House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the Democratic members who will serve on a newly established oversight panel with broad authority to oversee the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic
Pelosi listed the names of the Democratic lawmakers on the panel in a"dear colleague" letter to House Democrats. In addition to House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, who Pelosi had previously indicated would serve as the chair of the committee, the following Democratic lawmakers will also serve on the panel: Reps.
Foster is the chair of a subcommittee on investigations and oversight on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Raskin is the chair of a subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties on the House Oversight Committee. And Kim is the chair of a subcommittee on economic growth, tax, and capital access on the Small Business Committee.
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