House-Passed Bill Establishing Commission to Investigate Attack on U.S. Capitol Similar to Norton Bill

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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a statement celebrating House passage on Wednesday of the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act (H.R. 3233), which is similar to a bill (H.R. 410) she introduced on January 21, 2021.

The House-passed bill, like Norton's bill, would establish an independent commission to investigate the attack on the Capitol and to provide recommendations to prevent such an attack in the future. The bills are modeled on bipartisan legislation that created a national commission to investigate the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

"The country needed the 9/11 bill when we were attacked by foreign enemies," Norton said. "This bill, focusing on an attack from within -- an insurrection -- is just as necessary. The bipartisan commission created by the bill would be above the fray of politics and give clear, unbiased answers on what actually happened on January 6th and how to prevent such attacks in the future."

H.R. 3233 passed by a vote of 252 to 175, with 35 Republicans and every Democrat voting for it.

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