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Washington (May 28, 2021) U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey(D-Mass.) released the following statement today after Senate Republicansoverwhelmingly voted to oppose debate on the bipartisan January 6thCommission.

The U.S. Capitol and our very democracy came under attackon January 6, and instead of committing to an investigation of how and why itoccurred, Senate Republicans balked, saidSenator Markey. Police officers lost their lives, security was compromised,the Vice President could have been killed, but Republicans would rather embracethe Big Lie than get to the real truth. It is crystal clear that the vastmajority of Senate Republicans are unwilling to try and legislate in good faithon anything of importance to the American people. Unless we abolish thefilibuster, there will be no progress on any agenda focused on justice,fairness, or basic survival.

Leader McConnell is engaging in the same obstructionisttactics he used under the Obama administration to stop progress in ourcountry, continued Senator Markey. Wehave seen this movie before, but this time we must write a different ending andfinally rid our system of the Jim Crow vestige that is the filibuster. TheAmerican people are crying out for action on a range of life-saving issues:climate action to meet the scope and scale of the crisis we face, protectingand expanding voting rights across America, closing background check loopholes,passingcomprehensive immigration reform, and improving our health caresystem. Protecting the filibuster is protecting the broken status quo, and wecannot allow that to happen any longer.

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Senator Markey on GOP Filibuster of Jan. 6 Commission: This Is Why We Must Abolish the Filibuster - Ed Markey