Congresswoman Stansbury’s Statement on Anniversary of January 6th
ALBUQUERQUE—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) released the following statement recognizing the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in an attempt to stop the certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election:
“Today, I join New Mexicans in remembering the attack on our democracy one year ago and the lives of those lost in the attack. We must be clear about what happened on January 6, 2021: a violent crowd descended on the People’s House seeking to overturn the results of a free and fair election, seeking to harm lawmakers and public officials, and resulted in the immediate deaths of five individuals. Those who participated in the insurrection broke windows, battered down doors, ransacked offices, threatened the lives of lawmakers, and killed and injured Capitol Police Officers who stood in their way. Many of my colleagues were seconds from violence and extreme danger and were bravely defended by Capitol Police Officers and individuals who continue to live with the scars, both visible and invisible, to this day.
“We honor their sacrifice and their service and must hold those responsible accountable. The insurrection, currently being investigated by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, was an act of domestic terrorism and we must continue to defend and protect our democracy by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom To Vote Act into law.”
Rep. Stansbury voted to establish the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, along with a bipartisan group of Representatives in the House. She also cosponsored and voted to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act in the House of Representatives and the Protecting Our Democracy Act, which would enact the most important anti-corruption legislation since Watergate. In July, Stansbury joined the House in passing supplemental funding for U.S. Capitol Police officers, the National Guard and Capitol security following the January 6th attack.