KONTAN.CO.ID - WASHINGTON. A group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats set out plans on Wednesday for a task force to investigate the country's handling of the coronavirus crisis, similar to the "9/11 Commission" that reviewed the Sept. 11 attacks. Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he would introduce in the coming days legislation to create a 25-member panel modeled on the one that recommended changes in counter-terrorism strategy after the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The bill, co-sponsored by more than a dozen other House Democrats, comes as the country's coronavirus toll rises and debate over how President Donald Trump's administration has handled it becomes increasingly political.
U.S. lawmakers want 9/11-style commission to probe coronavirus crisis
KONTAN.CO.ID - WASHINGTON. A group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats set out plans on Wednesday for a task force to investigate the country's handling of the coronavirus crisis, similar to the "9/11 Commission" that reviewed the Sept. 11 attacks. Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he would introduce in the coming days legislation to create a 25-member panel modeled on the one that recommended changes in counter-terrorism strategy after the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The bill, co-sponsored by more than a dozen other House Democrats, comes as the country's coronavirus toll rises and debate over how President Donald Trump's administration has handled it becomes increasingly political.