Multiple GOP lawmakers tell NPR that embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos is voluntarily stepping down from his committee assignments amid outcry over his fabricated biography and ongoing questions about his personal and campaign finances.
"We just got out of conference and George has voluntarily removed himself from committees as he goes through this process," said Rep. Elise Stefanik, who chairs the GOP conference.
Santos had previously been placed on the Science, Space and Technology Committee and the Small Business Committee.
Texas Rep. Roger Williams, who chairs the latter committee, said he understood from Santos that the move is temporary.
"There's a threshold that he feels like [where] he's not the issue anymore and when he hits that, it sounds like he wants to get back on committees and get going," Williams told reporters.
He added Santos' withdrawal came as a surprise but he supports the decision.
"For a while, the question I was getting asked by [the press] is 'Where you gonna put him? Can he do this?' - it became about him," Williams said. "It's not about him. It's about our committee and we have so much to do and when he gets ready to get back on and he's met the thresholds that he's set or whatever, then let's go."
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called Santos' move "bold" as she left the GOP's weekly closed-door conference meeting Tuesday morning.
"He just felt like that there is so much drama really over the situation," she said.
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