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From the Speaker's Press Office
As Minority Leader McCarthy continues to disrespect police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6th, officers who protected the Capitol – and their partners – are speaking out against House Republicans' contempt for the heroes who protected their lives during January's violent insurrection.
D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, joined Reps. Swalwell (D-CA) and Kinzinger (R-IL) on CBS This Morning to call out Congressional Republicans – and McCarthy for blocking an inquiry into the January 6th insurrection. Unsurprisingly, McCarthy refused to comment on the story or explain why he's broken his promise to meet with Officer Fanone.
From the Speaker's Press Office
House Republicans are using Pride Month to attack LGBTQ-owned small businesses.
Republicans lined up on Tuesday to prevent Congressman Richie Torres' LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act from passing on suspension. The bill would help ensure that financial institutions are providing LGBTQ-owned small businesses equal access to credit. 177 Republicans voted against the measure – meaning that 85 percent of House Republicans present voted against the bill.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
More than one month after publicly promising to meet with Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone to discuss the horrors he experienced on January 6th, Minority Leader McCarthy's office has not even reached out to Officer Fanone to set up a meeting.
During the January 6th Capitol insurrection, Officer Fanone was beaten with a flag pole, concussed and suffered a heart attack while protecting McCarthy and other lawmakers from violent Trump supporters.
McCarthy promised to meet with Officer Fanone during National Police Week while standing in front of a national monument to fallen police officers.
House Democrats passed widely popular legislation to put shots in arms, money in pockets, and people back in jobs, and the results show that the Rescue Plan is continuing to put money back into the pockets of the American people.
U.S. jobless claims fell to a new pandemic low last week as vaccinations increased and businesses continued to pick up hiring.
President Biden and House Democrats' shots in arms, money in pockets and aid to small businesses are powering rising wages and record job growth with 559,000 jobs added in May and 2 million jobs created since President Biden took office.
But every single House Republican voted to block that progress.
American workers saw rising wages in April and May as the economy created 540,000 jobs per month during the first four months of the Biden Administration – three times more jobs created than the first four months of the Trump Administration, and eight times the number of jobs created during Reagan's first four months in office.
House Republicans voted against putting money in pockets, people back in jobs, and kids back in school – and the American people noticed.
New Navigator Research polling shows that a majority of voters – including a majority of independents – believe that Republicans put the interests of "the wealthy and big corporations" over the needs of "middle and working class people."
That might explain why Minority Leader McCarthy and dozens of Members of his conference are scrambling to hide their votes against:
The American Rescue Plan's work to put shots in arms, money in pockets, and people in jobs has helped slash COVID deaths, lowered jobless claims to their lowest level of the pandemic, and kept Americans afloat across the country.
Unsurprisingly, House Republicans are trying to hide their votes to block that progress – and it's not going very well for them.
This week, Minority Leader McCarthy rejected a bipartisan compromise negotiated by one of his own ranking committee members in a brazen attempt to hide the truth about the January 6th violent insurrection at the Capitol.
It's safe to say that people noticed.
Some of the highlights of McCarthy's decision to side with January 6th deniers:
Washington Post Editorial: Opinion: Kevin McCarthy plumbs new depths of political cowardice
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is still refusing to set a meeting with D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone to discuss the horrors he experienced.
Officer Fanone was beaten with a flag pole, concussed, and suffered a heart attack while protecting McCarthy and other lawmakers from Capitol insurrectionists.
As CNN's Jake Tapper and Abby Phillip explain, McCarthy's refusal to speak with Officer Fanone is part of the Republican Leader's attempt to downplay the insurrection and "create a myth around what happened". A myth that may explain why McCarthy is urging his members to vote against a bipartisan commission to study the insurrection.
WATCH CNN Clip On McCarthy's Refusal To Meet With Officer Fanone