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Homeland Security

Rep. Greene Gets Homeland Security Assignment

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 19th, 2023

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Rep. Greene Gets Homeland Security Assignment

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Photo: House of Representatives

House Republicans this week announced more committee assignments for their members, including the Homeland Security Committee that will include Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), an outspoken critic of President Biden and his administration’s border security policies. Greene was also assigned to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, which is now chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and plans to investigate the president and his family for possible criminal activity related business dealings, foreign ties, and influence peddling. “Joe Biden,…

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