![]() ![]() There is no room for politics or partisanship. It is about the life and future of our American democracy. He then went on to say, Lincoln did, ‘We bear the responsibility,’ to find the truth and to ensure – again, this is my words now – this attempt to overthrow the government never happens again. ![]() ![]() No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us.’ We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. And this is what he said during the Civil War: ‘We cannot escape history. I have quoted President Lincoln many occasions, and I did most recently yesterday morning to the House Democratic Caucus. We thank our heroes – more than just the four who testified, but the story they told. We must ensure that the American people have confidence in the truth that emerges. We have a duty to the Constitution and to the country to find the truth, to follow the facts where they take us and to honor the trust that the American people have placed in us. We thank these for their heroism and the valor of that dark day, and we thank them for their courage to present their harrowing testimony of what happened that day. They risked their lives to honor the oath they take to uphold the Constitution. Those law enforcement officers were heroes. There was an assault on that particular day – it wasn't just any day of the week – to make sure that we did not honor the Constitution and that we would disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. They risked their lives to save the Capitol, our democracy, and to honor the Constitution, the Constitution which called for us on January 6th to count the vote, take the – receive the Electoral College votes, to count them and to certify the President of the United States. They saw what we knew: that our Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police of Washington, D.C., were our heroes. Yesterday, the world saw the truth of January 6th. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. ![]()
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