[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 93 (Thursday, May 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3549]
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                          JANUARY 6 COMMISSION

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, now one final matter. As my 
colleagues know, I have been clear and unflinching in my own statements 
about January 6. But as I have also repeated, there is no new fact 
about that day we need the Democrats' extraneous Commission to uncover.
  The Department of Justice is deep into a massive criminal 
investigation. Four hundred and forty-plus people have already been 
arrested. Hundreds--hundreds--have been charged. Even more arrests are 
said to be planned. And the Attorney General indicates this 
investigation will remain a top focus. Multiple Senate committees are 
conducting their own bipartisan inquiries. And, obviously, the role of 
the former President has already been litigated exhaustively--
exhaustively--in the high-profile impeachment trial we had right here 
in the Senate several months ago.
  I do not believe the additional extraneous Commission that Democratic 
leaders want would uncover crucial new facts or promote healing. 
Frankly, I do not believe it is even designed to do that.
  That is why the Speaker's first draft began with a laughably rigged 
and partisan starting point and why the current language would still 
lock in significant unfairness under the hood.
  So I will continue to support the real, serious work of our criminal 
justice system and our own Senate committees, and I will continue to 
urge my colleagues to oppose this extraneous layer when the time comes 
for the Senate to vote.

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