In an open letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and the House Republican leadership the conservative leaders who participate in the Conservative Action Project wrote:
Unfortunately, this reflects a pattern of behavior by the House GOP conference. Qualified and senior conservative members, particularly House Freedom Caucus members, are repeatedly passed over for key committee assignments and chairmanships in favor of moderate members. In 2014, Rep. Jim Jordan was bypassed in favor of Rep. Jason Chaffetz for the House Oversight and Reform Committee, despite his clear qualifications and seniority. In 2020, then Rep. Jody Hice was next in line to take over the same committee – only to be passed over for the more junior Rep. James Comer.
The dismissal of Rep. Higgins is not only unjustifiable from a seniority standpoint, but for the wealth of experience Rep. Higgins brings to the role. He has a strong law enforcement background and a wealth of experience both with interior enforcement and border security laws. He demonstrated both as one of the most effective members in articulating the impeachment case against former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Rep. Garbarino, by contrast, lacks Rep. Higgins’ depth of experience and, more broadly, is out of step with the House GOP conference and the voting base on key issues. He voted to create the politically weaponized and grossly abused January 6th Select Committee, has voted in favor of restrictions on access to firearms, and was one of only 13 Republicans to vote for former President Biden’s trillion dollar green infrastructure bill. Garbarino also voted in favor of same sex marriage and against stripping taxpayer dollars to support Pride Month observances. Most concerningly, Garbarino will now lead the committee with jurisdiction over immigration policy after voting for amnesty and against strengthening interior immigration enforcement.
Time and time again, the process of selecting committee chairs has shown that it serves the needs of House moderates over needs of the voters. Passing over Rep. Higgins for chairman of the House Homeland Committee is just the latest example of an internally partisan and self-serving system. The selection process, via the Steering Committee, must either be reformed or dissolved.
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The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President, Council for National Policy
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
Kevin Roberts, Ph.D.
President
The Heritage Foundation
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
Thomas E. McClusky
Principal
Greenlight Strategies, LLC
Chad Connelly
Founder and President
Faith Wins
Myron Ebell
Chairman
American Lands Council
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, President Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Jones
Founder
American Accountability Foundation
The Honorable George K. Rasley, Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr.
Founder and President
STAND Foundation,. Inc.
John Stemberger
President
Liberty Counsel Action
Rosemary Jenks
Cofounder
Immigration Accountability Project
Dr. Kat Lindley
President
Global Health Project
Kristen A. Ullman
President
Eagle Forum
Amb. Henry F. Cooper
Pres. Reagan’s Defense and Space Negotiator
SDI Director under Pres. GHW Bush
Lynn Taylor
President
Virginia Institute for Public Policy
Brian S. Brown
President
National Organization for Marriage
Allen J. Hebert
Jim Pfaff
President
The Conservative Caucus
Donald T. Eason
President, Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)
Melissa Emery
Board Member
Media Research Center (MRC)
Michael Lunsford
Executive Director
Citizens for a New Louisiana
Pastor Ralph A. Rebandt, II
Founder/President
Michigan Lighthouse Ministries
Hannah Determan
State Director, South Dakota
State Freedom Caucus Network
The Honorable Lucas Cayler
Member (District 11B)
Idaho House of Representatives
The Honorable Kent Marmon
Member (District 11A)
Idaho House of Representatives
The Honorable Glenneda Zuiderveld
Member (District 24)
Idaho State Senate
Richard G. Scurry
President
Bible Literacy Project
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
CorsiNation.com
The Honorable Adam Niemerg
Member (District 102)
Illinois House of Representatives
The Honorable Beryl A. Amedee
Member (District 51)
Louisiana House of Representatives
Nathan Dahm
State Director, Oklahoma
State Freedom Caucus Network
The Honorable Kathy Edmonston
Member (District 88)
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Honorable David J. Leavitt
Member (District 25)
Idaho House of Representatives
Suanne Edmiston
State Director, Arizona
State Freedom Caucus Network
The Honorable Rachel Keshel
Member (District 17)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Barry Usher
Member (District 19)
Montana State Senate
The Honorable Shane David Jett
Member (District 17)
Oklahoma State Senate
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Ventures
The Honorable Faye Thompson
Member (District 8)
Idaho House of Representatives
The Honorable Brad Halbrook
Member (District 107)
Illinois House of Representatives
The Honorable Dusty Deevers
Member (District 32)
Oklahoma State Senate
The Honorable Paul C. Fielder
Member (District 13)
Montana House of Representatives
The Honorable Rodney Schamerhorn
Member (District 24)
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Honorable Tom Millett
Member (District 2)
Montana House of Representatives
The Honorable Blaine J. Wilhour
Member (District 107)
Illinois House of Representatives
The Honorable Tony Tezak
Member (District 35)
Montana State Senate
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State House
The Honorable Theresa Manzella
Member (District 44)
Montana State Senate
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman, Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
Eric Teetsel
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Renewing America
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Bob Carlstrom
The Carlstrom Group
Scott T. Parkinson
Vice President for Government Affairs
Club for Growth
Noah Wall
President & Founder
State Leadership Initiative
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Senior Legal Fellow
Conservative Partnership Institute
Andrew Roth
President
State Freedom Caucus Network
Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group
Ron Pearson
President
Pearson & Pipkin
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
E. Paul Bigham, Esq.
Founder
Nonprofit Fundraising Advisors
Tom DeWeese
President
American Policy Center
Anne Schlafly
Chairman
Eagle Forum
Craig Shirley
Reagan and Trump Biographer
Presidential Historian
Floyd G Brown
President
American Media Council
Amy Kremer
Chair, Women for America First
Randy M Long
Founder
Long Business Advisors, LLC
Janelle Towne
The Conservative Caucus
Jerry Maston
Sr. Pastor
River of Life Church
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Jessie Rubino
State Director, Wyoming
State Freedom Caucus Network
Kamen Kreilick
State Director
State Freedom Caucus Network
The Honorable Clint Hostetler
Member (District 24)
Idaho House of Representatives
The Honorable Christy Zito
Member (District 8)
Idaho State Senate
Blake Bassham
Research Director
State Freedom Caucus Network
Collin Moseley
State Director, Illinois
State Freedom Caucus Network
The Honorable David H. Friess
Member (District 115)
Illinois House of Representatives
The Honorable Danny McCormick
Member (District 1)
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Honorable Phillip Tarver
Member (District 36)
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Honorable Dodie Horton
Member (District 9)
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Dr. Charles A. Owen
Member (District 30)
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Honorable Jake Hoffman
Member (District 15), Arizona House of Rpresentatives
Chairman, Arizona Freedom Caucus
LTC (Ret) Darin Gaub
State Director, Montana
State Freedom Caucus Network
The Honorable Joseph Chaplik
Member (District 3)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Noelle Kahaian
Member (District 81)
Georgia House of Representatives
The Honorable Dave Zimmerman
Member (District 99)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Sandy Rios
Senior Policy Advisor
American Family Association
The Honorable Charlice Byrd
Member (District 20)
Georgia House of Representatives
Tim Wildmon
President
American Family Association
The Honorable Bob Phalen
Member (District 36)
Montana House of Representatives
The Honorable Beverly Pingerelli
Member (District 28)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable David Marshall Sr
Member (District 7)
Arizona House of Representatives
Carol Rebandt
Director of First Lighthouse Book Club of Michigan, Michigan Lighthouse Ministries
Frank Pavone
National Director
Priests for Life
Emilie Prince Wierda
Chair
Eagle Companies
The Honorable Carl Glimm
Member (District 2)
Montana State Senate
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