THATS HEIDI PRZYBYLA STARTING
US OFF TONIGHT.
LETS CONTINUE WITH
CONGRESSWOMAN SHELIA JACKSON LEE
OF TEXAS.
HER DISTRICT INCLUDE THE HOUSTON
AREA AND SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY
COMMITTEE.
CONGRESSWOMAN, WITH REGARDS TO
WHERE WE ENDED WITH HEIDI, WHAT
IS YOUR SENSE OF WHERE THIS
LOOKS RIGHT NOW, PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE THE FILIBUSTER REMAINS
SUCH A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL
OBSTACLE TO GETTING ANYTHING
ELSE IN THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATIONS AGENDA DONE IN
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
HOW DOES IT LOOK TO YOU RIGHT
NOW ON THIS INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE IN TERMS OF ITS CHANCES
BECOMING LAW?
>> JOSHUA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
IF I MIGHT OFFER MY CONCERN AND
SYMPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE OF
FLORIDA AND SURFSIDE,
MIAMI-DADE, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN
OFFERING OUR PRAYERS AND
CONCERNS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
AS A MEMBER OF THE HOMELAND
SECURITY COMMITTEE, AND KNOWING
CONGRESSMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, WE HAVE BEEN READY TO
BE OF ASSISTANCE IN ANY WAY WE
CAN, WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH
IN THE FOREFRONT BY PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
SO WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THAT
COMMUNITY AND THERE LIES, EVEN
THOUGH ITS A PRIVATE OWNERSHIP,
IT EMPHASIZES WE HAVE NO OTHER
OPTION THAN TO WORK THIS
THROUGH.
AND SOME OF THE SENATORS THAT
IVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK WITH, EVEN THOUGH THERES
DISAGREEMENT ABOUT SIZE, AND THE
IDEA OF THE BIPARTISAN DEAL, I
BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE NO
OPTION OTHER THAN TO GET IT
DONE.
AND HERES HOW I THINK IT WILL
BE DONE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE DISCUSSION IS
THAT WHETHER WE TAKE THE SMALLER
DEAL, WHICH IS THE COMPROMISE,
BUT WEVE HEARD SPEAKER PELOSI.
WEVE HAD A NUMBER OF US IN THE
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND CERTAINLY
PART OF THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS,
VICE CHAIR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
FOR A LONG TIME TO TELL THE
PRESIDENT THAT AMERICA DOES NEED
A MUCH LARGER DEAL, WHICH WOULD
INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST A
FEW DAYS AGO A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. COLLAPSED.
IT DIDNT GET A LOT OF NEWS, BUT
IT DID.
AND SO WE NEED A CLIMATE FIX.
AND HAVING SPENT A WEEK OR TWO
IN TEXAS, WHERE PEOPLE DIED IN
THE FREEZE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO I THINK WHERE WERE GOING TO
GO IS THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
KNOW IF THEIR CONSTITUENTS WANT
ANYTHING, ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT THE NATION NEEDS THE CLIMATE
CHANGE.
SO I THINK HERES WHERE WERE
GOING TO GO.
DOWN TO THE WIRE.
ITS GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE
WIRE. AND I DO THINK THAT THERES
AND I DO THINK THAT THERES
GOING TO BE WITH THE LEADERSHIP
IN THE HOUSE, WELL FIND THE
NUMBERS WE NEED WITH THE
PRESIDENT, WITH THE VICE
PRESIDENT, AND THEN MOVE ON.
I DO HEAR SOME OF THE COMMENTARY
ABOUT MIDTERMS, BUT WEVE GOT TO
GET IT DONE WAY, WAY BEFORE
THAT.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER
ISSUE THAT I THINK IN ANOTHER
DIMENSION MIGHT HAVE BEEN VERY
EASILY BIPARTISAN.
AND THAT IS THE COMMISSION TO
INVESTIGATE THE ATTACK ON
JANUARY 6th.
CHRIS HAYES SPOKE TO YOUR
COLLEAGUE HAKEEM JEFFRIES OF NEW
YORK ABOUT THAT.
HERES PART OF WHAT THE
CONGRESSMAN SAID.
>> YOU KNOW, IT WOULDNT SHOCK
ME IF HE CHOSE KIM JORDAN,
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, HES GOT
QUITE A COLLECTION OF CHARACTERS
TO CHOOSE FROM.
ITS NOT MY EXPECTATION, GIVEN
KEVIN McCARTHYS PAST PRACTICE
THAT HELL DO ANYTHING OTHER
THAN BEND THE KNEE TO DONALD
TRUMP.
IN FACT, WE PROBABLY COULDNT
EXPECT THAT DONALD TRUMP OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL ISSUE
RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHO HE
THINKS SHOULD BE ON THIS
COMMITTEE.
AND KEVIN McCARTHY WILL FOLLOW
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HOOK,
LINE, AND SINKER.
BUT THATS NOT GOING TO STOP US
FROM UNKORCOVERING THE TRUTH.
>> CONGRESSMAN, DO YOU SHARE
CONGRESSMAN JEFFRIES CONCERNS
ABOUT THE FUTURE DISPOSITION OF
THIS COMMISSION?
OR DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT
IT WILL BE ABLE TO DO ITS JOB
CREDIBLY AND ACCURATELY?
>> JOSHUA, ONE THING I DO HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN IS THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT US IN
CONGRESS, ARE DEMANDING THE
TRUTH.
THE NUMBERS, I THINK, ARE OVER
70%.
JOINING WITH DEMOCRATS WHO SAY,
YOU MUST INVESTIGATE THIS AT THE
CITADEL OF DEMOCRACY WAS
ATTACKED, BUT THEY ARE STILL IN
SHOCK.
THERES STILL PTSD, TRAGICALLY,
NOT ONLY AMONG THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IN TERMS OF WATCHING INGI
HAPPENED, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY THERE.
MY FIRST IS TO APPLAUD THE
LEADERSHIP FOR NOT STOPPING.
WE ALL WOULD RATHER HAVE AN
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION.
I WAS HERE FOR THE 9/11
COMMISSION.
WE HELPED PUT IT TOGETHER,
BECAUSE IT HAD NOT BEEN
ORGANIZED UNDER THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, BUT I THINK THAT
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH ABILITY
WITH THE TOOLS THAT THE
COMMISSION WILL HAVE, THE
SUBPOENA POWERS, THE WITNESSES
THAT WILL COME FORWARD.
THE WITNESSES THAT WANT TO COME
FORWARD.
THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WANT TO
BE HEARD, THAT TRUTH WILL
PREVAIL OVER TOMFOOLERY.
AND NO MATTER WHO THE OPPOSITION
OR OUR FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE AISLE DECIDE TO APPOINT,
AND IT WILL BE A DISSERVICE TO THEM, IF THEY WOULD DISHONOR
THEM, IF THEY WOULD DISHONOR
THOSE OFFICERS WHO ARE STILL IN
INJURED AND HOSPITALIZED AND
LOST THEIR LIFE.
WE WILL NOT BE ENGAGED IN
TOMFOOLERY.
WE WILL BE ENGAGED IN SERIOUS
CONVERSATION.
THE SELECT COMMITTEE, THEY WILL
BE MEMBERS THAT WILL BE ENGAGED
IN SERIOUS DELIBERATION WITH, WE
HOPE, SUBPOENA POWERS, AND YOU
CANNOT SHUSH WITNESSES.
YOU CANNOT QUIET TRUTH
WITNESSES, AND AS I UNDERSTAND
IT, THERES A LITANY, A LINE OF
INDIVIDUALS, JOSHUA, THAT WANT
TO COME FORWARD AND TELL TRULY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE
BEGINNING STRATEGIES FOR THAT
DAY CAME ABOUT.
HOW LONG AGO WAS IT PLANNED?
WAS THERE ANY CONNECTION TO THE
WHITE HOUSE?
WERE THERE BUZZ WORDS OR SIGNAL
WORDS SAID BY THE PRESIDENTS
SON OR THE PRESIDENT OR ANY OF
THE OTHER SPEAKERS THAT MIGHT
HAVE EMPOWERED THESE INDIVIDUALS
AND WHAT WAS THEIR ULTIMATE
GOAL?
WEVE HEARD IT PUBLICLY, BUT
WHAT WAS THE ULTIMATE GOAL?