The new dean of the House hopes to make the place ‘a bit more civil’
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), first elected in 1980, replaces the late Don Young as the longest tenured House member, claiming the honorific title of "dean" at a time when the unruly chamber sits on a knife's edge amid post-insurrection tension.
washingtonpost.comGOP lawmaker apologizes after insulting Rep. Joyce Beatty after she asked him to wear a mask
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) apologized Tuesday evening to Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, for telling her to "kiss my a--" after she asked him to wear a face mask, CNN reported.What they're saying: “My words were not acceptable,” Rogers told CNN.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Driving the news: The incident occurred after Beatty asked Rogers to put on a face mask as the two were boarding a train on the Capitol subway
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