I will not ever accept gun violence as normal, and will keep fighting every day to keep our kids, our communities, and our country safe.

Democracies are fragile, and so is our reputation. Nations that have looked to us as a model are looking elsewhere. Five years from now, I hope we'll have a stronger democracy; a nation willing to learn from its history; and a more just America, but we have work to do to get there.

Since then, charges against the architects of the insurrection, including Trump himself, have been dropped by his own DOJ. Right-wing propagandists minimize the attack or push conspiracy theories, and Republican leaders have blocked a plaque honoring fallen officers.

The CCP’s gross human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities must end. www.foreign.senate.gov/press/rep/re...