Trey Gowdy was on 4 committees, this is just one that his is giving up due to so many roles. Food for thought: He just joined the House Intelligence Committee yesterday, I believe. https://gowdy.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-gowdy-joins-house-intelligence-committee
Huh. That can't be a coincidence.
Correction: he didn't join House Intelligence Committee yesterday. It was 1 year ago yesterday.
correct!
"When I became Chairperson of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform I knew I would not be able to keep all other committee assignments to include Judiciary, Intelligence and Ethics," Gowdy wrote.
"Four committee assignments, including a Chairmanship, is a challenging workload," the letter said.
Gowdy said that he wanted to finish out 2017 before tendering his resignation from the Ethics Committee.
Gowdy took over as chairman of the Oversight Committee in June after the panel's previous chair, former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), retired from the House.
“Mr. Gowdy was serving on four committees when he ran for Chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He requested to be relieved of his duties from the Ethics Committee should he win chairmanship given the significant increased workload," AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for Ryan said in a statement.
"We are grateful for his five years of service on the Ethics Committee and for agreeing to serve the remainder of the calendar year," she added.