as american and the -- watch in horror of what was happening at the capitol. we did not receive timely reinforcement and support we needed. in contrast, during the black lives matter protests last year, u.s. capitol police had all of the support we needed and more. why the different response, why not for the brave members of mpd and later on from other law enforcement agencies. i'm afraid to think what could have happened on january 6th. i want to publicly thank all of the law enforcement agencies that responded to assist that day for the courage and their support. i especially want to thank those capitol police officer who responded on their own from home after working the night shift. despite being outnumbered, we