At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Democrats promoted an amendment to ban putting classified information in Signal.
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00:00Yielding to my friend from California, I want to go back just for a second to the amendment that you just introduced, because signal is a very common form of communication.
00:15It's encrypted, and I guess I just, why is it so bad to share classified information that would actually subject someone to criminal penalties for its unlawful and knowing disclosure?
00:40Why is it, I don't understand, but it's encrypted, so why is it bad to do that?
00:45What is the point of this amendment?
00:47Well, Mr. Goldman, let's start our own little group chat.
00:49Mr. Moskowitz, welcome to the group chat.
00:52What do you think?
00:54No classified, please.
00:56I think some of the things that were in that signal chat make excellent pieces of clothing.
01:03Like pound, fire, flag, fist, fire, flag.
01:07I've got to get the chairman this time.
01:09All right, get it in the rotation.
01:11I know you love yellow.
01:13You love yellow.
01:14Red sometimes.
01:16Sometimes red.
01:19But Mr. Moskowitz and Mr. Goldman, anyone else who wants to join the signal group chat?
01:26The report.
01:26I appreciate, yeah, so I appreciate Mr. Hegseth's commitment to transparency by like putting war plans in a group chat, but Ms. Crockett, what do you think about, should we ban classified information from being discussed in a signal group chat?
01:42We absolutely should, especially with your significant others or when we have the reporters in the room that are going to report out.
01:50And thank God for the good reporters.
01:52You know, thank God we still have the First Amendment and some people that understand what it is to do true reporting.
01:59Because, honestly, if this administration had their way, I'm sure that that reporter would not even be allowed to report on this mishap.
02:08But more importantly, as I was stating earlier today, this isn't just about whether or not we as Americans are going to be safe, because clearly we don't care.
02:18But, I mean, we are talking about our allies.
02:21Our allies are not going to want to share stuff with us when all we're doing is putting it in a group chat with the brother-in-law, the wife, and everybody else.
02:29Would the gentleman yield for a question?
02:30Yeah.
02:31Also, it was reported that the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Hegseth, installed a makeup room in the Pentagon.
02:38And I was just wondering if you had any insight based on things that get discussed in the chat, if you were aware of what foundation or what cover-up he used.
02:46He tried to conceal that story, but it got out.
02:50Oh, conceal?
02:51He used his concealer?
02:52He used his concealer?
02:53He did.
02:54Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
02:55Hold on.
02:56Go back to this for a second.
02:58What, he, I'm not following this.
03:01The Secretary of Defense has a makeup room?
03:04Yes.
03:04Did he use government funds to create that makeup room?
03:08It's unclear.
03:09I'm just saying in that room is where he does the concealer and the cover-up.
03:14I actually don't have any problem with anybody that needs to get their makeup room.
03:17If he wants that, he should have it.
03:19That's okay.
03:20Especially if they want to wear their lashes.
03:22I was going to say, do you think Mr. Hegseth has special lashes?
03:25I forget who has the time, but whoever has it, it has expired.
03:31Who seeks recognition?
03:32The gentleman from Maryland is recognized.
03:38Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
03:43I've got an amendment at the desk.
03:46We're still on.
03:47We're still on.
03:49Oh, we're still there.
03:51I yield back.
03:55You want to offer a different amendment, is that correct?
03:57Yes.
03:57The question occurs on the amendment.