'I agree with what the speaker has done.' Rep. Cheney addresses media after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejects Reps. Jim Banks and Jim Jordan for the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
McCarthy shot back at a news conference on Wednesday, saying Pelosi had created"a sham process."
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying the minority party’s picks for the Select Committee on January 6," he said in an earlier statement."This represents an egregious abuse of power and will irreparably damage this institution.
"The question is, you make a phone call after people are in the Capitol to advise the president of what's going on, doesn't get to the answer of why were we ill-prepared," he said."That's really playing politics, and it really shows if that's the issue that they want to go to, before they want to drive, we don't get all the answers."House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy,joined by Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep.
"We owe it to our democracy to stay the course and not be distracted by side-shows," he said in the statement.Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly media availability on Capitol Hill on June 17, 2021, in Washington.
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