Schiff proposes postelection 9/11-style commission to study coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Schiff’s proposal for a 9/11-style commission to study the nation’s response to the coronavirus outbreak would give the president the power to appoint the chairman, and would not begin its work until after the 2020 election in November.
Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was the central Democratic figure in the impeachment trial of President Trump in January, serving as the prosecutor. As a result, his political profile has greatly increased but has also become much more sharply partisan.
But Schiff argues his proposal for a commission to study the nation’s response to the current pandemic is based on the commission that examined the 9/11 attacks, from 2002 to 2004.
“This is not an exercise in casting blame or scoring political points, but something that the American people should rightly expect from their government as an exercise in accountability,” Schiff said in a statement. “In designing such a commission, I believe that the 9/11 Commission provides an established and proven model, one which Congress should adapt to the purposes of the Coronavirus.”
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