Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is hard to believe it was 50 years ago this week--50 years ago--when five men were caught breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee here in Washington. Two years after that, the so-called Watergate break-in and the coverup by the Nixon White House, it brought down the President. For nearly half a century, the Watergate scandal really ranked as America's greatest constitutional test since the Civil War--then came January 6, 2021. An angry mob, summoned by a defeated President, attacked this Capitol building, attacked this Chamber, and those of us who were in it knew it was an attempt to overthrow an election, an election which Donald Trump lost but never admitted. How did we respond? Well, the proposal was made--the right proposal--to create a bipartisan commission to investigate what happened on January 6, 2021. Unfortunately, the Republicans, led by Senator McConnell in the Senate, filibustered the creation of an independent commission to investigate January 6. Fortunately, the House went forward to proceed on its own on a bipartisan basis to get to the truth. Now, after 11 months and 1,000 interviews--more than 1,000--the bipartisan Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol is sharing its findings with America, and the revelations are so damning. In its first two public hearings, the committee has shown that the attack on the Capitol was not a demonstration that changed spontaneously and became a riot.…”