members, thank you for joining our power, our message of fight for justice. we are here to explore the horrific events that took place in our nations capital exactly one week ago. the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus during our historic 50th anniversary, i look forward to building upon the legacy of our 13 founders, my predecessors who have honorably served this noble organization and the members who have and continue to serve as the conscience of the congress. as we watched wednesday s attack on our capitol building, the seat of our democracy, many of us were on the house for participating in the state certification for joe biden and kamala harris. others were barricaded in their offices or in route to the capital. let us be clear, this was a domestic terror attack perpetrated by riotous mobs of white supremacists armed, equipped, and many skilled in military tactics who came to overturn an election in which their candidate lost. banners and acted on encouraged w
thank you for joining our power, our message, our fight for justice. we are here to explore the horrific events that took place in our nation s capital one week ago. as chairwoman of the congressional black caucus during our historical 50th anniversary, i look forward to building on the legacy of our 13 founders, my predecessors who have honorably served this noble organization as chair and the members who have and continued to serve as the conscience of the common thread. as the world watched the attack on our capitol, many of us were participating in the state certification for the election of president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. others were barricaded in their capitol hill offices. that is be clear, this was a domestic terror attack perpetrated by riotous mobs of white supremacists armed and equipped and many skilled in luke perry tactics who came to overturn an election in which their candidate lost. they carried and flaunted trump banners and acted on en
they should respond to the incident. this is about an hour and a half. we begin today s hearing by giving special acknowledgment to reverend al sharpton, national action network and marc morial, urban league, for i like mindedness in needing to call today s hearing to order. to all other guests and congressional black caucus members thank you for joining our power, our message a fight for justice. we are here to explore the horrific events that took place in our nation s capital exactly one week ago. as chairwoman of the congressional black caucus during our historic 50th anniversary i look forward to building up on the legacy of our 13 founders, my predecessors who have honorably served this noble organization as chair, and the members who have and continue to serve as the conscience of the congress. as the world watched wednesday s attack on our capitol, the seat of our democracy, many of us were on the house floor participating in the state certification for the election
mindedness in needing to call today s hearing to order. to all other guests and congressional black caucus members thank you for joining our power, our message a fight for justice. we are here to explore the horrific events that took place in our nation s capital exactly one week ago. as chairwoman of the congressional black caucus during our historic 50th anniversary i look forward to building up on the legacy of our 13 founders, my predecessors who have honorably served this noble organization as chair, and the members who have and continue to serve as the conscience of the congress. as the world watched wednesday s attack on our capitol, the seat of our democracy, many of us were on the house floor participating in the state certification for the election of president joe biden and vice president harris. others were barricaded in their capitol offices or en route to the capitol. let us be clear. this was a domestic terror attack perpetrated by rioting mobs of white suprema
january 6 attack. they discussed president trump s role in the event, flaws in security at the capitol and how they should respond to the incident. this is about an hour and a half. we begin today s hearing by giving special acknowledgment to reverend al sharpton, national action network and marc morial, urban league, for i like mindedness in needing to call today s hearing to order. to all other guests and congressional black caucus members thank you for joining our power, our message a fight for justice. we are here to explore the horrific events that took place in our nation s capital exactly one week ago. as chairwoman of the congressional black caucus during our historic 50th anniversary i look forward to building up on the legacy of our 13 founders, my predecessors who have honorably served this noble organization as chair, and the members who have and continue to serve as the conscience of the congress. as the world watched wednesday s attack on our capitol, the seat