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With President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation halted in the U.S. Senate, Connecticut Democrats hoped to drum up support Monday by highlighting the bill’s extension of a recently-expired monthly tax credit for families with children. 

HARTFORD — A year later, some of Connecticut’s top elected leaders Thursday recalled the terrifying moments when violent insurrectionists stormed into the nation’s Capitol as Congress prepared to certify Joe Biden’s electoral vote win.

At a Hartford press conference, Sen. Chris Murphy and Sen. Richard Blumenthal described rushing out of the Senate Chamber as rioters were within eyesight and earshot. Rep. Rosa DeLauro recounted lying on the floor of the House and calling her husband to say she loved him.