Rep. MTG to Get New Committee Assignments After Losing Them Last Session

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican from Georgia) will get new positions in committees. This is a comeback for the House after it voted in the last session to remove her assignments due to inflammatory statements.

On Tuesday, the House GOP Steering Committee decided to grant Greene a seat in the House Homeland Security Committee. The committee has oversight over the Homeland Security Department as well as the powerful House Oversight Committee. according to The Hill.

The GOP steering committee of around 30 members Also, Rep. Paul Gosar (R AZ) was elected to the Senate. censured and lost his committee assignments He was criticized for a video he posted on social media.

These assignments must still be approved by the whole House GOP conference. CNN’s Melanie Zanona stressed the conference typically approves Recommendations of the steering committee. Greene, Gosar and Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will be joining them if they are confirmed to the Oversight Committee. begun inquiries In various controversies surrounding President Joe Biden.

The last session of Congress was Greene’s freshman term. She was a staunch ally of Donald Trump and quickly became a conservative firebrand.

In February 2021 the Democrat-led House voted to strip Greene of her assignments on the Budget Committee and on Education and Labor to discuss statements made prior to her time in Congress, such as those regarding QAnon and school shooters. Eleven Republicans voted for the resolution with Democrats.

“These were words of the past, and these things do not represent me, they do not represent my district, and they do not represent my values,” Greene spoke right before the vote.

Kevin McCarthy (R, CA) was the House Speaker at the time and released a statement in which he condemned Democrats for making such a mistake. “partisan power grab regarding the committee assignments of the other party,” but he also said he condemned Greene’s past comments and met with the congresswoman to make it “clear” Where the House Republican Conference stood on the matter.

McCarthy stated that Greene and Gosar would receive new seats in committees if Republicans win back the house in 2022’s midterm elections. Greene became a supporter and friend of McCarthy during the weeks leading to the vote for speaker. “I’ve asked for committee positions, but I’m not doing it with a guaranteed deal,” she told Axios.

The Daily Wire reached out to Greene’s office for comment on her new assignments.

McCarthy is poised to return to the committee role as Greene and Gosar, indicated he plans to make good on a promise to bump three high-profile Democrats — Reps. Adam Schiff (CA), Eric Swalwell (CA), and Ilhan Omar (MN) — from perches on key committees.

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