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House Homeland Security Subcommittee Leaders Named

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019

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House Homeland Security Subcommittee Leaders Named

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The House Homeland Security Committee named its subcommittee chairs Tuesday, one day after the committee’s Republican leadership announced its ranking members and following a reorganization of the subcommittee’s jurisdictions. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) has been announced as Vice Chair of the full committee, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) said in a press release. Two freshman Democrats will take gavels in the 116th Congress: Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) will chair the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, while Rep. Xochitl Torres Small…

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