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

Johnson chose Foxx to succeed now-retired Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas). Unlike most other House committees, the Rules gavel is chosen solely at the discretion of the speaker — a recognition of the panel’s key role in managing business on the House floor.

Rep. Virginia Foxx was appointed by House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the House Committee on Rules, making her the only woman leading a committee in the current session of Congress.

Virginia Foxx (R-NC) was confirmed as the new chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, a powerful panel that decides if and how legislation is brought to the floor for votes. House Republicans ratified Foxx as the chairwoman during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning,