The Virginia Democrat, whose constituency includes many federal workers, cited the return of his esophageal cancer — first diagnosed in late 2024 — as the reason for his planned departure.

Ocasio-Cortez is no longer a member of the Oversight Committee and joined Energy and Commerce this year, so she could have a difficult time mounting a comeback bid — though it’s not clear she intends to do so.

Who would have thought itd be bad to give chairmanship to someone with cancer…

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    I feel like these committees don’t get enough attention. How many are there, what do they actually do, how much time and effort do they make up? Do they manifest actual change? Who has control of how many of them?

    My point is the news never explains these. No one has any idea what they really are. It’s just a group title.

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      They used to get 30-60 minutes of air time on NPR everyday, before they had to start keeping up with Trump’s Treason.

      Cspan,csnbc,NBC,CBS,abc, they had segments dedicated to it at least several times a week, because it’s important information that Americans of all different social classes and stratuses want to know.

      But now journalists are just trying to keep up with how quickly he’s f****** ripping our rights away from us. They don’t have the time to actually give you important information. This is not a side effect this was part of Trump’s plan.

      Get your guns get your ammo get your list of traitora ready. The best place to look is on the heritage foundation membership list and also look for top Trump political donors on opensecrets.org