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BumRushDaShow

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4. "but ask myself why just one?"
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:10 PM
15 hrs ago

Because Jaime Raskin is the "Ranking Member" on the House Judiciary Committee. Similarly, you might see Robert García out there pounding a podium. He is the "Ranking Member" on the House Oversight Committee.

In the Senate, probably the biggest voices are Elizabeth Warren (Ranking Member/Vice Chair of the Senate Banking Committee) and Mark Warner (Ranking Member/Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee). You will see then making TV appearances and in front of the media.

And if we took back either or both chambers, they would all be the Chairs of their Committees.

These high-level members were voted into those positions by the Democratic members on their Committees and "speak on behalf of" those Democratic members on their Committees. THAT is their job.

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