REPORT: McCarthy taps three conservatives for powerful House Rules Committee

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Monday he tapped two conservatives who held out on him getting the gavel, Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Chip Roy (R-TX), to serve on the powerful House Rules Committee.

The addition of Norman, Roy, and Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), who did not vote against McCarthy, to the panel is expected to move it in a more conservative direction. Every major piece of legislation has to go through the committee before coming to the floor for a vote.

During the course of negotiations between McCarthy and the Republican defectors during the historic four-day speaker vote, he conceded to conservatives’ push to put more hardliners on the top committees.

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The report adds, McCarthy also tapped Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Erin Houchin (R-IN), and Nick Langworthy (R-NY) to sit on the committee, which is chaired by Representative Tom Cole (R-OK).

McCarthy tweeted Monday, “Under Democrat control, House committees were used to target political opponents and reward allies at the expense of addressing the country’s concerns. That ends now. These Republican members will work to shift power back to the American people through their respective committees.”

Under Democrat control, House committees were used to target political opponents and reward allies at the expense of addressing the country’s concerns.

That ends now.

These Republican members will work to shift power back to the American people through their respective committees. pic.twitter.com/J5qBO1d3gd

— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) January 23, 2023

Representative Tom Cole tweeted, “I am delighted to welcome a diverse slate of @HouseGOP members to @RulesReps. I look forward to working together to restore regular order, ensure thorough debate & ultimately advance real American priorities to the House floor.”

I am delighted to welcome a diverse slate of @HouseGOP members to @RulesReps. I look forward to working together to restore regular order, ensure thorough debate & ultimately advance real American priorities to the House floor.

More: https://t.co/BVTEkz2qCY

— Representative Tom Cole (@TomColeOK04) January 23, 2023

Representative Thomas Massie wrote, “It’s official, I’ll be on the Rules Committee. The committee is comprised of 9 members of the majority and 4 members of the minority. All bills go through the Rules Committee after being voted out of their committees of jurisdiction and before being considered by the full House.”

It’s official, I’ll be on the Rules Committee. The committee is comprised of 9 members of the majority and 4 members of the minority.

All bills go through the Rules Committee after being voted out of their committees of jurisdiction and before being considered by the full House. pic.twitter.com/k8MoUPRhd8

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 24, 2023

McCarthy taps three conservatives for powerful House Rules Committee https://t.co/hbss7UFn42

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 24, 2023

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