Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has selected Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) to serve as chair of the House Rules Committee, installing the veteran lawmaker at the helm of the panel that will play a key role in legislating throughout the 119th Congress.

Johnson selected Foxx to lead the committee over Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), whom many hardline conservatives were pushing for, and Reps. Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.) and Pete Sessions (R-Texas), who also expressed interest in the role. Foxx will be the only female committee chair in the 119th Congress. Foxx’s selection was ratified during the House GOP conference meeting Tuesday morning, a source told The Hill.

In a statement first shared with The Hill, Johnson lauded Foxx’s leadership in various........

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