ranking member

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

"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

It was led by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, who has been investigating Epstein’s financial relationships with wealthy individuals and banks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the ranking member on the Armed Services Committee, described the men killed in the second strike as “basically two shirtless people clinging to the bow of a capsized and inoperable boat, drifting in the water.”

From Salon

Adm Bradley "did the right thing", said Democratic congressman Jim Himes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, after he heard from the admiral and viewed the video.

From BBC

He later became Long Beach’s first Latino and first openly gay mayor before arriving in Washington — where he is now one of the youngest to ever serve as the ranking member of the main investigative panel in the House.

From Los Angeles Times