Rep. Liz Cheney delivers opening remarks, before members of the Select Committee as they investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, during their first hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 27.
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Rep. Liz Cheney delivers opening remarks, before members of the Select Committee as they investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, during their first hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 27.
Mandatory Credit: CHIP SOMODEVILLA/AFP/POOL/Getty Images

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Rep. Liz Cheney, one of two Republicans on the new select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, said Tuesday that the panel needs to rise above politics and overcome efforts to "obscure the facts."