Tom Price Won’t Run For Leadership, Wants To Be Budget Chairman

Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, as they testify during a hearing at the House Ways and Means Committee on the I... Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, as they testify during a hearing at the House Ways and Means Committee on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013. MORE LESS
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Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) won’t run for a position in Republican leadership amid the shake-up over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s impending departure.

He said he wants to be the next Budget Committee chairman, which he’s in line for if Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) relinquishes the role as he’s expected to.

“The encouragement I’ve received from colleagues over these past couple of days has been humbling. My position has always been that I’m ready to serve in whatever capacity might best help unify our team, promote our conservative principles and, above all, pursue positive solutions on behalf of our constituents. To that end, at this time, my focus is on the opportunity to serve as the next chairman of the House Budget Committee,” Price said in a statement Thursday.

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  1. You thought Ryan was nuts. You ain’t seen nothing yet.

  2. Budget Committee chairman. Ugh. Dems need to take back the House.

  3. The Peter Principle applies to all of these sociopaths chasing the majority leader position. Notice the use of humility to mask their naked chase of money/power without the slightest qualifications.

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