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CNN: Lawmakers stuck in House gallery on Jan. 6 provide lunch to USCP officers and Capitol workers

Phillips serves lunch to US Capitol Police Officer


The group of lawmakers who were trapped in the House gallery on Jan. 6, who call themselves the gallery group, have partnered with World Central Kitchen to give lunches to workers at the Capitol including Capitol police.  

Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips told CNN said 800 Capitol police and Capitol staff were invited to the lunch. 

He said they are "unheralded, underappreciated or unrecognized for what they do every day – but particularly on that day – to save us, to save the Capitol, and to give us another day to do what's right." 

Phillips added that Jan. 6, 2021, was an awful day not just for members of Congress, but also for those who worked at the Capitol. 


Lawmakers stuck in House gallery on Jan. 6 provide lunch to USCP officers and Capitol workers 
January 6, 2022 – CNN Politics