Julio Cortez
/ AP
Updated June 30, 2021 at 3:54 PM ET
In a largely party-line vote, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday to create a select committee to launch a new inquiry into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
With a larger share of Republicans voting against the plan, it marks the latest turn in a partisan fight to investigate the riot.
As invited members of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Capitol Police looked on from the gallery, Democrats blasted GOP members who opposed the select committee ahead of the vote.
"We have a duty to the Constitution and to the American people to find the truth of Jan. 6 and to ensure that such an assault on our democracy can never happen again," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said shortly before acknowledging the officers who were on duty the day of the attack. "And rather than being frivolous with the facts, we are going to be prayerful and patriotic and honor the concerns of the American people by seeking and finding the truth to protect our country."