[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 7 (Friday, January 9, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H607]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE

  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I could not leave 
Washington this week without calling out House Republicans for their 
hypocrisy.
  They have been silent while DHS agents shoot Americans in broad 
daylight and then smear them as domestic terrorists. At the same time, 
they try to vanish the memory of January 6 from our collective memory, 
refusing to put up a plaque to honor law enforcement officers who 
defended them from actual domestic terrorists in this very building.
  They won't hold this administration accountable because it would make 
them feel as unsafe as many Americans feel right now. They all saw what 
happened when Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Trump's staunchest 
supporters, opposed the President and in doing so saw her and her 
family's safety threatened. This is the culture of fear this President 
has created and which House Republicans have been complicit in.
  The American people deserve better, and I will keep coming down here 
until House Republicans finally speak up for the American people and 
hold this administration accountable.

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