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Marshall loses seat on House Financial Services Committee
Rep. Jim Marshall, a Georgia Democrat, has been taken off the House Financial Services Committee to make room for newly elected House members, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office said Thursday. “Jim was happy to step aside,” spokesman Doug Moore said. He said Marshall had only a temporary seat on Financial Services in addition to his permanent seats on the Armed Services and Agriculture committees. He added the third committee because of his expertise in banking, futures and credit union issues, the spokesman said, adding, “Obviously he’s disappointed because this is something he’s very interested in.” Pelosi’s spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, said, “Congressman Marshall was a valued member of the Financial Service Committee and has won the praise of the his chairman and his colleagues, but as his third committee, it was a temporary assignment.”
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