Senators to hold the floor to fight Trump’s attempts to rewrite history and reward rioters
Vermont Business Magazine On Tuesday, January 6th at 2:00 PM ET, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) will join U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Democratic Senate colleagues on the Senate floor for the five-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol insurrection and honor the more than 100 law enforcement officers who were injured while bravely defending the Capitol, including those who later lost their lives.
Five years after violent rioters, waving Confederate flags and symbols of white supremacy, ransacked the Capitol in an effort to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election, President Trump and his Administration have repeatedly tried to rewrite history. The Administration has pardoned rioters who threatened our democratic process and caused nearly $3 million in damages to the Capitol.
Those same criminals now seek millions of dollars in payouts from the federal government because they were prosecuted for their crimes. The Senators will set the record straight on one of the darkest days in American history and warn against the Trump Administration’s continuing attacks on free and fair elections less than a year out from the 2026 midterm elections.
WHO:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)
U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.)
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.)
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Additional Senators to be announced
WHEN: Tuesday, January 6th around 5:45 PM ET (Speeches begin at 2:00 PM ET)
WHERE: Senate Floor
WATCH: The floor block will be livestreamed here.
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