The United States House of Representatives, situated at the Capitol Building, approved the establishment of a  new committee to probe into the breach of the Capitol on January 2021.

The probe into the riot was approved 222-190 by the representative, in which two republicans and all the democrats voted for the approval of the investigation.

The committee will look into the incident as well as examine the future steps to ensure that such an incident won't repeat in history.

Eight of the members on the panel will be chosen by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with five members selected by Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

The panel will have subpoena power and will be able to call witnesses. The committee will have to decide whether it will pursue litigation to enforce the subpoenas if witnesses do not comply.

Pelosi told lawmakers ahead of the vote that "we will be judged by future generations as to how we value our democracy."