Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. The New York lawmaker threw her hat in the ring in a letter to colleagues on Friday. At 35, Ocasio-Cortez would by far be the youngest to serve in the prominent post.
FILE - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., speaks during the first day of Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. announced a bid Friday to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, the latest example of generational shakeup that is beginning to ripple across the Democratic Party in the wake of their
“The responsibility of leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee during Donald Trump’s second term in the White House is a profound and consequential one,” she wrote. “Now, more than ever, we must focus on the Committee’s strong history of both holding administrations accountable and taking on the economic precarity and inequality that is challenging the American way of life.”
The Oversight position, in particular, is prized because the committee is among the most high-profile in Congress, with sweeping jurisdiction over the government and subpoena power to conduct investigations. Republicans returning to the majority next year are pledging to open investigations into Democrats they believe are part of the “weaponization” of the federal government.of Virginia, who is vying for the top spot after serving on the Oversight Committee for the past 16 years.
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