Attorney Jason A. Zajdel represents plaintiffs in personal injury litigation and concentrates in wrongful death suits and cases resulting in catastrophic injuries.
Senate Republicans filibustered a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, with 35 Republicans able to vote down 48 Democrats and six Republicans to block the investigation from going forward (11 senators did not vote). So now Democrats turn to Plan B, most likely a select committee. Honoring our responsibility to the Congress in which we serve and the Country which we love, Democrats will proceed to find the truth, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday, following the Senate vote. She didn t say the words select committee, but in the past she has suggested as much, saying last week, as the House voted on the commission, I certainly could call for hearings in the House, with a Majority of the Members being Democrats, with full subpoena power, with the agenda being determined by the Democrats. But that s not the path we have chosen to go. At the time, she said I don t want to have the investigation run through a House committee c