{"id":20819,"date":"2023-01-30T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=20819&preview=true&preview_id=20819"},"modified":"2023-01-30T15:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:41:50","slug":"house-speaker-mccarthy-sheds-light-on-intel-committee-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/politics\/government\/house-speaker-mccarthy-sheds-light-on-intel-committee-assignments-20230130","title":{"rendered":"House Speaker McCarthy Sheds Light on Intel Committee Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy shed light on his decision not to place Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) or Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on the House Intel Committee while answering questions in the Capitol from reporters on January 24, 2023, when asked by PBS reporter Lisa Desjardins [1]<\/sup><\/a> why Rep. George Santos (D-N.Y.) was assigned committee positions while Schiff and Swallwell were not after the Republicans took power in the House in January.<\/p>\n

When PBS reporter Lisa Desjardins asked McCarthy why Santos\u2019 admitted lying [2]<\/sup><\/a> wasn\u2019t a factor for putting him on committees, the Speaker tried to respond and was interrupted by Desjardins, and that’s when he began to make himself clear, “Let me be very clear and respectful to you. You asked me a question. When I answer it, it’s the answer to your question. You don’t get to determine whether I answer your question or not, okay? In all respect”.<\/p>\n

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.@SpeakerMcCarthy<\/a> to reporter: Let me be very clear & respectful to you. You ask me a question when I answer it it’s the answer to your question. You don’t get to determine whether I answer a question or not, okay? In all respect…what happens in the Intel Cmte you don’t know. pic.twitter.com\/WD57QB7m1v<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) January 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>\n