On Wednesday, during a debate in the Ohio House of Representatives on a bill to allow lawmakers to veto pandemic orders from the state health department, GOP state Rep. Diane Grendell defended a hands-off approach to public health, by arguing that Ohio's Amish community was able to "cull the herd" by letting the virus infect them.

"The Amish in our community ... they refused to wear masks. They refused to because they believe in God, they have that faith in God," said Grendell, who has previously spread conspiracy theories that the state health department's COVID-19 death statistics have been "corrupted."

The US has lagged behind other advanced economies in providing child care options, and improvements could help more women return to the job market, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.

"I do think that's an area that's worth looking at," Powell told lawmakers when asked if helping families find affordable child care could help the economy get back to full employment more quickly.

As Capitol attackers are slowly being identified and indicted, Americans are learning that many of them were former military or current and former police officers.

During her Wednesday show, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace cited a Justice Department indictment for former Marine Thomas Webster, who used his Marine flag to beat a police officer. When the officer took the flag, Webster came after him with clenched fists.