Political Quotes

“thank you for that recognition, and it is great to see you safe and secure, out of your vehicle, presiding over the Senate. It is a great honor for me to follow my friend the Senator from Michigan on this important day, and I want to start by thanking my friend and chairperson of the Rules Committee, the Senator from Minnesota, for organizing us to come together today to commemorate or acknowledge what was a dark, dark day in American history, what happened a year ago. I want to thank--and I will do this in a more formal way in a moment--all the folks who helped protect us on January 6, a year ago. And I want to commend an organization that I know the Presiding Officer is aware of, as is the Senator from Minnesota and the Senator from Colorado--the World Central Kitchen, led by Jose Andres, who is right now downstairs--Jose is not, but the organization is--serving Capitol Police and other Capitol personnel free meals today. It is a wonderful organization that supports those in need all across the world and all across the country, and the fact that they are here today saying ``thank you'' to our Capitol Police and others is appropriate. Mr. President, I rise today to mark the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection in which a mob broke into this Capitol, broke onto the floor of the Senate, in an effort to overturn the 2020 Presidential election. This was an effort to undermine democracy, plain and simple.…”