[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 185 (Thursday, October 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          WE CANNOT ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to be able to further 
defend and add to my statement regarding H. Res. 730 recommending that 
the House of Representatives find Stephen K. Bannon in contempt of 
Congress.
  It is well known that even from his own words and published reports, 
these are the words that Mr. Bannon told his listeners:
  ``All hell is going to break loose tomorrow.''
  ``It is not going to happen like you think it is going to happen. 
Okay. It is going to be quite extraordinarily different. All I can say 
is, strap in. . . . You have made this happen, and tomorrow, it is game 
day. So strap in. Let's get ready.''
  ``So many people through my life said, man, if I was in the 
Revolution, I would be with Washington at Trenton. Well, this is your 
time in history.''
  There is no constitutional provision that would deny the January 6th 
Select Committee the right to receive information from Mr. Bannon after 
he has been subpoenaed for information regarding the insurrection, the 
riot, the attack on January 6.
  The idea of executive privilege is exerted by the existing President, 
limited on a President of the United States no longer in office. In 
fact, Mr. Bannon has been gone from the White House since 2017. He has 
no legitimate basis.
  Based on three equal branches of government, we cannot allow an 
individual to undermine democracy. This is a democratic republic, and I 
expect that the referral to the United States Department of Justice 
will be handled.

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