President Joe Biden will announce that former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairs of the January 6 Special Committee with Presidential Citizens Medals along with 18 others.

Miss., and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who served as chair and vice chair of the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee, with the Presidential Citizens Medal during a ceremony at the White House.

President Biden awarded former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and 19 others the Presidential Citizens Medal on Thursday. Why it matters: The honor, the second-highest civilian medal, is bestowed to Americans who have "performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.