Members of Congress from Fort Worth remained loyal to their party lines as Wednesday's House vote to create a special Democratic-run committee to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection.Kay Granger, Beth Van Duyne and Michael Burgess, Republican Representatives, voted no. Roger Williams, a Republican Representative, did not vote. Rep. Marc Veasey voted yes.Democrats view the committee's necessity to discover the cause of the riot; Republicans consider the committee redundant and partisan.Van Duyne stated in a House speech prior to the vote that there is no priority. He said that D.C. politicians are first and gave them their cable news talk points. We should spend our time and resources investigating many things that the Democrats have ignored, such as the origins COVID.Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Rules Committee, responded.I am sorry the previous speaker didn't understand the importance of getting to the bottom on an attack against our democracy. McGovern informed House colleagues that the gentlelady voted against bipartisan commission.In May, the House passed a bill that would have established a bipartisan commission to investigate the insurrection. The Democrats were supported by 35 House Republicans, none of whom hail from Fort Worth. Six votes were less than the 60 needed by the Senate to limit the debate.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced that a select committee would investigate January 6.Pelosi will nominate all 13 members of the committee, including five in consultation to Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif).
