Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced that she shall be operating to be the subsequent Democrat to deal with James Comer like a human pinata on the Home Oversight Committee.
Right here is Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s letter to her colleagues asserting her run:
NEW: Rep. @AOC broadcasts she’ll search prime Democratic submit on the Home Oversight Committee, starting in January
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) can also be searching for the submit
To succeed Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) within the place pic.twitter.com/eul2rMKtqT
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) December 6, 2024
The place because the rating Democrat on the committee is open by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is transferring over to change into the highest Democrat on the Home Judiciary Committee. The Oversight Committee is without doubt one of the strongest committees within the Home because it has the ability to conduct oversight over all the govt department.
Republicans have used their oversight majority to waste practically two years investigating Joe Biden. James Comer’s failures in his first go round because the committee chair turned a operating joke because the chairman was persistently outmaneuvered by the Raskin led Democrats on the Committee.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez additionally served on the committee and has a well-earned repute for being educated, detailed, and really properly ready. AOC additionally doesn’t run from a battle and isn’t afraid to face up for what she feels is true and take it to Republicans.
Ocasio-Cortez represents the type of generational change that Democrats are searching for, and could possibly be the proper match to tackle the subsequent Trump administration on the Oversight Committee.
Awards and Skilled Memberships
Member of the Society of Skilled Journalists and The American Political Science Affiliation
