ranking member

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1. A legislator on a committee who belongs to the majority party and, by virtue of seniority, ranks first after the committee chairman. The most senior member representing the minority party is the ranking minority member of the committee.

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ranking member

The bipartisan, bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China, where we serve as chair and ranking member, has worked to expose this threat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Durbin is also the Democratic whip in the Senate and serves as the ranking member of Senate Judiciary Committee.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has requested answers to that question in a letter sent to both Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

"These new images raise more questions about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its possession," said ranking member of the committee, Robert Garcia.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

Most of the Cabinet had preceded him to Buffalo, and Secretary Root, the ranking member present Secretary Hay having remained in Washington asked the Vice-President to be sworn in at once.

From Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography by William Roscoe Thayer