Former DHS secretaries call on Senate to approve Jan. 6 commission Brett Samuels © Getty Images Supporters of then-President Trump storm the Capitol on Jan. 6
Four former Homeland Security secretaries on Thursday urged the Senate to approve an independent commission to investigate the Capitol riots of Jan. 6 as Republicans appear poised to block the creation of such a panel.
Michael Chertoff and Tom Ridge, who served in the George W. Bush administration, and Janet Napolitano and Jeh Johnson, who led the Department of Homeland Security under then-President Obama, called on the Senate to put politics aside and create a bipartisan, independent 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Former DHS secretaries call on Senate to approve Jan 6 commission
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Congress takes a major step towards establishing a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack gpanetta@businessinsider.com (Grace Panetta) © SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Supporters of President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol s Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Leaders of a key House committee reached an agreement for the creation of a January 6 commission.
They proposed a bipartisan 9/11-style commission with subpoena power tasked with producing a report.
The bill creating the commission could be officially considered in the House by next week.
Congressional leaders have reached a major agreement on the structure and scope of a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection on the US Capitol.