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00:00FLORIDA, STEPHANIE MURPHY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. BRING US UP TO SPEED ON WHERE THIS IS. HOW DO THESE SUBPOENAS FIT INTO THE INVESTIGATION? YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED A LOT OF PEOPLE. REP. MURPHY: [INDISCERNIBLE] WE ISSUED SUBPOENAS YESTERDAY. WE DID NOT DO IT LIGHTLY. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INVESTIGATION OF AN UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL, IN AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN A DEMOCRATIC ELECTION. WE ARE IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. WE NEED ALL THE FOLKS WITH RELEVANT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE SO WE HAVE A FULL LITERATURE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE RUN-UP UP TO AND ON JANUARY 6 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN AND SECURE OUR DEMOCRACY. DAVID: I AM A LAWYER. I HAVE PUT WITNESSES ON THE STAND. OFTEN IT IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT ALREADY AND WANT TO GET PEOPLE ON THE RECORD. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ALREADY? REP. MURPHY: GIVEN THAT WE HAVE OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF WITNESSES WHO HAVE PROVIDED US WITH INFORMATION, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THOSE FOLKS WE HAVE SUBPOENAED, THEIR CONVERSATIONS AND ROLE IN THE RUN-UP UP TO AND ON JANUARY 6 AS WELL AS IN THE DAYS AFTER. I AM TOLD THESE FOLKS AS PATRIOTS WOULD WILLING TO BECOME BEFORE OUR COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE US WITH THEIR VERSION OF THE STORY. IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE, THEY SHOULD NOT BE SO RELUCTANT TO COME. DAVID: TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE. YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE. THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. YOU CAME BACK FROM THE REGION HAVING SEEN IT. YOU ARE A REFUGEE OUT OF VIETNAM. WHAT DID YOU LEARN WHEN YOU WENT OVER? REP. MURPHY: I LEARNED HOW DIRE THE SITUATION IS IN UKRAINE. [INDISCERNIBLE] ADDITIONAL $40 BILLION BIPARTISAN EMERGENCY AID TO UKRAINE, BOTH MILITARY AND HUMANITARIAN. THE THINGS I SAW ON THE BORDER OF POLAND AND UKRAINE WATCHING REFUGEES WALKING ACROSS WITH BAGS THEY COULD CARRY HOLDING THE HANDS OF SMALL CHILDREN, BROKE MY HEART. I AM A REFUGEE OF VIETNAM. I LEFT THE COUNTRY SIX MONTHS OLD. I WATCHED OF THESE FAMILIES. IT WAS SO HARD FOR ME. I KNOW NO ONE IS A REFUGEE BY CHOICE. WHAT RUSSIA IS DOING, AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON ITS NEIGHBOR, COMMITTING WAR CRIMES AND ATROCITIES, WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN EUROPE SINCE WORLD WAR II. IN THE FACE OF THIS BRUTALITY, IT IS CRITICAL WE STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. I AM PROUD OF THE AMERICAN RESPONSE. WE HAVE BEEN USING OUR POWER FOR GOOD, SUPPORTING A FELLOW DEMOCRACY AGAINST A VICIOUS DICTATOR. WE HAVE TO STAY IN THE FIGHT. DAVID: WHAT MORE CAN WE DO? YOU SERVE IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE. IS THERE MORE WE CAN DO MILITARILY? REP. MURPHY: WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WE ALSO DON ' T NEED ARMCHAIR GENERALS. WHILE I HAVE WORKED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES WHO USED TO WEAR THE UNIFORM, AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WE DON ' T NEED TO BE PRESCRIBING SPECIFIC WEAPONS AND SYSTEMS WE SENT TO UKRAINE. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AID AND LETTING OUR CAREER GENERALS AND EXPERTS DETERMINE WHAT IT IS THAT WILL HELP UKRAINIANS MEET THEIR OBJECTIVE. THAT OFTEN IS DEFENSES, THEN OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE OFFENSIVE OBJECTIVES THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH. THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HUMANITARIAN ELEMENT OF THIS. THAT IS GETTING AID INTO A COUNTRY UNDER SIEGE TO HELP THE PEOPLE, CIVILIANS THAT ARE SUFFERING, LIVING IN BUNKERS NOW THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND FOOD AND CLEAN WATER. THEN WE AS A NATION AND A COMMUNITY OF NATIONS NEED TO ADDRESS THE REFUGEE CRISIS. WHEN I WAS A REFUGEE, WHEN MY FAMILY WAS SITTING IN A MALAYSIAN REFUGEE CAMP, IT WAS U.S. LEADERSHIP THAT INSPIRED AND HAD THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS DECIDE TO LIST THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES THE COUNTRIES WOULD TAKE. MY FAMILY SOUGHT REFUGE IN THE U.S. WE NEED THAT KIND OF COORDINATED EFFORT TODAY ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEES MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, TO GET THEM TO SAFETY. DAVID: IT IS COORDINATED AMONG GOVERNMENTS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OFTEN WHEN IT COMES TO REFUGEES. I BELIEVE YOU WENT TO VIRGINIA ORIGINALLY. HOW IS THAT COORDINATION WORKING WITH NGOS? REP. MURPHY: IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. THERE IS ALWAYS MORE THAT CAN BE DONE. I AM GRATEFUL. THE COMMUNITIES OF FAITH HAVE PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THIS. WHEN I WAS IN ITALY, I WORKED WITH AN ORGANIZATION WORKING TO RECEIVE AND HELP UKRAINIAN REFUGEES. IT HAS TO BE NGOS, GOVERNMENTS, ALL HANDS ON DECK TO HELP UKRAINIANS IN THIS MOMENT OF CRISIS. DAVID: CONGRESSWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR

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Rep. Stephanie Murphy, (D) Florida, discusses the latest round of subpoenas from the Jan. 6 committee along with how the government can continue supporting Ukraine. She speaks with David Westin on "Bloomberg Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

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