A) Pelosi to Dems: One year into the devastation of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sent a message to Congress, imploring Members to join as one to save the union.
B) Pelosi: “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history,” Lincoln said. “We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us.”
C) Pelosi: Today, we have such a responsibility. And we too cannot escape history. We have the duty, to the Constitution and the Country, to find the truth of the January 6th Insurrection and to ensure that such an assault on our Democracy cannot happen again.
D) Pelosi: It is clear that January 6th was not simply an attack on a building, but an attack on our very Democracy.
It is imperative that we seek the truth of what happened.
It is imperative that we seek the truth of what happened.
E) Pelosi: The House will be establishing a Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. It will investigate and report upon the facts and causes of the attack.
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