{"id":1809239,"date":"2023-01-18T08:34:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809239"},"modified":"2023-01-18T08:40:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:40:14","slug":"george-santos-assigned-2-house-committee-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-santos-assigned-2-house-committee-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"George Santos Assigned 2 House Committee Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-santos-assigned-2-house-committee-seats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-george-santos\">George Santos<\/a> (Republican-New York) was appointed to two separate committees Jan. 17. This was despite him being scrutinized by other lawmakers for revealing parts of his history, including his employment and education histories.<\/p>\n<p>The House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-gop\">GOP<\/a> The Steering Committee is a group of approximately 30 House leadership members responsible for recommending members for the various committees. Their recommendations must first be fully approved by\u00a0the House Republican Conference.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Santos was appointed to the House Committee on Small Business. A spokesperson for this committee confirmed this. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/17\/george-santos-committee-assignments-congress\">Axios,<\/a>\u00a0and a seat on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,\u00a0House Speaker Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar-house-committee-seats-george-santos\/\">told<\/a> reporters.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, who leads the GOP Steering Committee,\u00a0confirmed to CNN earlier on Tuesday that Santos would get a spot on committees.<\/p>\n<p>The assignments come as pressure continues to mount for\u00a0Santos to step down after being sworn\u00a0into office on Jan. 7, following his defeat of Democrat Robert Zimmerman in the November elections.<\/p>\n<p>It later emerged that Santos had fabricated large parts of his resume and personal\u00a0biography,\u00a0which was posted on the National Republican Congressional Committee website.<\/p>\n<h2>Santos Admits He Fabricated Background<\/h2>\n<p>According to the biography, Santos was the son of Brazilian immigrants and had received degrees in\u00a0\u201cfinance and economics\u201d at Baruch College and New York University, and was an\u00a0experienced businessman and investor, as well as a\u00a0seasoned Wall Street financier who had\u00a0worked for\u00a0Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.<\/p>\n<p>New York lawmaker, Michael Cohen, had previously stated that he was \u201ca proud American Jew,\u201d whose\u00a0Jewish grandparents had\u00a0fled Europe during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>When asked in November which\u00a0committees he would like to work on, Santos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/17\/george-santos-committee-assignments-congress\">told<\/a> Axios, \u201cNaturally, with my background, Financial Services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a\u00a0New York Times review of public documents and court filings from both the United States and Brazil found that some of the claims he had made about himself were false, including that he had\u00a0never worked at Goldman Sachs or Citigroup.<\/p>\n<p>Santos later admitted to\u00a0the New York Post in December that he lied about his\u00a0education and previous employment history while stating that he had \u201cnever claimed to be Jewish.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Santos Refuses to Step Down<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the calls for his resignation, Santos continued to resist, writing on Twitter Jan. 11: \u201cI was elected to serve the people of #NY03 not the party and politicians, I remain committed to doing that and regret to hear that local officials refuse to work with my office to deliver results to keep our community safe and lower the cost of living. I will NOT resign!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0Santos was assigned a seat on the\u00a0Small Business Committee, its Chairman,\u00a0Roger Williams (R-Texas), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/embattled-rep-santos-awarded-seats-science-small-business-committees-rcna66151\">told<\/a> NBC News \u201cI don\u2019t agree with what [Santos] said, did, and all. I don\u2019t agree with any of that, OK? It\u2019s wrong.\u00a0But at the same time, he\u2019s on the committee. We\u2019re gonna have rules to follow. He does represent about a million people in New York and a lot of Main Street issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams stated that Santos would only distract his committee. \u201cthose who want to distract.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have a lot of work to do, and we\u2019re going to do some good stuff, and he\u2019ll be a part of it. And if there\u2019s questions, we\u2019ll answer the questions. \u2026 If they think [Santos\u2019s controversy] is going to be the main thing that comes out of the committee, they\u2019re going to really miss the boat,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>Santos is being investigated by both federal and local prosecutors. This includes possible violations of federal election finance laws as well as his lies regarding his work history and background during his campaign. He has not been\u00a0charged with any crime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-katabella-roberts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ttl7dayERL_WEB_KatabellaRoberts.jpg\" alt=\"Katabella Roberts\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Katabella Roberts, a news writer at The Epoch Times, focuses primarily on United States, World, and Business news.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"share\">SHARE<\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. George Santos (Republican-New York) was appointed to two separate committees Jan. 17. This was despite him being scrutinized by other lawmakers for revealing parts of his history, including his employment and education histories. 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