Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) provided the best evidence why D.C. Delegate House Member Eleanor Holmes Norton should not chair the House Transportation Committee.
Roll Call posted the video on March 25, 2015. It’s not the first time Massie used it against Norton.
Norton declared her candidacy to lead the committee along with Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA):
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., and Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., both formally declared their candidacy for the top Democratic spot on the committee, with Norton announcing her bid hours after DeFazio’s retirement announcement Wednesday and Larsen formally announcing Thursday.DeFazio is chairman of the panel. Norton and Larsen, along with Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas who is also retiring after this Congress, are the next most senior Democrats on the 66-member committee, which has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation as well as infrastructure including clean water and wastewater, pipelines, flood damage and federal real estate.Both are chairs of arguably the most powerful subcommittees on the panel: Norton chairs the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, while Larsen chairs the Aviation Subcommittee.
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