President Joe Biden is honoring former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., with the Presidential Citizens Medal, according to The New York Times.

The medal, according to the National Archives, recognizes “citizens of the United States of America who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.” It is the nation’s second-highest civilian award, behind only the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The White House said Cheney is receiving the award Thursday in part for her work on the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack, according to The New York Times.

“Throughout two decades in public service, including as a congresswoman for Wyoming and vice chair of the committee on the Jan. 6 attack, Liz Cheney has raised her voice — and reached across the aisle — to defend our nation and the ideals we stand for: Freedom. Dignity. And decency,” the White House told The Times. “Her integrity and intrepidness remind us all what is possible if we work together.”

A total of 20 people will reportedly receive the medal Thursday, including Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who chaired the Jan. 6 Committee.

The White House did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Cheney was a supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris during her recent presidential bid. The former congresswoman last year predicted “millions of Republicans” would back Harris in the election.

“Donald Trump is doing everything he can to try to get people to forget about what he did on Jan. 6,” Cheney said in October. “When you think about that level of instability, that level of erratic decision making, the misogyny, that’s not someone that you can trust with the power of the Oval Office.

“I would just remind people, if you’re at all concerned, you can vote your conscience and not ever have to say a word to anybody.”

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in December would not commit to an answer when pressed on whether the White House would issue preemptive pardons for Cheney and Dr. Anthony Fauci.

“It would be a bad move on my behalf if I preempted the president or previewed anything that the president was thinking about considering and so, this is something he is going to talk with his team about and I just don’t have anything beyond that for you,” Jean-Pierre said.

That response came after Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, after previously promising not to.

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg suggested in November that Cheney would be a “great” attorney general under a potential Harris presidency. The suggestion came while Cheney was a guest on the daytime talk show.

Goldberg lauded Cheney for her “moral core” as the former congresswoman shook her head in response.

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