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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday said he will block Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from taking seats on the House Intelligence Committee, in a move that the speaker insists is not political payback for the Democrats’ decision to strip hard-right lawmakers from their committee assignments during the last term.
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In a letter addressing Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), McCarthy said he appreciated the House Minority Leader’s “loyalty” to his colleagues in trying to reinstate them into the committee but said he “cannot put partisan loyalty ahead of national security.”
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