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Texans, to defend our districts, and that was walk out and deny them quorum. >> so i want to underscore the point that you just made there. ""the houston chronicle"" recently reported some of the texas republicans were walking back some of the restrictions saying one of the members that crafted the final version of the bill, state representative travis clardy and chief author bryan hughes, now denounce the measure related to overturn them and dont plan to revive the bill. there was zero appet...

Favor by voting down the bipartisan commission that chairman thompson and ranking member katko negotiated. i didnt hear a lot of screamin that was wrong. its now on us to move forward with the commission and to just make sure that we seek the truth and we follow the facts. so thats what we plan to do. we have a quorum of the committee constituted. so were going to start having conversations and building staff. were not going to wait for kevin mccarthy to take the temperature of his conference be...

Insurrection with kevin mccarthy going so far as to threaten to strip republican members of their other committee assignments if they accept an offer to serve on the house select committee to investigate january 6, simply because the offer comes from the democratic house speaker nancy pelosi. that is where we begin this morning. joining me now is the democratic representative bennie thompson of mississippi, he is the chair of the house homeland security committee. he is -- this week he was named...

Strip them of their committee assignments. he later claimed that he didnt do that, and that he was still shocked by -- by congresswoman liz cheneys decision to accept that appointment from pelosi instead of accepting a committee assignment from their own republican leadership. as this plays out were getting new details from democrats into how theyre trying to move forward. wheelers benny thompson had to say. hes going to be chairing the committee and speaking about what they are prepared to do a...

Thats to protect our constituents. breaking a quorum is in our constitution. our resolve and grit and determination to be the voice for our constituents is stronger than it was in may. we are not going to bow down. were not going to sit down. were goes to rise up. we will fight a voter suppression bill if it hurts our constituents. >> jamie, this fight is multi-facetted. there are people like representative martinez fisher in state legislatures across this country, there are voting rights activi...

Experienced during that deadly day. that could be happening very soon. but democrats are not waiting to see how and if republicans are going to fill those remaining seats on the committee. theyre ready to get to work and they have a quorum to do so. >> amanda golden, thank you so much. lets go ahead and continue the conversation with california congresswoman sarah jacobs, democratic member of the house armed services and foreign affairs committee. congresswoman, good afternoon, to you for bein...

Questioned whether kevin mccarthy will appoint anyone. there is reporting this morning in punch bowl and other places they think he likely will. what if its someone like jim jordan? people said marjorie taylor greene. forget her for a second. even jim jordan, hes been a thorn in democrats sides. do you think he will take the investigation sear riously? >> i hope that kevin mccarthy will appoint people who will take this commission and treat it with the seriousness that it deserves. but, you know...

Happen if republicans took their time and did not name people immediately. she said we have a quorum. she appointed enough people to get started with or without republicans. >> garrett haake, jake sherman, happy fourth if i dont see you between now and then. i bring in select committee member congresswoman stephanie murphy of florida. so good for you to be with us on this friday of a holiday weekend. where are you? those you named who have been named to the committee held an initial meeting yest...

Sherman. garrett, lets talk about strategy how the two sides are approaching this, what can you tell us about where this is going? >> reporter: the democrats want to get to work. adam schiff, one of the members of this committee said they look at the 9/11 commission as the gold standard theyre trying to emulate. they want to produce a report a mixture of probably public hearings, closed door depositions, the first of which a public hearing with capitol police officers that could come soon, not i...

That information, why didnt we have a different presence built here? if you were concerned about riots, why would you put the riot gear in a bus that was locked in a route down the way? if there was -- in the time of the riot took place, why was there not communication that had direction from leadership? because leadership wasnt talking? theres so many failures along that way that happened the days before that allowed individuals to get into the building. thats what we want to make sure never, e...