
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will feature restructured subcommittees and several new chairmen in the 116th Congress. New committee chair Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced Friday that several subcommittees would change names and jurisdictions. Wicker announced his chairmanship this past Wednesday (Defense Daily, Jan. 9). Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) will serve as the committee’s ranking member. “In an effort to exercise oversight more effectively and develop policy in the many agencies and departments covered by Commerce’s broad…