Rep. Kevin Kiley, the former Republican who recently registered as an independent, said in an interview Wednesday he plans to caucus with the House GOP and will seek to regain his committee assignments.
The California lawmaker was formally removed from his panels Wednesday after giving official notice he was switching parties to serve as an independent and run in a new district after his state redrew congressional maps.
The House GOP Steering Committee will need to approve Kiley’s effort to take back his seats on Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Judiciary. Kiley told reporters this was “completely expected” and that he looked “forward to being reappointed as an independent.”
Mia McCarthy contributed to this report.
