Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed Tuesday that Rep. George Santos would be seated on House committees, but didn’t specify which ones.
McCarthy argued Tuesday that voters sent Santos to serve in Congress—and that he wouldn’t take action independent of official proceedings.
“I try to stick by the Constitution. The voters elected him to serve. If there is a concern, and he has to go through the Ethics [Committee], let him move through that,” he said. But he also conceded that he “always had a few questions” about Santos’ résumé, especially when a Santos campaign staffer“My staff raised concerns when he had a staff member who impersonated my chief of staff, and that individual was let go when Mr. Santos found out about it,” he told reporters.
Santos supported McCarthy’s speakership bid as it went through a chaotic 15 rounds of voting earlier this month.
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