U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) on April 3 introduced bipartisan legislation to establish the National Commission on the COVID-19 Pandemic.

“While our focus now is on helping Americans through this pandemic, we are going to need to look at our response, without finger-pointing or politics, to see what we’ve learned from the first pandemic I’ve experienced in my lifetime,” Rep. Davis said. “I’ve worked to ensure this bill is bipartisan, that the commission itself is not swayed to one party or the other, and that the administration is brought in.”

Rep. Davis sponsored the Pandemic Rapid Response Act, H.R. 6440, with 12 original cosponsors, including U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Dave Joyce (R-OH), John Moolenaar (R-MI), and David Trone (D-MD) to create the bipartisan commission, which would analyze the nation’s response and make recommendations to better prepare for any future pandemic.

H.R. 6440 is closely modeled after the establishment of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, according to the congressman’s office.

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