Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who led a Capitol tour on the eve of the riot, may soon chair the House Administration Committee in a future GOP majority, using it to dig into the Jan. 6 panel and Capitol security
He’s also hardly the only GOP lawmaker the Jan. 6 committee has name-checked. Investigators have heard testimony, which they recounted at one of their public hearings, that several House Republicans sought pardons from the Trump administration.Loudermilk said he has already flagged his interest in the Administration Committee gavel to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the uncontested favorite to become speaker if Republicans flip the chamber.
The committee has sway over the Capitol’s reopening following its closure to the public as coronavirus cases climbed around the country in 2020. Republicans have vowed to fully reopen the complex and nix some security measures put into place over the past two years, such as requiring lawmakers to go through metal detectors in order to get on the House floor.
“I think we’ve used Jan. 6 as an excuse to wall ourselves off — that and Covid — and I don’t want it to stay that way,” said Rep. Kelly Armstrong . But even as Davis and now Loudermilk envision using the Administration Committee to tackle Jan. 6 questions, Republicans need to sort out the specifics on how to respond. Some want to form their own select committee to run a counter-probe next year, though no final decisions have been made.
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