{"id":536863,"date":"2021-05-22T09:11:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T13:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=536863"},"modified":"2021-05-22T09:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T13:23:44","slug":"schiff-if-senate-blocks-jan-6-commission-bill-dems-will-get-answers-one-way-or-the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-if-senate-blocks-jan-6-commission-bill-dems-will-get-answers-one-way-or-the-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiff: If Senate Blocks Jan. 6 Commission Bill, Dems Will Get Answers \u2018One Way or the Other\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschiff-if-senate-blocks-jan-6-commission-bill-dems-will-get-answers-one-way-or-the-other%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=536863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Adam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-schiff\">Schiff<\/a> (D-Calif.) said Thursday that if Republicans in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-senate\">Senate<\/a> vote against the Jan. 6 commission bill that passed in the House this week, Democrats \u201care going to insist on getting answers one way or the other,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/newsbinding.com\/news\/schiff-dems-are-going-to-insist-on-getting-answers-on-capitol-riots-one-way-or-the-other\/\">while speaking<\/a> on CNN\u2019s \u201cThe Situation Room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act, also known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/3233\">HR 3233<\/a>, is\u00a0modeled after the investigation into the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The proposed measure would create in the legislative branch an independent, 10-member commission to investigate \u201crelevant facts and circumstances relating to the attack on the Capitol,\u201d and \u201cevaluate the causes of and the lessons learned from this attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House passed the bill Wednesday 252-175, with all 217 Democrats in favor of the measure and 35 Republicans joining.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.)\u2014the two top House Republicans\u2014voted against the bill.\u00a0McCarthy, who was the first to formally announce his opposition to the legislation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.gov\/mccarthy-statement-on-january-6-commission-legislation\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0that its scope is too narrow and should include other political violence such as the numerous riots by leftist groups in multiple cities last year.<\/p>\n<p>The bill now goes to the evenly-divided Senate for a vote but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he, like McCarthy, will oppose the bill because of the scope of the commission.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3334916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Donald Trump listen during a signing ceremony for H.R. 748, the CARES Act in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 27, 2020. (Erin Schaff-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsbinding.com\/news\/schiff-dems-are-going-to-insist-on-getting-answers-on-capitol-riots-one-way-or-the-other\/\">CNN\u2019s Wolf Blitzer asked about<\/a> what Democrats would do if the Senate votes against the commission. Schiff, a fierce opponent of former President Donald Trump and major proponent of the debunked Russia collusion narrative, suggested McConnell was not acting independently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to say, watching that clip of Mitch McConnell saying that after giving careful consideration, he\u2019s decided to oppose it,\u201d said Schiff. \u201cThat careful consideration was no more than reading Donald Trump\u2019s statement saying you need to oppose this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments Schiff was referring to were made by McConnell from the Senate floor on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter careful consideration, I\u2019ve made the decision to oppose the House Democrats slanted and unbalanced proposal or another commission to study the events of Jan. 6, as everybody surely knows I repeatedly made my views about the events of Jan. 6 very clear,\u201d McConnell said, adding that\u00a0\u201cthere is, has been, and there will continue to be no shortage\u2014no shortage\u2014of robust investigations by two separate branches of the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/mcconnell-opposes-houses-bipartisan-jan-6-commission-bill-489573\">Politico reported<\/a> that McConnell also made comments opposing the House\u2019s Jan. 6 commission bill at a private breakfast on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not at all clear what new facts or additional investigation yet another commission could lay on top of the existing efforts by law enforcement and Congress,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) dismissed McConnell\u2019s comments, saying the vote on the commission bill will proceed, regardless of the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in the Senate, we will have a vote on the January 6 Commission. The only way to stop these lies is to respond with the truth, with facts, with an honest objective investigation of what happened that day. An independent commission can be the antidote to the poisonous mistruths that continue to spread about Jan. 6,\u201d said Schumer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zachary Stieber contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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