House Speaker Kevin McCarthy added more GOP firebrand members to a few of the most high-profile committees in the House, despite their initial opposition to his bid for speaker.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said he's concerned that classified documents were found in both Trump and Biden's possession, but questioned why there was no FBI raid of Biden's private residence and said Trump was treated unfairly.to become speaker to two high-profile committees in the House: Oversight and Judiciary.
Firebrand Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., – who were stripped of their assignments in 2021 over controversial statements – will also have seats on that committee.Rep. Lauren Boebert did not vote for Kevin McCarthy for House speaker. The first House Judiciary hearing of the 118th Congress will be border related and is likely to happen at the end of January or beginning of February, according to a congressional source."I am not going to support Kevin McCarthy," Boebert said during the speakership election."If I am the last person standing, which I don't believe I will be, I will not…"Rep. Matt Gaetz tried to block Kevin McCarthy from winning the speakership.
White House spokesperson Ian Sams pushed back on the appointment of Greene, Boebert, Gosar and Perry to the Oversight Committee, calling them"extreme MAGA" members of the GOP.
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