Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has been appointed to a plum submit on the Home Republican management workforce and will probably be getting her spots again on key committees within the decrease chamber weeks after her nomination to be US ambassador to the United Nations was pulled.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday tapped the New York congresswoman to function the chairwoman of Home GOP management, a senior place centered on technique, communications and “executing on the mandate from the American people to pass President Trump’s agenda,” in accordance with a launch from her workplace.
This place features a finances, workers, and an “expansive” technique, legislative, and communications portfolio, the congresswoman’s workplace stated.
“I am honored to be appointed Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership to lead House Republicans in implementing President Donald Trump’s mandate from the American people for an America First agenda that includes securing our borders, strengthening our national security, growing our economy, and combating the scourge of antisemitism across our country,” Stefanik stated in a press release.
Stefanik, who has represented New York’s twenty first Congressional District since 2021, additionally revealed that she may have a seat on the three Home committees she served on within the final Congress.
“I’m proud to continue my work as a senior Member of the House Intelligence Committee, House Armed Services Committee, and the Education and the Workforce Committee to secure results for my constituents in New York’s 21st Congressional District and the American people,” the congresswoman stated. “I look forward to the work ahead in enacting President Trump’s historic agenda.”
It’s unclear what kind of maneuvering Johnson is planning to get Stefanik again on the intel committee, which is at present full.
“The Speaker will be working with [Chairman Rick Crawford (R-Ark.)] and HPSCI members to get Rep. Stefanik reintegrated into the Intelligence Committee in the coming weeks,” a spokesman for Johnson instructed NBC Information Thursday. “They both look forward to having her expertise back on the committee.”
The outlet reported that the Home speaker could ask one of many extra junior Republicans on the panel to step down or change Home guidelines to broaden the committee.
As well as, Stefanik was named to the boards of the Congressional-Government Fee on China and the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Basis.
President Trump tapped the 40-year-old lawmaker for the UN submit in November however requested her to stay in Congress final month with Home Republicans going through powerful votes on their tax, protection, power and border priorities within the coming weeks.
“This is about stepping up as a team,” Stefanik instructed Fox Information on the time. “I am doing that as a leader to ensure that we can take hold of this mandate and deliver these historic results.”
Trump, 78, made clear that Stefanik was “one of my biggest Allies” and promised that she would “rejoin the House Leadership Team” after asserting her departure.
“We must be unified to accomplish our Mission, and Elise Stefanik has been a vital part of our efforts from the very beginning,” he stated of the congresswoman who was additionally on his shortlist for the vice presidency in 2024.
