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The Speaker of the House is the most powerful person on Capitol Hill and stands next after the vice president in the line of presidential succession

We have a plan for a new direction for America,” he told The Associated Press.

An attorney representing McCarthy wrote to the committee Friday that it does not have the authority to issue subpoenas to the lawmakers.

The minority leader is the third sitting member of the House GOP the panel has sought voluntary testimony from — including midstate Congressman Scott Perry.

The remarks by the freshman Republican congresswoman — and criticism of them — come against the backdrop of antisemitic incidents across the United States.

Kevin McCarthy is one of several prominent Republicans to call for Swalwell’s removal from the high-powered committee following a report from Axios that Swalwell and other California politicians had for years been targeted for information by a suspected Chinese spy.