United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday he is "engaged" to release all the security footage from the riots that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

"I think the public should see what happened on that day," McCarthy said. "I watched what Nancy Pelosi did, where she politicized it. Where for the first time in the history as a Speaker, not allowing the minority to appoint to a committee. We watched the politicization of this. I think the American public should actually see what happened instead of a report that's written on a political basis."

"We're looking through that (releasing the footage). I want to be very thoughtful about it, but, yes, I'm engaged to do that."

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz thanked McCarthy for his "commitment" to release the footage.

"Kevin McCarthy told us he‘s going to get the evidence out in front of the American people, and that means releasing the 14,000 hours of tapes that have been hidden," Gaetz said on Tuesday.

"That, I think, would give more full context to that day, rather than the cherry-picked moments that the January 6 committee tried to use to inflame and further divide our country."

Releasing the footage, however, "would ultimately be up to the Capitol Police Board," according to a U.S. Capitol Police spokesperson.

"The video has been designated security information and is therefore protected from public disclosure. Releasing it would ultimately be up to the Capitol Police Board and not the Department," the U.S. Capitol Police spokesperson said.