I said last year, I unequivocally condemn the violence that occurred in the United States Capitol on January 6^th 2021. The Capitol building is the heart of our democracy and where the elected representatives of the American people meet to peacefully debate and resolve our many differences. These attacks do not serve in resolving differences, if anything they further divide us. 

However, the mainstream media and Democrats’ decision to hold the actions of the few who engaged in violence that day as representative of all those they oppose or as a legitimate attempt to overthrow the government is dishonest.  If they genuinely wanted to make bipartisan efforts to know the truths behind that day, they wouldn’t have restricted the Republicans participation in the commission to only those who outwardly blamed President Trump. 

Today, more than any time in our history, we should honor the calls for unity that came from both sides of the aisle in the days following January 6^th.  America is better than this and, again, I pray that what happened that day will never be repeated.

House Republicans are interviewing United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers and other individuals with insight into the horrendous security failures at the Capitol that allowed the events of January 6, 2021, to happen because Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have refused to act. 

House Republicans were united in condemning the violence and destruction on January 6th, just as we were throughout the crime wave of 2020.

Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi has decided to weaponize the horrendous events of January 6th and create an illegitimate and partisan Select Committee. This isn’t just a sham Committee—Democrats are covering up the truth about what happened on January 6th.

That is why House Republicans are unified in conducting a thorough investigation into the events of January 6th to understand: Why was the U.S. Capitol left unprepared that day, and how can we ensure this never happens again? 

HERE IS WHAT THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS’ INVESTIGATION HAS UNCOVERED (From Rep. Jim Banks): 

• Sources have explained to Republican investigators that there were significant personnel changes in critical roles after the November 2020 elections. 
  • They were inexperienced but made significant changes right when they were hired and muddied the waters for their employees. 
• There continues to be no accountability and the personnel who made these disastrous policy changes remain in charge of the intelligence of our Capitol.
  • Over half a dozen top United States Capitol Police (USCP) officials got votes of no-confidence from the USCP union. Many by over 90%. Most still occupy high-level positions.
• The head of the USCP union told Rep. Banks that his officers were ill-prepared, poorly trained in crowd control tactics, and in many cases, worse equipped than the rioters they were up against.

THE CAPITOL SECURITY FAILURE: 

• Intel failure: There were credible intelligence reports regarding threats to the Capitol weeks before January 6th and Capitol Police intel analysts warned their supervisor on multiple occasions but were ignored. 
• Preparation failure: The Capitol Police had expired riot shields and other faulty equipment.  

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

1. The January 6th Select Committee is a partisan and illegitimate Committee. 

• Speaker Pelosi took the unprecedented step of blocking the participation of the Republicans that Leader McCarthy chose to serve on the Select Committee. 
• The Committee is not following its own charter: 
  • The Committee’s charter says that it must have 13 members, it only has 9.
  • The charter says that the Committee must have a lawyer from the ranking minority member during a deposition—there is no ranking minority member and no staff appointed by the minority. 
  • The Committee has even misled witnesses being questioned about the position of the attorney questioning them. Mollie Hemingway broke that news HERE. 
•  The Meadows lawsuit cites a Supreme Court ruling that to issue contempt citations a Select Committee must act in accordance with its own rules. 

2.  This is an abusive Committee whose mission is to harass and snoop on its political opponents. 

• The FBI has found that there was no “organized plot” on 1/6, but the Committee has based its investigation on the conspiracy that there was an attempted insurrection, 
• The Committee has subpoenaed multiple individuals for the sole “crime” of organizing a first amendment protected political rally. 
  • From their press release: “The committee used permit paperwork for the Jan. 6 rally to identify other individuals involved in organizing.”

• The Committee issued a contempt citation for Mark Meadows despite repeated attempts to cooperate within the bounds of executive privilege. 
  • Bennie Thompson has said that pleading the 5th makes you “part and parcel guilty.”
• The Committee has interviewed over 150 people, swept up geolocation data and call records of rally organizers and low-level Trump staffers, and even may subpoena sitting members of Congress. 

3. This isn’t just a sham Committee -Democrats are covering up the truth about what happened on January 6. 

• The Capitol Chief Police board which includes the Senate and House Sergeant at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol was slow to call National Guard assistance on 1/6 (pg. 62). 
• The Senate released a report and Pelosi’s House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving refused to comply with ANY information requests. From page 4 of the Senate report. 
  • These documents are the property of the House and Speaker Pelosi and Bennie Thompson could get them with an email—but they refuse! 
  • Not surprising because Bennie Thompson has said that Speaker Pelosi is off limits.
• The Committee is not investigating the breakdown in security on the 6th, even though its charter requires it to.

MAKE NO MISTAKE: Pelosi and House Democrats are using their illegitimate and partisan sham Select Committee on January 6th as a weapon to shred Constitutional precedents and persecute political opponents.  If they truly wanted to know what happened that day, they would release all records and allow for a bipartisan process.  

The December jobs report was another big miss and the worst of Joe Biden’s presidency. The U.S. economy added just 199,000 jobs during the month, falling well short of economists’ projections.
 
Economists had projected that 450,000 new jobs would be added to the U.S. economy in December. 
 
This weaker-than-expected jobs report is just the latest sign that Biden’s economic crisis will continue into 2022. 

BIDEN’S ECONOMIC CRISIS BY THE NUMBERS: 

• The December jobs report was the worst of Joe Biden’s presidency with only 199,000 jobs being added. 
• The labor force participation rates decreased for the following demographics:
  • African American men 20 and older
  • African American teenagers
  • Asian Americans
  • Hispanic or Latino Americans
  • Hispanic or Latino men 20 and older
  • Hispanic or Latino teenagers
• The number of persons not in the labor force who currently want a job was little changed at 5.7 million in December.
• The weaker than expected December jobs report comes at a time when inflation is still skyrocketing. 
• Inflation is a tax on all Americans, and it has gone up every month of Biden’s presidency.

Real wages have decreased under Biden 8 out of the 10 months since his first full month in office.

These documents are what our great country was founded upon. I’m thankful to patriots like Matt Dilick for standing up for conservative values, and it was my distinct pleasure to be a part of the unveiling of his tribute to our nation, our flag, and those who have fought and died to defend our freedoms!

Friends, 

Our economy has been hit hard since the beginning days of the pandemic. We need Americans back at work and our economy back on track! But I want to hear from you!

God Bless you and God Bless Texas!