Senate Republicans are expected to block the House-passed Jan. 6 commission bill today as infrastructure negotiations continue in Congress. Follow here for the latest from Capitol Hill.
Gladys Sicknick, the mother of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sickinick, said that she is hopeful her meetings with GOP senators today will change their minds on whether to vote for a Jan.6 commission. “I hope so. I hope so. Brian had a work ethic second to none. He was just there for our country,” she said. “He was just doing his job and he got caught up in it’s very sad.” She said she usually “stays in the background, but I just couldn’t stay quiet anymore.” Sicknick is meeting with more than a dozen members of the Senate ahead of their vote on whether to set up a commission to investigate what happened on Jan.6. She was joined by her son’s longtime girlfriend, Sandra Garza, DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, United States Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, and former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock. “We are just so thankful to Senator Romney and his support,” Garza said after their meeting with the Utah Senator, who supports the commission.
