WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the 5th anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol:
"Today marks five years since the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, one of the darkest days in our nation's history. Having just been sworn in to the U.S. Senate, I was inside the Capitol that day and witnessed the fear, confusion, and violence firsthand as a mob incited by President Trump overran the building and tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Despite this attack, our democracy did not break.
"Members of Congress, Capitol Police officers, staff, janitorial workers, and countless others who simply came to work ...