Kucinich Becomes Chair of Key Subcommittee
January 19, 2007, Washington, DC
This week Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) was named chair of the newly created Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee. The appointment was made by committee chair Henry Waxman (D-CA), with the support of the 23 Democrats on the committee. The new post gives Kucinich the power to convene hearings on a broad array of domestic issues, including everything from urban policy to election integrity to media policy to nuclear plant safety to drug policy.
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Kucinich said he’d like to hold a hearing every week. His subcommittee will have oversight of agencies like the EPA and FCC, and 11 federal departments, including Justice, Labor and Energy.
Rep Kucinich, a candidate for president in 2008, has stood strong for years not just against illegal war, but on a wide range of domestic issues. And now he will have investigative power over many of these issues.
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