Schiff proposes post-election 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.
“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.”
The timeline for choosing commission members would be the two weeks after the inauguration of the next president. So if President Trump were reelected this fall, he would pick the chairman, and the Senate Democratic leader would pick the vice chair. If Joe Biden were elected president, he would pick the chairman, and the Senate Republican leader would pick the vice chair.
In the first few words of Schiff’s proposal, it states that the commission’s purpose would be “not just to look back at prior practices and mistakes but to learn lessons as quickly as possible to better protect the United States going forward.”
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