Leaders split on vote for January 6 Capitol riot investigation

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The Capitol is seen under dark skies in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

On Wednesday the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to create a committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. House Resolution 503 passed the House with most Democrats voting for the resolution and most Republicans voting against it. The committee was approved by a 222-190 vote. In Alabama, Republicans Jerry Carl, Barry Moore, Mike Rogers, Robert Aderholt, Mo Brooks, and Gary Palmer all voted against the resolution. Democrat Terri Sewell voted yes. 

Rep. Sewell stated on Twitter, “#January6th was a dark day for our democracy & too many questions still remain. Since @SenateGOP voted down a bipartisan commission, I’m glad that the House is establishing a Select Committee to investigate. We cannot prevent future attacks if we don’t fully understand this one.”

Terri Sewell

In a press release, Rep. Moore stated, “During the six months that Speaker Pelosi demanded her committee chairmen sit on their hands while she conducted her political circus, two bipartisan Senate committees concluded exhaustive investigations and the Department of Justice and FBI arrested or charged over 500 people. If Speaker Pelosi was serious about investigating the January 6th riot, she would have already acted instead of pushing her partisan investigation closer and closer to next November’s elections. 

“Pelosi’s select committee would have a skewed, 8 Democrat and 5 Republican panel of members. The House standing committees have the full authority, jurisdiction, power, and staff to investigate the events of January 6th and are more than capable of conducting such investigations.

“This would be a turbo-charged partisan exercise, not an honest fact-finding body that the American people and Capitol Police deserve,” Moore concluded.

Mo Brooks

Rep. Brooks posted on Twitter, “Thanks to @stinchfield1776 for having me on @newsmax to discuss how Nancy Pelosi’s “select” committee on January 6 is for hyperpartisan political gain on the Social Democrats’ part.”