WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight joined his Senate Democratic colleagues in holding the floor to honor the law enforcement who protected the Capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection, and warn against the Trump Administration's continued attack on our democracy.
"This day is a day of commemoration for those who served us, but it's also got to be a day of accountability and assessment about what happened and how. And it can't be whitewashed, because the current President has support and was elected-he does, we've accepted that, those of us who didn't vote for him. But that does not whitewash, it doesn't exonerate, it doesn't erase what he did to cause ...