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hid. thank you for being here. thanks for having us. i cannot imagine coming to work i mean, obviously it was an important day to come to work on january 6th, but the day after having buried your son tommy. well, it was surreal, there s no doubt about that. i felt tommy very much in my heart, in my chest. and like i told tabitha and her big sister hannah and hank, the whole family, i just said, it s a constitutional duty, the constitution says we have to be there that first wednesday in january in order to count the electoral college votes. and as you know, it was a surly political environment. and we had a very narrow majority at that point. and covid-19 was running rampant. and there were people who were being waylaid and people who were getting sick. and i just said, hey, we live closer to the capitol than any
other member of congress other than eleanor holmes norton who is a nonvoting delegate. tabitha offered to come and hank, who is married to my older daughter hannah, came. you wanted to come for support. correct. when were you sitting when you realized something was going on? so we were in steny hoyer s office, which as you said, is close to the room we re sitting at today. and we were there pretty much all day. and you know, what you see on the news, it s a lot of shock and everything s happening at once. but for us, it was just a normal day. and we were there and we were kind of looking out the window, and seeing the chaos build. and we really didn t know what was going on. there were points where we were concerned but then we kind of went back to what we were doing.
get a great deal for your business with the ready. set. save. sale today. comcast business. powering possibilities. on january 5th, 2021, congressman jamie raskin buried his beloved son tommy would died by suicide on new year s eve. he arrived at the capitol on january 6th heartbroken. his daughter tabitha and his other daughter s husband hank accompanied him for support. when the chamber was evacuated, the congressman was separated from tabitha and he and hank