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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar are back on committees after two-year exile under Dem rule

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona have been given committee assignments for the new Congress, ending two years of being banished from committees by Democrats.

The House Republican Steering Committee on Tuesday voted to put Ms. Greene on the House Homeland Security Committee, which oversees U.S. border policies and will investigate Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The steering committee tapped Mr. Gosar for a post on the Natural Resources Committee, where he previously served.

The entire House Republican conference will later vote on the committee members.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged to return Ms.