Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, whose office is in Glenside, has been named to a task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, the Associated Press reported.
Dean will join Rep. Mike Kelly (R-16), who represents Butler, the district in which the shooting occurred, and Chrissy Houlahan (D-06) as Pennsylvania’s legislators on the 13-member committee.
The Republican members include:
- Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania
- Mark Green of Tennessee
- David Joyce of Ohio
- Laurel Lee of Florida
- Michael Waltz of Florida
- Clay Higgins of Louisiana
- Pat Fallon of Texas
The Democratic members are:
- Jason Crow of Colorado
- Lou Correa of California
- Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania
- Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania
- Glenn Ivey of Maryland
- Jared Moskowitz of Florida
The group will issue a final report before December 13 and has been approved by the House to issue subpoenas, according to the article.
“We have the utmost confidence in this bipartisan group of steady, highly qualified, and capable members of Congress to move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and help make certain such failures never happen again,” Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, and Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, said in a statement.
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