House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has selected Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell to sit on the powerful House Intelligence Committee, setting up a fight with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the assignments.
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"It is my understanding that you intend to break with the longstanding House tradition of deference to the minority party Intelligence Committee recommendations and deny seats to Ranking Member Schiff and Representative Swalwell," Jeffries wrote. Jeffries wrote in his letter to McCarthy that "the denial of seats to duly elected Members of the House Democratic Caucus runs counter to the serious and sober mission of the Intelligence Committee." Jeffries also wrote that embattled, R-N.Y., is a "serial fraudster" who was seated on committees while Democrats could lose their seats.
Rep. Eric Swalwell speaks during a news conference on the introduction of the Protection from Abusive Passengers Act at the U.S. Capitol Building, April 6, 2022, in Washington.Republican leaders have cited how the House's Democratic majority in the last Congress removed Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from their committees over their past incendiary behavior, including Greene spreading conspiracies.
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