January 6 Attack

Floor Speech

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Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, we will never forget that 5 years ago on this day at this President's urging, violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol and attempted to overturn a peaceful transition of power.

I know that the families of the 140 police officers who were criminally assaulted will never forget either, especially those lives who were taken that day and in the days that followed.

Virginians will never forget that day either, including the Virginians who were in the Capitol complex that day and the family of Howie Liebengood, a Capitol Police Officer from Virginia, who took his own life in the aftermath.

Most importantly, the American people will never forget that day or the 1,500 people who were charged with crimes for what they did, but then received a pardon from President Trump in one of his first actions of 2025.

At least 33 of them have been rearrested, charged, or sentenced for other crimes, including plotting the murder of an FBI agent or child sexual assaults. We will not forget, and those who try to gloss over that day or rewrite history will just be on the wrong side of history.

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