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- Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa, whose controversial remarks stripped him of his congressional committee assignments last year, claimed he was being considered to have them reinstated.
- "I have Kevin McCarthy's word that that will be my time for exoneration," he said in the The Sioux City Journal, referring to the House Minority Leader.
- The possibility was condemned by House lawmakers, including Republicans who sat on the committee that decides on the lawmakers's placements.
- "It's bulls---. We have not discussed this at steering," one unnamed lawmaker said to The Hill.
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Rep. Steve King of Iowa, a Republican who was condemned by a bipartisan group of colleagues for his controversial remarks, said he was being considered by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California to have his committee assignments reinstated.
"On April 20, Kevin McCarthy and I reached an agreement that he would advocate to the Steering Committee to put all of my committees back, all of my seniority," King said at an election debate on Monday, according to The Sioux City Journal, which first reported on his comment.
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