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California GOP State Lawmakers Removed From Committee Roles Allege Retaliation

They allege they were booted for criticism of Democratic colleagues’ policies, while the Assembly speaker’s office says lawmakers are routinely moved around.
California GOP State Lawmakers Removed From Committee Roles Allege Retaliation
The California capitol in Sacramento on April 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Kimberly Hayek
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Some California Republican state lawmakers have spoken out after they were removed from key committee positions amid a Democratic supermajority in the state Assembly.

Assemblyman Carl DeMaio alleged that he was bumped from the state’s budget committee because he questioned the state’s spending of nearly $10 billion on health care for illegal immigrants.
Kimberly Hayek
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.