Congressman Fred Upton is expecting delays with the establishment of a commission to investigate the January 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection. He spoke on the House floor in favor of the commission last week, but tells WSJM News developments in the Senate are not encouraging.
“Even though we had a significant number of Republicans vote for this, I’m not terribly optimistic that the Senate is going to get through a filibuster. Remember you need 60 votes. I’m not sure they’re going to get that.”
Upton says the delay in the Senate will push this matter into an election year, making things more difficult.
“I want to get the facts out there. I want it to be bipartisan. I want not current members of Congress to serve on this panel.”
Upton says there are some members of Congress pretending like the January 6 incident didn’t happen, noting some of those same members stacked chairs and tables in front of the chamber doors to prevent rioters from getting inside. He says the commission could end up being purely a House panel. He believes it has to have equal representation from the two parties.
