[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H5]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     COMMEMORATING JANUARY 6, 2021

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 
insurrection that took place here in this Capitol Building, in this 
very room, at this very podium, on January 6, 2021.
  Five years ago today, I watched with the American people the events 
that took place as an attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 
election took place, all incited by the President.
  I was not in Congress that day, but today, as I stand on the House 
floor, everything has a different feel. It has a personal connection to 
that day.
  I think of the violence visited upon the Capitol Police, the same 
ones that I greet every morning as I walk into the building. I think of 
staff and Members crouching under these very chairs in this Chamber.
  Everyone who works here for the people of this country does so 
because they believe in our democracy, and they believe in upholding 
our democracy.
  On this day, 5 years ago, this institution was tested. Lives were 
lost in the days and months that followed. I am disgusted by the 
attempts to whitewash what happened that day, to deny and lie about 
what is true. The truth will be told yet.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Barrett). Members are reminded to 
refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President.

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