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Photo of the day: Biden on Jan. 6

By Tom Williams
Posted January 6, 2022 at 2:25pm
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Framed by the statues of Founding Fathers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in the Capitol Rotunda, President Joe Biden speaks in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Thursday morning.

His remarks covered the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol during the counting of Electoral College votes. Vice President Kamala Harris also addressed the nation before Biden spoke.

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