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Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
With Republicans regaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives, controversial Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has had her committee privileges restored after Democrats stripped them in early 2021.
Greene has been tapped for the House Homeland Security Committee, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday. She has also been gunning for a spot on the powerful House Oversight Committee, though members of that committee have yet to be announced.
The Homeland Security Committee deals with legislation involving national security matters, and Oversight is intended to check the power of federal agencies.
Greene lost her seats on the Education and Labor and Budget committees just a month after she was elected following the revelation of social media posts made before her election promoting outlandish conspiracy theories and calling for violence against political opponents.
Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar, another member of the right wing Freedom Caucus who lost his committee privileges the same year, also got a second chance Tuesday with Republicans in control. Gosar got in trouble for sharing a video featuring an anime character with his face superimposed flipping through the air with a pair of katanas and slashing a monster bearing New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ face.
Greene is often mocked on late-night television and by liberals, but she remains beloved among the most conservative members of the GOP. Greene won her bright red northwest Georgia district in a landslide, and she ranked No. 10 among all House candidates in fundraising, according to Open Secrets. Greene raised $12.4 million compared to $2.6 million for the average House member.
She has also allied herself with newly sworn-in House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a move which set her apart from fellow hard-right members. The Daily Beast reported that Greene and fellow Freedom Caucus member Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado even had a tiff in a Capitol restroom over McCarthy’s selection. While Boebert and other members of the House Freedom Caucus withheld their votes to confirm McCarthy in a push for more concessions from him, Greene called for unity, positioning herself close to the center of power in the House.
Greene’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the Congresswoman took to social media to sound off about matters she has long called for to be investigated, like migrants at the southern border.
“It is time to restore dignity to the People, Border Patrol, ICE, & the families who have lost a loved one to the Cartel’s fentanyl murders and illegal alien crime,” Greene tweeted. “I serve the American People and no one else. As far as I’m concerned American dignity is the only one that matters.”
In 2021, Greene filed a bill calling for the impeachment of President Joe Biden, accusing him of “allowing his son Hunter Biden to influence the domestic policy of a foreign nation and accept benefits from foreign nationals in exchange for favors.”
Greene pledged Tuesday to ramp up investigations into the president:
“I was the first to say Impeach Biden & the first to introduce articles of impeachment,” she tweeted. “Soon we are starting our investigations. My advice to Joe: Resign now bc we’re going to show the world the depth of your corruption & how you’ve abused your power.”
Greene has also called for investigations into U.S. war assistance to Ukraine, the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and recently retired National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci.
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