No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades

[ad_1] No ladies will lead a Home committee for the primary time in 20 years after Home Republicans revealed their checklist of committee leaders for the 119th Congress on Thursday.

The 17 standing committees, whose leaders had been chosen by the Home Republican Steering Committee, shall be dominated by white males when the brand new Congress is seated on Jan. 3. No individuals of shade had been chosen, both.

The final time there was not at the least one lady main a standing committee within the Home was the 109th Congress, from 2005 till 2006.

"From securing our southern border, to unleashing American vitality, to preventing to decrease Bidenflation, and making our communities secure once more, our Committee Chairs are able to get to work fulfilling the American individuals's mandate and enacting President Trump's America-First agenda," Home Majority Chief Steve Scalise mentioned in asserting the checklist of chairs. "Home Republicans are heading into the 119th Congress ready to handle the problems most necessary to hardworking People and struggle for significant legislative wins.

"I sit up for working with these robust leaders and their Committees to advance President Trump's priorities and ship the American individuals the federal government they voted for in November," he added.

On this July 11, 2023, file photograph, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the Home Power and Commerce Committee, speaks throughout a press convention on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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Three Republican ladies led Home committees within the 118th Congress: Texas Rep. Kay Granger chaired the Appropriations Committee, Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers chaired the Power and Commerce Committee and North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx chaired the Schooling and the Workforce Committee.

Neither Granger nor McMorris Rodgers ran for reelection in 2024, although Foxx did earn an eleventh time period in workplace. Nevertheless, Foxx, 81, had already been granted a waiver to guide her committee within the 118th Congress past the six-year time period limits the Home GOP imposes, and she or he didn't request an extra waiver. She had served as chairwoman within the one hundred and fifteenth Congress, in addition to rating member within the 116th and the 117th. Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg will take over the chairmanship of the Schooling and the Workforce Committee as an alternative.

On this Might 23, 2024, file photograph, Rep. Virginia Foxx speaks at a listening to of the Home Committee on Schooling and the Workforce on the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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"Chairmen of committees are essential positions however we actually do interact all of the membership," Home Speaker Mike Johnson mentioned earlier this week forward of the picks. "Now we have extraordinary ladies serving in Congress and within the Republican Convention. In truth, we elected some actually robust ladies within the upcoming freshmen class.

"We worth these voices. And all people has an equal say on the desk," he famous. "These are considerate elections. Now we have a humiliation of riches, frankly."

Home Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at a press convention for Home Republicans, following their management assembly, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 13, 2024.

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Florida Rep. Brian Mast, a detailed Trump ally, will lead the Home Overseas Affairs Committee. Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan will proceed to guide the Judiciary Committee, Kentucky Rep. James Comer will proceed to guide the Oversight Committee and Missouri Rep. Jason Smith will proceed to guide the highly effective Methods and Means Committee.

"Very becoming within the MAGA Period - No Ladies Want Apply," former Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock, a Republican, posted forward of the ultimate picks.

The Republican Social gathering can have a trifecta within the new 12 months with management of the Home, Senate, and White Home, however the razor-thin majority of 220 Republicans to 215 Democrats within the Home will depart little room for dissent, particularly with two members of the Home GOP set to be nominated for posts within the Trump administration and the resignation of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz.

"After 4 years of struggling underneath the unconventional insurance policies of the Biden-Harris Administration and a Democrat-controlled Senate, the American individuals made clear they're prepared for a change," Scalise added. "With Republicans taking management of the White Home, Senate, and Home, it's crucial we're in place to maneuver President Trump's agenda effectively and thoughtfully so we are able to rapidly restore our nation to greatness."