Rep. Maloney Elected to Lead House Oversight Committee

Carolyn B. Maloney to be the new chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, taking the place of Elijah Cummings.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), right, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) speak with reporters in Washington in October 2019, three years before redistricting pitted the two representatives with more than 60 years combined Congressional experience against each other in New York’s Aug. 23 primaries. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

House Democrats have elected Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) to be the chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Maloney, the first woman to lead that committee, defeated Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly by a 133–86 vote in a secret ballot among the full Democratic caucus. She succeeds the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who died last month.