President Biden at #COP26: "This is the challenge of our collective lifetimes, the existential threat to human existence as we know it. And every day we delay, the cost of inaction increases."

@SpeakerPelosi: "For those who said, 'I want to see text,' the text is there for you to review, for you to complain about, for you to add to or subtract from, whatever it is. And we'll see what consensus emerges from that."

@GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy: "This is no longer a Congress where the best ideas compete. They're now competing for a vote based upon when Air Force One lands in Rome."

President Biden: "For most of the 20th century, we led the world by a significant margin because we invested in our people … but somewhere along the way, we stopped investing in ourselves, investing in our people."

Attorney General Merrick Garland to @SenWhitehouse on January 6th: "The investigation is being conducted by the prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's office and by the FBI field office. We have not constrained them in any way."

Remarks from @SenTomCotton and Attorney Merrick General Garland on school board memo.

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients: "Today we will hit 400 million shots in arms since the president's first day in office. 400 million shots in 9 months."

Dr. William Gruber, M.D.FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS Senior Vice President, Vaccine Clinical Res. And Development Pfizer Inc explains the vaccine for children ages 5-11 to the FDA panel earlier today. 

@SenJoniErnst asks if Americans behind were left behind.

@ColinKahl: We did not leave Americans behind. They continue to get out.

Gen. Mingus: Yes ma'am, the last airplane left the evening of the 30th, the morning of 31st.

Ernst: Thank you for your straight-forward answer.

Q: "How close are you?"

Lawmaker: "Today."