4 progressive Democrats named to House Oversight Committee

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4 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ro Khanna (Calif.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) — were named Tuesday night to the House Oversight Committee.

Why it matters: The influential Oversight Committee, led by Rep. Elijah Cummings, will serve as a powerful check on the Trump administration, which has accrued a laundry list of potential subpoena targets over the past two years. The four new members — all of which, besides Khanna, are freshmen — have been exceptionally outspoken in their criticism of the administration, with Tlaib in particular making headlines recently for her expletive-laced call to impeach President Trump.

 

Full committee:

• Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (Calif.)
  
• Rep. Jimmy Gomez (Calif.)
  
• Rep. Katie Hill (Calif.)
  
• Rep. Robin Kelly (Ill.)
  
• Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.)
  
• Rep. Brenda Lawrence (Mich.)
  
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.)
  
• Rep. Stacey Plaskett (USVI)
  
• Rep. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.)
  
• Rep. Harley Rouda (Calif.)
  
• Rep. John Sarbanes (Md.)
  
• Rep. Jackie Speier (Calif.)
  
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.)
  
• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.)
  
• Rep. Peter Welch (Vt.)
  

https://www.axios.com/progressive-democrats-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-oversight-committee-a9baf221-1ef6-4596-adfc-54a5c3e6f21a.html

 

Individual-1's former personal lawyer is going to testify publicly at this committee's first hearing Feb 7th. Get your popcorn ready.