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Senate Floor Speech Following Capitol Building Incursion
国会大厦入侵后参议院演讲
delivered 6 January 2021, Washington, D.C.
2021 年 1 月 6 日交付，华盛顿特区
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Senate President Pence: The Majority Leader.
参议院议长彭斯：多数党领袖。
Senator McConnell: I ask unanimous consent the Majority Leader and the Democratic Leader be allowed to speak and that the time not account against two hours of debate in relation to the objection raised on the state of Arizona.
麦康奈尔参议员：我请求多数党领袖和民主党领袖一致同意允许发言，并且时间不考虑就亚利桑那州提出的反对意见进行的两个小时的辩论。
Senate President Pence: Is there objection?
参议院议长彭斯：有人反对吗？
Without objection, so ordered.
无异议，遂下令。
Senator McConnell: I want to say to the American people, the United States Senate will not be intimidated.
麦康奈尔参议员：我想对美国人民说，美国参议院不会被吓倒。
We will not be kept out of this chamber by thugs, mobs, or threats.
暴徒、暴徒或威胁不会将我们拒之门外。
We will not bow to lawlessness or intimidation.
我们不会屈服于无法无天或恐吓。
We are back at our posts.
我们回到了自己的岗位。
We will discharge our duty under the Constitution and for our nation.
我们将根据宪法并为我们的国家履行我们的职责。
And we're going to do it tonight.
我们今晚就这么做。
This afternoon, Congress began the process of honoring the will of the American people and counting the Electoral College votes.
今天下午，国会开始尊重美国人民的意愿并计票选举人票。
We have fulfilled this solemn duty every four years for more than two centuries.
两个多世纪以来，我们每四年履行一次这一庄严职责。
Whether our nation's been at war or at peace, under all manner of threats; even during an ongoing armed rebellion and the Civil War, the clockwork of our democracy has carried on.
无论我们的国家处于战争时期还是和平时期，都面临着各种威胁；即使在持续的武装叛乱和内战期间，我们的民主制度仍在继续运转。
The United States and the United States Congress have faced down much greater threats than the unhinged crowd we saw today.
美国和美国国会面临的威胁比我们今天看到的精神错乱的人群要大得多。
We've never been deterred before and we'll be not deterred today.
我们以前从未被吓倒过，今天也不会被吓倒。
They tried to disrupt our democracy -- they failed.
他们试图破坏我们的民主——但他们失败了。
They failed.
他们失败了。
They failed to attempt to obstruct the Congress.
他们没有试图阻碍国会。
This failed insurrection only underscores how crucial the task before us is for our Republic.
这次失败的起义凸显了我们面前的任务对于我们的共和国来说是多么重要。
Our nation was founded precisely so that the free choice of the American people is what shapes our self-government and determines the destiny of our nation.
我们国家的建立正是为了让美国人民的自由选择塑造我们的自治并决定我们国家的命运。
Not fear.
不是恐惧。
Not force.
不强行。
But the peaceful expression of the popular will.
而是民意的和平表达。
Now, we assembled this afternoon to count our citizens� votes and to formalize their choice of the next President.
现在，我们今天下午聚集在一起统计公民的选票并正式确定他们对下一任总统的选择。
Now we're going to finish what we started.
现在我们要完成我们开始的事情。
We'll complete the process the right way, by the book.
我们将按照书本的正确方式完成该过程。
We'll follow our precedents, our laws, and our Constitution to the letter.
我们将严格遵守我们的先例、法律和宪法。
And we will certify the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
我们还将认证 2020 年总统选举的获胜者。
Criminal behavior will never dominate the United States Congress.
犯罪行为永远不会主导美国国会。
The American people deserve nothing less.
美国人民应得的。
Book/CDs by Michael E.
Michael E. 的书籍/CD
Eidenmuller, Published by McGraw-Hill (2008) Original Text Source : mcconnell.senate.gov Original Audio and Video Source : C-SPAN.org Audio Note : AR-XE = American Rhetoric Extreme Enhancement Page Updated : 12/30/23 U.S. Copyright Status : Text = Public domain.
Eidenmuller，由 McGraw-Hill 出版 (2008) 原始文本来源：mcconnell.senate.gov 原始音频和视频来源：C-SPAN.org 音频注释：AR-XE = 美国修辞极端增强页面更新：23 年 12 月 30 日美国版权状态：文本 = 公共领域。
Audio and Video = Property of A merican R hetoric.com.
音频和视频 = American R hetoric.com 的财产。
� Copyright 2001-Present.
� 版权所有 2001 年至今。
American Rhetoric.
美国修辞学。
HTML transcription by Michael E.
HTML 转录由 Michael E.
Eidenmuller.
艾登米勒。