NEW: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has rejected the reappointments of Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell to the powerful House Intelligence Committee.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., walks down the House steps, Jan. 12, 2023, in Washington.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday night rejected the reappointments of Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both D-Calif., to the powerful House Intelligence Committee --The committee has special rules that allow the speaker to assign its members in consultation with the minority leader.
The speaker argued that the "misuse of this panel during the 116th and 117th Congress severely undermined its primary national security and oversight missions -- ultimately leaving our nation less safe." U.S. Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks at a news conference in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Building, Jan. 12, 2023, in Washington.Moments before McCarthy's decision was announced on Tuesday, Schiff told reporters that McCarthy was "trying to dictate to Democrats who can sit and who can lead Democrats on the Intelligence Committee."
"I believe there's 200 other Democrats that can serve on that committee," McCarthy told reporters on Tuesday. Jeffries wrote 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."
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