Congressman David G. Valadao Statement on Vote to Establish a Select Committee on January 6th

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman David G. Valadao released the following statement in response to voting against establishing a select committee on January 6th:

“I believe that an independent, bipartisan, 9/11-style review was the best-case scenario to find out the truth about the security failures on January 6, but now we are stuck with the worst-case scenario — a hyper partisan select committee driven by Speaker Pelosi that will certainly politicize what should be a serious investigation and definitely will not bring her failures to light.

“The January 6 incident was an attack on not only our legislative institution, but on our legislators themselves. The Members of Congress who will sit on the select committee cannot be expected to investigate the tragic day they lived through firsthand with impartiality. This select committee doesn’t have a deadline, so the Majority can draw out their witch hunt as long as it suits them. The American people deserve to know the truth about what happened that day, and now they will be stuck with soundbites and theatrics. This will only divide us further.”

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