Brenda Lawrence

05/12/2021 | Press release | Archived content

U.S. Rep. Lawrence Blasts House Oversight Republicans for Rewriting the January 6th Insurrection History

Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Brenda L. Lawrence, (MI-14), a member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, blasted House Republicans in a hearing for their attempt to rewrite the history of the January 6th insurrection. The House Oversight hearing examined the events of January 6, 2021, in which insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt a Joint Session of Congress meeting to count the results of the 2020 presidential election. This hearing focused in particular on the Trump Administration's preparations in advance of January 6 and its response to the attack.

A transcript of Rep. Lawrence's remarks can be found below:

'As we sit here today, and some of you have responded in a way that seems almost dismissive and arrogant, sitting on that floor and being in an almost combat zone fearing for your life, not knowing what was going to happen, hearing shots fired, hearing banging on the door. This is not something that should be repeated.

'I want to say to every one of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I don't give a darn who the President was. This can never happen again. I will commit myself to ensuring that this 'I don't remember' and 'that's a partisan answer' and 'you're ridiculous' crap stops so we can get to the bottom of this.'