Why Congress Won’t Investigate the 2020 Summer Riots
U.S. lawmakers are not serious. They have traded stewardship and public service for publicity stunts and theatrics.
By Kyle Shideler
August 5, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to seat Republican members on the partisan January 6 Commission—where she staged an emotionally wrenching but largely fact-free affair—is a reflection of Congress’ growing inability to fulfill its oversight function. Congressional members undoubtedly prefer raw partisanship and media operations to their duty of discovering the truth about difficult events.
It was not always this way. In fact, Congress once strived to conduct significant investigations designed for the purpose of understanding the nature of threats and challenges facing the United States.
Compare the theatricality of the January 6 Commission hearing to the work of the 90th and 91st Congresses from 1967 to 1969. Then, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations published a 23-part series of substantive reports about the deadly riots that devastated cities across the United States between 1965 and 1968.
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