“If we do not act, the Capitol Police will deplete salaries funding in a matter of weeks, and the National Guard will be forced to cancel needed training to carry out their mission at home and abroad,” Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Vermont Democrat, said before the vote. “Doing nothing would be a security crisis entirely of our own making.”
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, warned lawmakers last month that if the service was not reimbursed soon they may be forced to cancel or dramatically reduce training and drills for the rest of the fiscal year and slash operational maintenance requirements. He said the Guard tapped into its budget to fund the deployment of 26,000 personnel to the nation’s capital from every state and territory in the U.S. The deployment lasted from Jan. 6 until May 23.
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July 27, 2021
The nine-member Select Committee heard sometimes graphic testimony from four police officers who responded to the attack.
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Tuesday was an emotional first day for Congress’ Select Committee investigating January 6th.
The nine-member Select Committee heard sometimes graphic testimony from four police officers who responded to the attack. I remember thinking there was a very good chance I would be torn apart or shot to death with my own weapons,” Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone told the panel.
One of the officers, Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell pointed blame directly at former President Donald Trump.
“All of [the rioters] were telling us, Trump sent us,’” Gonell testified.