Anonymous ID: b13db8 Dec. 18, 2020, 5:32 a.m. No.12078060   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8305 >>8492

Ocasio-Cortez passed over for key committee assignment

 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced appointments to several powerful committees on Thursday, most notably the selection of Rep. Kathleen Rice over fellow New Yorker Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 

The New York lawmakers had been jockeying for a seat on the panel, according to several media reports, and lobbying to colleagues behind the scenes for weeks, Politico reported.

 

The committee oversees a broad range of issues, including consumer protection, food and drug safety, public health, health care policy and climate issues.

 

Politico reported that there was a contentious private meeting on Thursday at the Steering and Policy Committee, where there was a secret ballot to vote on the two candidates. The news outlet said the vote was 46-13.

 

Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a rising star in the party, has been outspoken on many of the issues the committee would tackle. She is currently a member of the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Reform. She also co-chaired a panel advising President-elect Joe Biden on climate policy during his campaign.

 

Rice is a more moderate member of the party, a former district attorney who represents parts of Long Island. She currently serves on the House Committee on Homeland Security. Rice's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

Pelosi praised the appointments in a statement.

 

"House Democrats are united in our mission to Build Back Better, and with these strong voices at the table, we will deliver on that sacred promise to make a real difference for all Americans," she said.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kathleen-rice-picked-over-ocasio-034743532.html

Anonymous ID: b13db8 Dec. 18, 2020, 5:43 a.m. No.12078156   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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KEK

That whole Racial diatribe we just heard, seems to indicate that perhaps part of this will become Racially divided.

He sure made a big deal about "Minorities" and wanted to thank them for being involved in the vax. Now, he's got the leverage needed to push it to "Minority" communities.

Always screams to me, that the Racist is the one who uses color as a highlight, instead of accomplishments.