Transcript for 'We must start answering some questions': Republican congressman on abortion
RELATED TO JANUARY 6TH?
>> MISS MEADOWS DID ASK THAT
PARDON, YES MA'AM. JOHN CURTIS
JOINS US NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING
WITH US.
LET'S START WITH TODAY'S
BOMBSHELL OF A HEARING.
YOU ARE ONE OF 35 REPUBLICANS
WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE
COMMISSION LAST YEAR, WHAT WAS
YOUR REACTION TO WHAT WE
WITNESSED?
>> I DID LISTEN AND I LISTEN
VERY CAREFULLY.
I FOUND MYSELF WISHING WE
WOULD'VE HAD THAT COMMISSION.
I THINK IT WOULD'VE ADDED A LOT
OF CREDIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE QUESTIONS
ASKED BY WAY OF A
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
I JUST THINK THAT WOULD'VE BEEN
HELPFUL.
>> YOU DON'T CONSIDER TO BE
BIPARTISAN?
>> I THINK EVERYONE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE AT LEAST SOME PUSHBACK,
SOME QUESTIONS ASKED.
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR FROM
THE OTHER SIDE.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED TO
ASK?
>> I WOULD HAVE ASKED A LONG
TIME AGO WHO IS IN CHARGE OF
HOW SECURITY?
WHY WERE WE NOT BETTER PREPARED?
WHO MADE THE DECISION NOT TO
CALL THE NATIONAL GUARD?
ALL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT
HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE ANSWERED
>> HOW HAVE THE HEARINGS PLAYED
IN YOUR COMMITTEE?
>> WELL, I THINK MANY PEOPLE,
IF YOU ASK THEM, AT THE TIME
THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED.
THEY CARE ABOUT INFLATION, THEY
CARE ABOUT THE WAR, I DON'T
THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE
WATCHING QUITE FRANKLY.
>> I WANT TO TURN OUT TO THE
ISSUE OF ABORTION IN THE
SUPREME COURT RULING.
UTAH STATE COURTS CLEAR THE WAY
FOR A LAW BANNING ABORTIONS
AFTER 18 WEEKS.
THEY PUT THE TRIGGER LAW THAT
WOULD BAN ALL PROCEDURES ON
HOLD ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES THAT YOU ARE
ADVOCATING FOR THAT COULD PINCH
INSLEE HELP YOUNG FAMILIES?
>> I'VE SAID EVER SINCE THIS
PERIOD THAT WE MUST START
TAKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS
ABOUT WOMEN.
UNEXPECTED PREGNANCIES, I THINK
IT IS TIME THAT WE ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THE FATHERS.
I THINK THOSE ARE OUR VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AS WE
TURN THIS CORNER.
>> THESE ARE MAJOR ISSUES FOR
ALL AMERICANS.
HOW DID THEY WEIGH AGAINST
EVERY DAY POCKETBOOK ISSUES?
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED GAS PRICES,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT.
INFLATION AS WELL.
FOR VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT,
HOW DOES THIS ALL PLAY OUT AND
HOW IS THE WAY TO PUT ON IT?
>> WE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE
STATE.
I CAN'T SAY EVERYONE IS PRO
LIFE, MANY ARE.
WE HAVE HAD A TRIGGER LAW IN
PLACE.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
PLEASED WITH THE DECISION.
BEYOND THAT, IT IS GAS PRICES
AND INFLATION, AND THE ECONOMY.
>> CONGRESSMAN, JUST ONE MORE
QUESTION, I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK
ON THE HEARING TODAY.
I KNOW YOU GAVE YOUR REACTION
BUT I AM CURIOUS, IF ANYTHING
THAT YOU ARE SURPRISED YOU?
WAS THERE ANYTHING AT GEORGE?
YOU >> WELL, I MUST SAY THE
TESTIMONY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE CAR WITH THE PRESIDENT,
IT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF, I
WANT TO KNOW MORE.
IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE WE WENT
THERE VERY QUICKLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE LOSE THE
ADVANTAGE OF ADDITIONAL PEOPLE,
WITNESSES, WHO MIGHT HAVE THE
REPUBLICANS CALLED AS A
WITNESS.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HEAR
MORE AS THE SECRET SERVICE WILL
GIVE TESTIMONY.
OKAY, UTAH CONGRESSMAN JOHN,
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