{"id":1831940,"date":"2023-02-01T16:20:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1831940"},"modified":"2023-02-01T16:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:22:26","slug":"rick-scott-blames-mcconnell-after-he-and-mike-lee-lose-key-committee-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-blames-mcconnell-after-he-and-mike-lee-lose-key-committee-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott Blames McConnell After He and Mike Lee Lose Key Committee Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Frick-scott-blames-mcconnell-after-he-and-mike-lee-lose-key-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=1831940&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 class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX <\/strong>Republican Senators Mike Lee from Utah and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/s\/sen-rick-scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Rick Scott, Florida<\/u><\/a> Fox News Digital learned that they were removed from Senate Commerce Committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Multiple Senate sources including Scott&#8217;s office confirmed to Fox News Digital that Scott was and Lee had been taken. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/republican-states-planning-assault-woke-banks-wont-do-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>The panel is off-limits<\/u><\/a> As the Senate restructures around its one seat Democrat majority.<\/p>\n<p>Scott stated to Fox News Digital, that he is blaming Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, R.Ky. for the removal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-senators-manchin-challenge-bidens-esg-climate-investment-rule-politicizing-americans-401ks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>ALL GOP SENATORS, MANCHIN CHALLENGE BIDEN\u2019S ESG CLIMATE INVESTMENT RULE \u2018POLITICIZING AMERICANS\u2019 401(K)S<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1333236102.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Republican Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida were kicked off the Senate Commerce Committee going into this Congress.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Republican senators Mike Lee from Utah and Rick Scott from Florida were expelled by the Senate Commerce Committee before entering this Congress.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I represent the third-biggest state in the country,&#8221; Scott spoke in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital. &#8220;What they told me today at lunch is the way the rules work, McConnell gets to pick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So guess who [were] kicked off? Mike Lee and me,&#8221; The senator continued.<\/p>\n<p>Scott stated that he is &#8220;not going to back down&#8221; He believes that he &#8220;did the right thing&#8221; McConnell, which he challenged for the top GOP Senate slot, said that he believes the Senate GOP Conference &#8220;needs to change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to stop giving in to the Democrats,&#8221; Scott stated that he believes Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will serve as an advisor. &#8220;very good ranking member&#8221; The chairman of the committee said that he would continue to work with him in legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Florida senator said that he believed &#8220;McConnell made that decision&#8221; Scott &#8220;ran against him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Senator-Rick-Scott.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Scott told Fox News Digital he believes Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is behind his and Lee&#039;s removal.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Scott stated to Fox News Digital that he believes Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is behind Lee&#8217;s and his removal.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Bill Clark\/CQ Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Republicans prepare for a slim Democrat majority, the committee cuts are occurring.<\/p>\n<p>Senate committee memberships are changed to reflect party breakdown when a new Congress starts.<\/p>\n<p>Last Congress saw the partisan composition of committees equalized with a fifty-fifty Senate. However, the new 51-seat Democratic majority will mean that one Republican will be removed from each Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The senator who is removed from a committee usually ranks it as the third most important panel in their congressional work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Mike-Lee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Multiple Senate sources, including Scott&#039;s office, confirmed to Fox News Digital that Scott and Lee were taken off the panel as the Senate restructures around its one-seat Democrat majority.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Multiple Senate sources, including Scott\u2019s office, confirmed that Scott and Lee were removed from the panel during a restructuring of the Senate around its one-seat Democrat major.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Bill Clark\/CQ Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rick-scott-mitch-mcconnell-battle-gop-leadership-senators-stew-midterms-frustration\"><u>Unsu<\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rick-scott-mitch-mcconnell-battle-gop-leadership-senators-stew-midterms-frustration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>c<\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rick-scott-mitch-mcconnell-battle-gop-leadership-senators-stew-midterms-frustration\"><u>Cessfully <\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rick-scott-mitch-mcconnell-battle-gop-leadership-senators-stew-midterms-frustration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>challenged<\/u><\/a> McConnell was elected to the leadership role following the disappointing 2022 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Lee refused to comment on his expulsion from the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, who is a Republican, has also left Commerce committee to serve as the Senate Finance Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached McConnell&#8217;s Office for Comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Houston Keene works as a journalist for Fox News Digital. \u00a0Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX Republican Senators Mike Lee from Utah and Rick Scott, Florida Fox News Digital learned that they were removed from Senate Commerce Committee. Multiple Senate sources including Scott&#8217;s office confirmed to Fox News Digital that Scott was and Lee had been taken. 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