Democrats selected Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., to be the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee under Chair James Comer, R-Ky., in a 150-63 vote Tuesday, according to Newsmax congressional correspondent Kilmeny Duchardt.

“I am incredibly honored to have been obviously elected ranking member for the Oversight committee,” Garcia told Duchardt. “It is, I think, an opportunity for us to continue holding the corruption of Donald Trump accountable and also doing incredible work on government reform.”

The full Democrat caucus was in attendance for the closed-door vote to replace Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who died of cancer last month, The Hill reported.

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