January 6 was a dark day in our nation’s history, friend. I sat in a dark office in the Capitol for hours with my staff, not sure whether we'd be able to get out, or if the steps we heard in the hallways were coming to shoot us.

We lost five lives that day — including one police officer. Over 140 capitol police officers were injured. Now Mitch McConnell is threatening to filibuster the bill to establish a commission. We must know what happened on January 6th, and why. I voted in favor of bipartisan legislation establishing a commission to investigate the insurrection. Inaction is simply not an option.

Actions have consequences. What do you think, friend — should the Senate pass the bill to create an independent commission to study what happened before and on January 6th?

The violence on January 6th was incited by President Trump and the members of Congress who refuse to accept the true outcome of the November election.

Andrew Clyde, the Congressman just north of me in Georgia, was photographed barricading the door into the House Chamber on January 6th. But recently he called the violent attack on the Capitol, “a normal tourist visit.”

And Marjorie Taylor Greene — who encouraged rioters to attack the Capitol just hours before the insurrection — is treating the insurrectionists like victims. Taylor Greene said these violent attackers are “being abused.”

Thankfully, the bill to study what happened on January 6th passed the House with bipartisan support. But now it has to get through the Senate. Let us know your thoughts — should the Senate establish this commission?