Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been given a spot on two House committees in the 118th Congress after the Republican firebrand became a vocal backer of Rep. Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-CA) bid for House speaker.
The House GOP Steering Committee placed Greene on the Homeland Security Committee and the powerful Oversight Committee. The Homeland Security panel works on legislation regarding national security, which includes the border and immigration, and conducts oversight of the Department of Homeland Security. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will be responsible for one of the GOP’s investigations into classified documents found in President Joe Biden’s former office. Greene had previously mentioned she wanted to join the Oversight panel.
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The Steering Committee is made up of about 30 members of House leadership and other regional representatives. The rosters for the committees, however, need to be approved by the entire House GOP conference.
The House voted to remove Greene from her committees in February 2021, with 11 Republicans joining Democrats in booting her from her panels when a slew of controversial social media posts emerged from before she was in Congress, including antisemitic comments, accusations that the shooting in Parkland, Florida, was a false flag, and remarks propagating the QAnon conspiracy theory.
McCarthy vowed to place her back on her committees and remove Democrats who have made inflammatory comments prior to Republicans taking back the majority.
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In addition to Greene, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) will be seated on House Natural Resources as well as Oversight, a panel he previously served on.
Gosar was censured and removed from his committees in November 2021 after posting a controversial anime video depicting violence against progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Gosar has also come under fire in the past for speaking at a convention with white nationalist ties. Greene had also appeared as a speaker at the event in recent years.
