madam chair, i yield back. chair lofgren: the lady yields back. mr. tiffany is recognized for five minutes. reppo tiffany -- rep. tiffany: director rogers, we heard in previous testimony that there were significant counterintelligence concerns with the program set in place during the obama administration. can you guarantee we will not allow somebody to enter who has those significant counterintelligence concerns, in particular with regards to china, which is extremely aggressive in attempting get into our armed service ms. rogers: are you referring to the mavni program? i would defer to my colleague at dod to respond about the security checks. rep. tiffany: ms. miller, would you comment? ms. miller: we have a tremendous amount of lessons learned with respect to the outcome of the mavni program that we worked hard to build and revise, background investigations and screening program calls -- protocols with colleagues in until and security. a few years ago we established a new expedited training >> a program that optimizes sources. >> miss miller, i appr

chair lofgren: the gentleman yields back. i don't believe the ranking member has arrived. if he does, we will certainly invite him to make a statement at that time or except his written statement of the record. at this point, i would like to introduce today's witnesses. emma rogers is the director of the immigrant military members and veterans initiative at the department of homeland security. previously ms. rogers served in a variety of leadership roles at u.s. citizenship and immigration services including as the director of the potomac service center, associate director for the u.s. field operations directorate, and achieve for the information and customer service division. she served as deputy director for the dhs office of citizenship and immigration services throughout her career. ms. rogers has focused on helping the military community in the immigration space. most recently, she helped create a uscis military helpline and established a uscis as basic training -- at basic training sites to assist service members with n

now, today following the hearing, chair bennie thompson and congressman lofgren were asked about the justice department and whether the former president should be investigated or perhaps even indicted. chair thompson said that right now the committee is focused on completing its fwork releasing its report which is expected in the fall and said it's up to the justice department to make that call. congressman lofgren adding that they are the legislators, the justice department is the prosecutors, ryan. >> thank you very much, natalie brand reporting live from our nation's capitol. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 streaming on news bay area, what's in the package that members of both parties agreed to. >>> a new proposed budget in san jose. how the mayor wants to spend the extra dollars. the foot patrols that could be coming to your neighborhood. >>> and finding acceptance on the court. the dodge ball league that's giving lgbtq athletes a space to have fun and be themselves. >>> beautiful weather today to start off the new work week. blue skies overhead, temperatures almost exactly where we're

thank you, mister chairman, i yield back. >> without objection, the chair recognizes miss lofgren from california for an opening statement. >> thank you, mister chairman. in our opening hearing, we gave an overview into our investigation into the january 6th attack. the plot to overthrow the election was complex and had many parts, which we will explore in remaining hearings. today, we examine the false narrative that the 2020 election was, quote, stolen. for president trump's plan to overturn the election relied on a sustained effort to deceive millions of americans would knowingly false claims of election fraud, all elements of the plot relied on convincing supporters about these false claims. today, we will demonstrate the 2020 election was not stolen. the american people elected president joe biden. we will present evidence that mr. trump's claims of election fraud were false, that he and his closest advisers knew those claims are false, but they continue to pedal them anyway, right up until the moments before a mob of trump supporters attacked the capitol. we will also show that t

lofgren. rep. lofgren: last week, bill barr testified before this committee. today, we present additional evidence, including his testimony that former president trump started making claims of election fraud immediately after the election and that barr concluded the claims were untrue. we attorney general's testimony, we are only going to include relevant portions at the hearing today. let us play the video. [video clip] >> the department, when we received significant allegations to look into these to satisfy ourselves, that they were without merit. i was in the posture of trying to figure out if there was an avalanche of all of these allegations that tilt up or -- built up over a number of days, the next day there will be another issue. early claims that i understood were completely bogus and silly and usually based on complete misinformation. i didn't consider the quality of claims to give me any feeling there was any substance here. rep. lofgren: for the first time since the election, the a

miss lofgren . >> misterchairman . last week, we presented the testimony of former attorney general bill barr who testified before this committee. today we present additional evidence including his testimony that former president trump started making claims of election fraud immediately after the election and that barr concluded the claims were untrue. due to the length of his testimony we will include relevant portions at the hearing today. so let's play the video. >> the apartment in fact when we received specific and credible allegations of fraud made an effort to look into these to satisfy ourselves that they were without merit. i was in the posture of trying to figure out, there was an avalanche of all these allegations offraud that built up over a number of days and it was like playing laughable because something would come out one day and the next day it would be another issue . i was influenced by the fact that all the early claims i understood were completely bogus and silly and usually based on complete misin

without objection the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. lofgren. ms. lofgren: thank you, mr. chairman. last week, we presented the testimony of former attorney general bill barr, who testified before this committee. today, we present additional evidence including his testimony that former president trump started making claims of election fraud immediately after the election and that barr claimed that the claims were untrue. due to the length of attorney general barr's testimony we will only include relevant portions and let's play the video. >> the department in fact, when we received specific and credible allegations of fraud, made an effort to look into these to satisfy ourselves that they were without merit. and i was in the posture of trying to figure out -- there was an avalanche of all these allegations of fraud that built up over and playing whack-a-m omp. i was influenced of the faght that by the early claims that i understood were completely bogus and based on complete misinformation. so i didn't consider the quality of claims out of the box t

lofgren, for an opening statement. ms. lofgren: we gave an overview of our investigation into the january 6 attack the plot to overthrow the election was complex and had many parts. today we examine the false narrative that the 2020 election was quote, stolen. former president trump's plan to overturn the election will rely on the effort to deseive americans with knowingly false claims of election fraud all elements on the plot to convince his supporters. today, we'll demonstrate the 2020 election was not stolen. the american people elected joe biden, will present that mr. trump's claims of election claims were false and he and his advisers knew the claims were false but they continued to peddle them any way right up until the moment before a mob of trump supporters attacked the capitol. we will show that the trump campaign used these false claims of election fraud to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from supporters who were told their donations were for the legal fight in the courts of the but the trump campaign didn

lofgren, for a closing statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. now that we understand the litigation efforts by president trump and his allies i would like to present additional actions taken by the trump campaign during this time. president trump continued to push the stolen election narrative, even though he and his allies knew that their litigation efforts, making the same claim, had failed. it's worth pointing out that litigation generally does not continue past the safe harbor date of december 14. but the fact that this litigation went on, well, that decision makes more sense when you consider the trump campaign fund-raising tactics. because if the litigation had stopped on december 14 14th , there would've been no fight to defend the election and no clear path to continue to raise millions of dollars. mr. chairman, at this time i would ask unanimous consent to include in the record a video presentation describing how president trump used the lies he told to raise millions of dollars from the american people. these fund-raising schemes were

zoe lofgren yesterday, they seem to be trying to crack the spell and reach out to trump voters. this is saying the president was asking you to send him money, and he was not using that money to fight the elections. he was using it to -- >> it will also show claims of supporters who were told their donations were for the legal fight in the courts. but the trump campaign didn't use the money for that. the big lie was also a big ripoff. >> one of the examples she cited was donald trump junior's -- are they married, fiance? >> partner. partner. >> 60$,000 she got paid to give a 2 .5 minute speech at the january 6th rally. i assume that's the family and friends discount. >> right. they're trying to show a lot of things. one of them is try to tell trump voter who is are very beholden to these false claims that they're ripping you off. they're profiting off you. this person who introduced her boyfriend or whoever when she was introducing at the time, she made a lot of money from that. i think especially how they've tried to really tie back what -- the lies that president trump was sayi

january 6 hearing ended with closing statements from committee chair republican liz cheney and democrat zoe lofgren describing how the trump administration raised over $250 million off his supporters on the false claim that 2020 election results were fraudulent. >> now that we understand the litigation efforts by president trump and his allies, i would like to present additional actions taken by the trump campaign during this time. president trump continued to push the stolen election narrative ev though he and his allies knew litigation efforts, making the same claim had failed. it is worth pointing out that litigation generally does not continue past the safe harbor date of december 14, but the fact this litigation went on, well, that decision makes more sense when you consider the trump campgn's fundraising tactics because if the litigation had stopped on december 14, there would have been no fight to defend the election and no clear path to continue to raise millions of dollars. mr. chairman, at this time i'd ask for unanimous consent to include in the record a video presentation de

lofgren. >> thank you, mr. chairman. last week, we presented the testimony of former attorney general bill barr, who testified before this committee. today, we present additional evidence, including his testimony that former president trump started making claims of election fraud immediately after the election and that barr concluded the claims were untrue. now, due to the length of attorney general barr's testimony we are only going to include relevant portions at the hearing today. so let's play the video. >> the department, in fact, when we received specific and credible allegations of fraud, made an effort to look into these to satisfy ourselves that they were without merit. and i was in the posture of trying to figure out -- there was an avalanche of all these allegations of fraud that built up over a number of days. and it was like playing whack a mole because somebody would come out one day, and then the next day there would be another issue. also i was influenced by the fact that all the early claims that i under

lofgren, for a closing statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. now that we understand the litigation efforts by president trump and his allies, i would like to present additional action taken by the trump campaign during this time. president trump continued to push the stolen election narrative even though he and his allies knew that their litigation efforts making the same claim had failed. it is worth pointing out that litigation generally does not continue past the safe harbor date of december 14th. but the fact that this litigation went on, that decision makes more sense when you consider the trump campaign's fund-raising tactics. because if the litigation had stopped december 14th, there would have been no fight to defend the election, and no clear path to continue to raise millions of dollars. mr. chairman, at this time i would ask for unanimous consent to include in the record a video presentation describing how president trump used the lies he told to raise millions of dollars from the american people. these fund-raising schemes were also

lofgren on opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in our opening hearing we gave an overview of our investigation into the january 6th attack. the plot to overthrow the election was complex and had many parts which we'll explore in remaining hearings but today we examine the false narrative that the 2020 election was, quote, stolen. former president trump's plan to overturn the election relied on a sustained effort to deserve millions of americans with knowingly false claims of election fraud. all elements of the plot relied on convincing his supporters about these false claims. today we'll demonstrate the 2020 election was not stolen. the american people elected president joe biden. we'll present evidence that mr. trump's claims of election fraud were false, that he and his close advisors knew those claims were false, but they continued to peddle them anyway right up until the moment before a mob of trump supporters attacked the capitol. we'll also show that the trump campaign used these false claims of election fraud to raise hundr

lofgren for an opening statement. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman. in our opening heviewnvtigation 6th plothe election was complex and had many parts which we'll explore in remaining hearings, but today we examine the false narrative that the 2020 election was, quote, stolen. former president trump's plan to overturn the election relied on a sustained effort to deceive millions of americans with knowingly false claims of election fraud. all elements of the plot relied on convincing his supporters about these false claims. today we'll demonstrate the 2020 election was not stolen. the american people elected president joe biden. we'll present evidence that mr. trump's claims of election fraud were false, that he and his closest advisers knew those claims were false, but they continued to peddle them anyway right up until the moments before a mob of trump supporters attacked the capitol. we'll also show that the trump campaign used these false claims of election fraud to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from supporters w wonions were legal fight in

but 1st, i will recognize our distinguished vice chair miss cheney of wyoming, or any opening statement she'd care to offer. thank you very much, miss chairman. last week, as the chairman noted, our committee began outlining a 7 part plan overseen by president trump to overturn the 2020 election. today we will begin looking at the initial part of that plan. president trump's effort to convince millions of americans that the election was stolen from him. i over whelming fraud. a federal court has already reviewed elements of the committee's evidence on this point and said this quote, in the months following the election, numerous credible sources from the president's inner circle to agency leadership and statisticians informed of president trump. and dr. eastman that there was no evidence of election fraud. close quote, sufficient to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the court's opinion methodically documents each of the principal reasons for that conclusion. and i would urge all those watching to read it. to day we will begin to show the american people some of our evidence to da

president. >> congresswoman zo lofgren, thank you so much. i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us today. we're going dig much deeper into what comes next including the pressure liz cheney is sending to republicans in her own party, one name at a time. r own party, one name at a time reason, or fun. daring, or thoughtful. sensitive, or strong. progress isn't either or progress is everything. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we believe there's an innovator in all of us. ♪ ♪ that's why we build technology that makes it possible for every business... and every person... to come to the table and do more incredible things. ♪ ♪ bipolar depression. it made me feel trapped in a fog. this is art inspired by real stories of bipolar depression. i just couldn't find my way out of it. the lows of bipolar depression can take you to a dark place. latuda could make a real difference in your symptoms. latuda was proven to significantly reduce bipolar depression symptoms and in clinical studies, had no substantial impact on weight. this is where i want to be. ca

lofgren: thank you, madam chair. on behalf of my california colleagues and the house of representatives i'd like to welcome representative connie conway to congress. a lifelong san joaquin valley representative, representative conway has served as a businesswoman, health care worker, tulare county supervisor, president of the california state association of counties and director of the national association of counties. from 2008 to 2014, she served in the california state assembly and during her tenure also served as assembly minority leader. in 2019, representative conway was appointed to the usda farm service agency as the california executive director. in that role, she administered more than $100 million in safety net and disaster relief programs, serving california farmers, ranchers, foresters and agricultural producers. representative conway previously operated her own consulting business and comes with experience in the health care sector. previously working for the women's health department at tulary district

findings on these matters but first, i will recognize or distinguished vice chair, ms. cheney of wyoming for any opening statement she cares to offer. >> thank you very much. last week as the chairman noted, our committee began outlining a seven part plan overseen by trump to over turn the 2020 election. today, we will begin looking at the initial part of that plan. president trump's effort to convince millions of americans that the election was stolen from him by overwhelming fraud. a federal court has already reviewed elements of the committee's evidence on this point, and said this, quote, in the months following the election, numerous credible sources from the president's inner circle to agency leadership and statisticians informed trump and dr. eastman there was no evidence of election fraud, closed quote. sufficient to over turn the 2020 presidential election. the courts opinion methodically documents each of the principled reasons for that conclusion. i would urge all those watching to read it. today we will begin to show the american people some of our evidence.

in the opinion of the chair -- >> mr. chairman? i request a recorded vote. >> a recorded vote has been requested. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. nadler? miss lofgren? >> no. >> miss jackson lee? mr. cohen? >> no. >> mr. johnson of georgia? >> no. >> mr. deutch? >> no. >> miss bass? >> no. >> mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? >> no. >> mr. swalwell? >> no. >> mr. liu? >> no. >> mr. raskin? >> no. >> miss jayapal? >> no. >> miss demings? >> no. >> mr. correa? miss scanlon? >> no. >> miss garcia? >> no. >> mr. neguse? >> no. >> miss mcbeth? -- mcbath? >> no. >> mr. stanton? >> no. >> miss dean? >> no. >> miss escobar? >> no. >> mr. jones? >> no. >> miss ross? >> no. >> miss bush? mr. jordan? >> yes. >> mr. shaaban? >> aye. >> mr. gohmert? >> aye. >> mr. issa? >> aye. >> mr. buck? >> aye. >> mr. gates? >> aye. >> mr. johnson of louisiana? >> aye. >> mr. biggs? >> aye. >> mr. mcclintock? >> aye. >> mr. steube? >> yes. >> mr. tiffany? >> aye. >> mr. massey? >> aye. >> mr. roy? >> aye. >> mr. bishop? >> aye. >> ms. sparks? mr. fitzgerald

in the opinion of the chair -- >> mr. chairman? i request a recorded vote. >> a recorded vote has been requested. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. nadler? miss lofgren? >> no. >> miss jackson lee? mr. cohen? >> no. >> mr. johnson of georgia? >> no. >> mr. deutch? >> no. >> miss bass? >> no. >> mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? >> no. >> mr. swalwell? >> no. >> mr. liu? >> no. >> mr. raskin? >> no. >> miss jayapal? >> no. >> miss demings? >> no. >> mr. correa? miss scanlon? >> no. >> miss garcia? >> no. >> mr. neguse? >> no. >> miss mcbeth? -- mcbath? >> no. >> mr. stanton? >> no. >> miss dean? >> no. >> miss escobar? >> no. >> mr. jones? >> no. >> miss ross? >> no. >> miss bush? mr. jordan? >> yes. >> mr. shaaban? >> aye. >> mr. gohmert? >> aye. >> mr. issa? >> aye. >> mr. buck? >> aye. >> mr. gates? >> aye. >> mr. johnson of louisiana? >> aye. >> mr. biggs? >> aye. >> mr. mcclintock? >> aye. >> mr. steube? >> yes. >> mr. tiffany? >> aye. >> mr. massey? >> aye. >> mr. roy? >> aye. >> mr. bishop? >> aye. >> ms. sparks? mr. fitzgerald