coleman. congresswoman, remind viewers of the circumstances around your contracting coronavirus. congresswoman -- we will work on getting your mic on and chatting with you. perhaps we can try again -- guest: can you hear me now? host: we got you now. guest: sorry, it was my fault. i was in d.c., at the capitol on the time of the insurrection on january 6. i was in a holding room with a lot of other members, and some of whom would not wear our mask even when they were offered. i came back home the following weekend. . by that monday, i was told to go and get tested because someone in the room who did not have a mask on or someone in the room tested positive. i tested positive. so i was infected with the virus. i had tested negative when i went to d.c.. so i tested negative when i left d.c. i was given monochrome all antibodies infusion. i had already had my first inoculation in december 29. but i have not had my second one because i have to wait 90 days before getting the next one. i am looking forward to hear the next one. it hurts me to hear misinformed people saying that you are being injected with the virus. there is no virus within this vaccine. host: you have been very open about your health battles over the years. talk about january 6, talk about coming to congress and what you were planning to do that day, and your trepidation about coming back to congress amid the pandemic. guest: well, i had cancer a year and a half ago. thank god, i am cancer free. i do have diabetes, and i have been working virtually from home. but on january 6, in order to be sworn in, you had to be in-person in d.c. and while you are there, you had to vote on a few things to organize the brand-new congress. so i was there to get sworn in and there to vote, and while i was there, that is when there was a breach of the capitol. i happened to actually see them as i was going down the hallway to go to an office, ended up being in a small office with five people for couple of hours, locked in. we could hear all the noise on the outside. then the police came to get us and take us to another room, which really wasn't such a smart idea when i think about it, because there were more than 100 people in a large hearing room, and as i said, some of them didn't have masks. up until that point, i had been very careful to work virtually until i was completely inoculated. now, my inoculation will not be completed until april, at which time i plan to spend 10-14 days to quarantine so that the inoculation is as effective as it can be and should be, then i will go back to d.c. host: did any of the massless members in the room with you that day, after you announced your diagnosis, did any of them reach out to see how you were doing? guest: thank you, you are the second or third person to have asked me that question. i never actually thought about it before, but, no. no one in the room that did not have a mask on did not reach out to me. many members have but none of them have. host:. host: we have been talking to members about their experience. we talked to congressman mark kelly from pennsylvania about donating plasma afterwards. talk about where you are in the recovery process. is that something you have considered doing? guest: doctors tell me i could be helpful in that way. of course, i will give up my plasma. i don't know if it is because of my pre-existing conditions or because i have antibodies, if that contributes to that, but i certainly would contribute whatever i can to make it better for somebody else. host: and other question we have been asking viewers all morning long is about the year of the coronavirus, the successes and the failures they have seen. what you think has been a success and what has been the biggest failure? guest: the biggest success we have had is collecting joe biden. he instituted a very aggressive work on getting rid of this virus, on testing and on contact tracing. and now, ramping up the vaccine. that, to me, is the biggest accomplishment. the most troubling and dangerous aspect was having the former president who did not -- either didn't get it or didn't care to understand how it affected everybody else. i think my biggest -- the biggest think i am looking forward to doing is having my granddaughter around me. she is very close to me, she is seven years old. i will get to hug her and kiss her and hold her and spend time with her. host: when do you think you can do that again? guest: after i get my second shot and after i go through the 14 days. host: congresswoman bonnie watson coleman, democrat from the 12th district of new >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, recent actions by the house to expand background checks on gun purchases with chris brown, president of brady, a group working to and gun violence and former georgian republican congressman bob barr, a current nra board member. wanda collins of the national association of tax professionals answers federal tax preparation questions. watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls , facebook comments, text messages, and suites -- tweets. >>