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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Rep. (R-Iowa) claims he and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) have agreed to a process that will see King be reinstated to committee seats he for making remarks condoning white supremacy. “On April 20, Kevin McCarthy and I reached an agreement that he would advocate to the steering committee to put all of my committees back, all of my seniority,” King said at a Monday debate with his Republican primary opponents, .Advertisement“When Congress comes back into session, when the steering committee can (inaudible) together, I have Kevin McCarthy’s word that that will be my time for exoneration,” King said. McCarthy’s office didn’t respond to a HuffPost request for comment Wednesday as to whether the House minority leader has struck such a deal with King. McCarthy and GOP leadership in the House stripped King of all his committee assignments last year in response to King made to The New York Times. “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King told the Times during a January interview about immigration. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”AdvertisementRep. Steve King claims he will get his committees back next year. As long as I am a member of the Republican Steering Committee, I will not allow hate &amp; bigotry to influence the legislation passed by Congress. He will not be serving on any committee. — Steve Stivers (@stevestivers)AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Rep. (R-Iowa) claims he and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) have agreed to a process that will see King be reinstated to committee seats he for making remarks condoning white supremacy. “On April 20, Kevin McCarthy and I reached an agreement that he would advocate to the steering committee to put all of my committees back, all of my seniority,” King said at a Monday debate with his Republican primary opponents, .Advertisement“When Congress comes back into session, when the steering committee can...

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