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Lawmaker offers motion to bar taxpayer payouts to Jan. 6 rioters, cites attacks on officers
Summary
A lawmaker on the House floor said the pending bill would not stop former President Donald Trump from directing taxpayer funds to January 6 rioters, recounted attacks on officers, and said they would move to recommit the bill with an amendment prohibiting any taxpayer payouts to insurrectionists.
A lawmaker on the House floor said the bill under consideration 'does absolutely nothing to prevent Donald Trump from handing taxpayer dollars to the violent criminals who attacked police officers here on January 6th,' and announced plans to move to send the measure back to committee.
The speaker recounted violence against officers during the January 6 attack, naming Officer Daniel Hodges and Officer Michael Fanone. According to the lawmaker, Hodges was 'trapped in a doorway, ripped away his gas mask as he was crushed and assaulted,' and Fanone was 'beaten, tased again and again, dragged into the crowd, and suffered a heart attack.' The speaker said other officers were 'attacked with flagpoles and pepper sprayed.'
The lawmaker asserted that 'this president has already pardoned them' and said the president has 'refused to rule out payments even for those who assaulted law enforcement officers at the Capitol,' framing the amendment as a necessary safeguard. The speaker said, 'What a disgrace.'
At SEG 021 the speaker announced they would 'offer a motion to commit this bill back to committee' and described an amendment that would 'make clear that not one penny of taxpayer money may be used to create, administer, or pay for any slush fund, settlement payment, or any other payout to January 6th insurrectionists.' The lawmaker asked unanimous consent to insert the amendment text into the record; the transcript records the response 'Without objection.'
The speaker urged colleagues to support the motion—'I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion to commit'—and then yielded back their time. The transcript does not record the motion being offered on the floor, a second, or any vote on the motion or amendment.
No bill number, sponsor name, committee name, or vote tally appears in the provided transcript. The speaker referred repeatedly to 'this bill' without further identifying details; those specifics are not provided in the record excerpt.
