ranking member

A legislator on a committee who belongs to the majority party and, by virtue of seniority, ranks first after the committee chairman. The most senior member representing the minority party is the ranking minority member of the committee.

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Sen. Alex Padilla, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Immigration subcommittee.

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The Trump administration accuses Abrego Garcia of being a ranking member of the MS-13 gang, but — as judges have noted in court filings — has not provided substantive evidence of such affiliation in court.

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He “was arrested in the company of other ranking gang members and was confirmed to be a ranking member of the MS-13 gang by a proven and reliable source,” wrote immigration Judge Elizabeth Kessler.

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The administration says the native of El Salvador entered this country illegally in 2011 and was arrested in 2019 and held after he was identified “as a ranking member of the deadly MS-13 gang.”

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On 26 March, Senate Armed Services Committee chair Republican Roger Wicker and ranking member Democrat Jack Reed asked the Pentagon watchdog to probe what messages were communicated in the Signal chat, defence department policy on sharing sensitive information on non-government networks and recommendations on actions the government should take.

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