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Three New GOP Members on Senate Homeland Security Committee

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, January 4th, 2019

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Three New GOP Members on Senate Homeland Security Committee

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) will serve on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee in the 116th Congress. (Photo: Romney for Utah)

Senate Republican leadership announced Friday that new Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) will be joining the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the 116th Congress. They will replace Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who are leaving the committee. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) will retain the gavel as committee chair. Senate Democratic leadership announced in December that Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) would take over as committee ranking…

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