION.
>> WITH REGARDS TO THE
BIPARTISAN NATURE OF THE
COMMITTEE, AT LEAST THE EFFORTS
TO BE BIPARTISAN AS POSSIBLE,
AND HERES PART OF WHAT THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE SAID
REGARDING THE INCLUSION OF
CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER.
>> HES A WELCOME MEMBER TO THE
COMMITTEE, AND HE DEMONSTRATED
HOW HE CAN EXPRESS HIS OPINION
DESPITE WHAT SOME OF HIS
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES MIGHT NOT
WANT HIM TO EXPRESS.
AN INDEPENDENT VOICE TO THIS
SELECT COMMITTEE IS ALWAYS
WELCOME.
>> CONGRESSMAN, HOW BIPARTISAN
DO YOU THINK THIS COMMITTEE IS
GOING TO BE IN PRACTICE AND IS
GOING TO BE PERCEIVED AS BY THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE VERY
BIPARTISAN.
I THINK THOMPSON IS A PHENOMENAL
CHAIR.
HES FROM MISSISSIPPI, HES FROM
THE SOUTH, AND HES NOT QUOTE, UNQUOTE, A PROGRESSIVE MEMBER OF
UNQUOTE, A PROGRESSIVE MEMBER OF
THE WING LIKE I AM, AND HE HAS
MORAL CREDIBILITY, AND IT WAS A
TREMENDOUS PICK BY THE SPEAKER
TO HAVE HIM IN CHARGE.
>> HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL BEFORE I LET
YOU GO.
HOW OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU WE WILL
HAVE THE FULL TEXT OF THE DEAL
TOMORROW TO BEGIN MOVING IT
THROUGH THE PROCESS?
>> YOU KNOW, I DONT KNOW THE
BIPARTISAN DEAL, BUT THE
RECONCILIATION, AND NOT JUST FOR
CHILD CARE AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF,
IT HAS A MUCH MORE PROVISION FOR
PROTECTING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND
THERES AN OP-ED IN "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" EVERYBODY SHOULD
READ, AND HE SAID MORE IMPORTANT
THAN ROADS ARE RIGHTS AND WE
HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH TO RISE TO
THE MOMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION
AND THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT DONE
ENOUGH AND WE NEED TO GET RID OF
THE FILIBUSTER AND I HOPE PEOPLE
READ HIS OP-ED.
>> IN REGARDS TO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL ABOUT THE
WILDFIRES IN THE WEST.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PARTS NEAR
YOUR DISTRICT, AND I AM THINKING
ABOUT LOS GATOS, SOUTH OF WHERE
YOU ARE, AND ITS REALLY DRY,
AND THERES NO REASON WHY THE
BAY AREA MIGHT NOT BE THE NEXT
TINDER BOX TO EXPLODE WITH JUST
THE RIGHT SPARK, SORRY TO SAY.
HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE WILL
ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR
CONSTITUENTS CONCERNS WITH THE
POSSIBILITY, LETS BE CLEAR, OF
WILDFIRES BREAKING OUT IN SOME
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF
THE BAY AREA IN TERMS OF ITS
ECONOMY?
>> THE REASON THESE FIRES ARE SO
DANGEROUS IS WE HAVE HOTTER AND
DRIER WEATHER.
THE THING WE NEED TO DO IN THE
RECONCILIATION BILL IS TACKLE
THE CLIMATE, AND WE NEED FEDERAL
FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ULTIMATELY HAVE
PRESCRIBED BURNS AND MITIGATION
TECHNIQUES SO WE DONT SEE THE WILDFIRES WE HAVE SEEN IN OREGON
WILDFIRES WE HAVE SEEN IN OREGON
AND CALIFORNIA, AND I AM CON
TPAU --
CONFIDENT THE BAY CONFIDENT IT WILL BE THERE.
CONFIDENT IT WILL BE THERE.
>> THIS IS BOTH AN URBAN AND A
RURAL PROBLEM IN NORTHERN