GOP picks McMorris Rodgers for Energy and Commerce; Westerman for Resources

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House Republicans tapped Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the party on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, making her the first woman to hold a leadership role at the committee

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House Republicans tapped Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on Wednesday to lead the party on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, making her the first woman to hold a leadership role at the committee that has sweeping authority over the nation’s health care, technology, environmental and energy policy.

McMorris Rodgers will replace retiring Energy and Commerce ranking member Rep. Greg Walden , while Westerman will succeed retiring Natural Resources ranking member Rob Bishop . McMorris Rodgers, an eastern Washington lawmaker, has championed hydropower, which accounts for more than two-thirds of all electricity generation in the state, and called for free-market innovation to address climate change, echoing a rhetorical shift of other senior GOP leaders on the committee.

With the House closely-divided, McMorris Rodgers’ is seen as a check against the ambitious aspects of Biden’s environment, technology and health care agenda.

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