Breaking: Rep. George Santos tells GOP colleagues he won't serve on House committees.
of New York will recuse himself from serving on House committees, he told his GOP colleagues in a closed-door meeting Tuesday, two Republican aides in the meeting confirmed to CBS News.
Santos was assigned to the House Small Business Committee and Science, Space and Technology Committee earlier this month by House Republican leaders. His decision not to sit on the two panels comes a day after Santos met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Capitol Hill, though McCarthy has not disclosed what they discussed.
In the meeting of the House Republican conference, Santos apologized to his colleagues for being a distraction, the two sources told CBS News. An aide to Santos said in a statement that he is"reserving his seats on his assigned committees until he has been properly cleared of both campaign and personal financial investigations."
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