00:00Think you're going to hell Mr. Lyons? I'm not going to end. Of course not. How many government
00:05will suspend? We are here for answers. We are here for accountability and we are here because
00:10people are dying. Let me repeat that. People are dying and you don't seem to care. So Mr. Lyons,
00:19I've heard my colleagues ask many questions over and over again and you cannot answer them. So let
00:24me ask you some questions that you may be able to answer. Mr. Lyons, do you consider yourself a
00:30religious man? Yes, ma'am. Oh yes. Okay. Well, how do you think judgment day will work for you
00:36with so much blood on your hands? I'm not going to entertain that question. Oh, okay. Of course not.
00:42Do you think you're going to hell Mr. Lyons? I'm not going to end. Of course not. How many government
00:47will suspend? The gentlelady will suspend. Chairman. A gentlelady will suspend. As I said,
00:52the issues we're debating here are important to ones that members feel deeply about.
00:57While vigorous disagreement is part of the legislative process, members are reminded that
01:02we must adhere to established standards of decorum and debate. The witnesses are here voluntarily
01:07and I will continue to remind members that while oversight is important, aggressively attacking
01:12those witnesses personally is inappropriate and not in keeping with the traditions of our committee.
01:18Mr. Chairman, I'm just asking a question. You guys are always talking about
01:22religion here in the Bible. I mean, it's okay for me to ask a question, right?
01:26Mr. Lyons, will you apologize to the family of Renee Good for being called a domestic terrorist
01:31by the president and his leadership? No, sir. Why not? Sir, I welcome the opportunity to speak to the
01:39family in private, but I'm not going to comment on any active investigation. Is she a domestic terrorist?
01:44Sir, I'm not going to comment on the investigation and the president and Secretary Noem are elected
01:51officials. That's your right to their comments, but as law enforcement, career law enforcement,
01:55we won't speak to any. Do you agree with their comments? Sir, I'm not going to go ahead and
01:59talk about any ongoing investigation. Will you apologize to the family of Alex Petty for also
02:04being called a domestic terrorist? Sir, again, I'm not going to speak to any ongoing investigation.
02:09You are aware, of course, and there's well-documented, numerous well-documented instances of people,
02:17American citizens, being asked to show and prove their citizenship. Do you know what other regimes
02:24in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship? Yes, sir. What? Sir, there was
02:34very nefarious, various nefarious regimes that did that. Is Nazi Germany one? Yes, but I- Is the
02:41Soviet Union one? I honestly- Sir, I'm asking the questions. Is the Soviet Union one? Yes, sir,
02:45but I totally- I totally- This is the wrong type of questioning. No, what's- I'll tell you what the
02:51wrong type of thing is. But actually, sir, it's my time. It's my time. Reclaiming my time, sir.
02:55I'm reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman. It's not the men and women of ICE that are out there doing it
03:00every day. So to say it's the men and women of ICE at Gestapo- Mr. Chairman, I'm reclaiming my time.
03:04I would like my time back, please. Please give me another 15 seconds because he was unnecessarily
03:09speaking. You said in your opening statement that references to ICE as the Gestapo or the secret
03:17police encourages threats against ICE agents. 100%. The problem is you have it backwards, sir.
03:24People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright
03:34fascist. So I have a simple suggestion. If you don't want to be called a fascist regime or secret
03:43police, then stop acting like one. But people are simply just observing what they are seeing. And that's
03:53why people are making those comments.
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