Bill Text: MI HCR0010 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: A concurrent resolution to create the Joint Select Committee to Investigate Michiganders’ Involvement in the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-15 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [HCR0010 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HCR0010-Introduced.html
THIs resolution is offered to comply with MCL 4.101 and MCL 4.541.
house concurrent resolution no. 10
Rep. Lasinski offered the following concurrent resolution:
Whereas, On January 6, 2021, a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol Complex and disrupted a joint session of Congress duly assembled for the purpose of counting the electoral ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election; and
Whereas, The attack on the United States Capitol Complex resulted in injuries to over 140 individuals and five deaths; and
Whereas, The individuals participating in the attack forcibly entered the United States Capitol, occupied congressional offices, ransacked the chambers of the United States Senate, engaged in numerous acts of vandalism and looting, assaulted Capitol Police officers, impeded the counting of electoral ballots, and erected a gallows on the Capitol grounds; and
Whereas, More than 500 individuals, including Michiganders among them, have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol attack; and
Whereas, The full scope of Michiganders' involvement in the Capitol attack remains unknown and the prospect of an adequate, bipartisan, federal investigation into the matter is in doubt; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be created the Joint Select Committee to Investigate Michiganders’ Involvement in the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol. The joint select committee shall consist of six members of the House of Representatives and six members of the Senate. The joint select committee shall be composed of three members of the House Republican Caucus appointed by the Speaker of the House, three members of the House Democratic Caucus appointed by the House Minority Leader, three members of the Senate Republican Caucus appointed by the Senate Majority Leader, and three members of the Senate Democratic Caucus appointed by the Senate Minority Leader. The Speaker of the House and the House Minority Leader shall each designate a co-chairperson of the joint select committee, and the Senate Majority leader and Senate Minority Leader shall each designate a co-vice chairperson; and be it further
Resolved, That the joint select committee is hereby granted the full scope of power as authorized by MCL 4.101 and MCL 4.541 to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and examine books and records related to the committee’s jurisdiction as provided for in this concurrent resolution; and be it further
Resolved, That the joint select committee shall investigate and report upon the facts relating to Michiganders’ involvement in the January 6, 2021, attack upon the United States Capitol and relating to interference with the peaceful, lawful transfer of power, as well as the influencing factors that fomented Michiganders to participate in such an attack on American representative democracy while the United States Congress was engaged in a constitutional process. The joint select committee shall report to the Legislature a summary of its findings and conclusions, as well as any recommendations on further appropriate actions the Legislature may take to address Michiganders’ involvement in the Capitol attack and to prevent future acts of violence against American democratic institutions.
