At a press briefing on Tuesday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries was asked about the race to lead the House Oversight Committee for Democrats.
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00:00Thank you. There are now four candidates in the oversight race. Two of them are 44 and 47. The other two are 70 and 77. After what happened with Congressman Connolly and some other 70-year-old members, some of whom have been in new leadership positions and were essentially pushed out of those positions, what do you say to Democrats, both here in Congress and outside of Congress, who worry that the seniority system is once again going to elevate someone that many of them feel is not up for the job?
00:29There were three competitive races in the aftermath of the November 2024 election. Competitive race for the Ag Committee, leadership, a competitive race for natural resources, and a potentially competitive race to head the Judiciary Committee, ultimately resulting in Jerry Nadler,
00:59a great former chair making the decision to stand down, and Jamie Raskin, an amazing leader, enabled to step up.
01:09So, the record most recently speaks for itself, which is just that the caucus is going to make a decision on the merits as to who they think is best qualified to lead the committee moving forward.
01:29In the same way that Rosa DeLauro and Frank Pallone and Richie Neal and Maxine Waters continue to lead their committees and are doing an extraordinary job and showed an amazing amount of fight in connection with the GOP tax game.