Rep. Ilhan Omar Will Sit On Foreign Affairs, Education And Labor Committees
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Rep. Ilhan Omar has been appointed to the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the 116th Congress.
The announcement was made on Wednesday night by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, just days after Omar was named to the Education and Labor Committee.
Omar posted to Twitter on Thursday that the Foreign Affairs Committee was her first pick.
I finally have committee assignments and I am excited ????
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 17, 2019
1st choice- House Foreign Affairs Committee:
The Foreign Affairs Committee oversees all foreign assistance, national security affecting the country's foreign policy, treaties, peacekeeping and war powers.
"As someone who has seen firsthand the havoc wreaked by war, I am proud to serve on the committee that is responsible for overseeing our country's— and this President's—actions abroad," Omar said. "This couldn't come at a more critical time. We need to use the committee's human rights jurisdiction to hold the President accountable for deaths in detention centers on his watch."
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Omar will also sit on the Education and Labor Committee -- which focuses on not only preschool to higher education programs, but also oversees labor initiatives, including minimum wage.
Looking forward to using committee process to transform these ideas into legislation!
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 17, 2019
Here we go ????
"I am honored to serve on a committee that can make a tangible difference in Minnesotans' everyday lives," Rep. Omar said. "In order to build an economy that works for everyone, we need to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, enact stronger workplace safety laws, support workers' right to collectively bargain and create a federal jobs guarantee program."