President Joe Biden on Jan. 6, two years after rioters breached the U.S. Capitol, awarded medals to Capitol Police officers who were on duty that day as well as poll workers and election officials.
Biden gave Presidential Citizens Medals to 14 individuals, including officers Harry Dunn and Eugene Goodman, as he hailed the response by law enforcement to the breach.
“History will remember your names. They’ll remember your courage. They’ll remember your bravery. They’ll remember your extraordinary commitments to your fellow Americans. That’s not hyperbole; that’s a fact. That’s a fact,” Biden said, calling the officers “heroic.”…