it is an honor to be with you. speaker pelosi, chairwoman amy klobuchar, ranking member roy blunt, and all of the members of congress including the mayor of washington, d.c. thank you for being here with us this afternoon. like so many gathered here, i was at the united states capitol the morning of wednesday, january 6th. i was in a classified meeting with senator blunt on national security with fellow members of the senate intelligence committee. not long after i left the chaos began. like americans everywhere my husband, doug, and i watched with absolute shock as our capitol was under siege and the people within it afraid for their lives. what we know now is in the midst of that violent attack there were countless acts of courage, and we are here today in the