WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, recently joined National Public Radio to reflect on the five-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. Senator Welch discussed his harrowing experience in the Capitol during the attack and how the riot marked a new era of political violence in America.
"Even as I was hearing the glass break, even as I heard the shot going off, even as I was being told by the police to put on the gas mask, I didn't believe it was happening. I didn't believe it was happening. I was thinking, 'Peter, this is not happening.' And I realized the reason t...