[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HOLDING ICE ACCOUNTABLE

  (Mr. Menendez of New Jersey was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, yesterday our Nation witnessed the killing 
of a fellow American in broad daylight, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her 
name was Renee Nicole Good. She was a concerned citizen and a mother. 
The loss of her life was entirely preventable.
  This tragic loss of life comes the same week that we remember what 
occurred here 5 years ago on January 6. On that day, violent 
insurrectionists attacked police officers, many of whom sustained 
serious injuries and five of whom have passed away since the attack, 
including Brian Sicknick, a New Jersey native and a proud Capitol 
Police officer.
  Instead of remembering and healing from the events of that day, 
President Trump pardoned close to 1,600 seditious and violent 
insurrectionists who were convicted of criminal charges. The President 
and House Republicans have tried to vanish the events of that day from 
our collective memory, but we will not let them.
  Last year, alongside my colleagues Congresswomen Watson Coleman and 
McIver, I witnessed firsthand outside Delaney Hall how far this 
administration will go to silence dissent and opposition when more than 
20 armed ICE and HSI officers physically prevented us from doing our 
job.
  What I said then and what I would say today is that all of this 
should be completely unacceptable to all Americans and should shake 
every American to their core. I have said time and time again that no 
one is safe in Trump's America. Mothers, Capitol Police officers, our 
neighbors, Members of Congress, no one, not a single person should feel 
safe with him as our President.
  This administration's extreme agenda does not reflect the best of who 
we are as a country but, instead, seeks to turn us against each other. 
We cannot allow that to happen.

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