Mac Thornberry to be Ranking Member

Statement

This morning,U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry (R - Clarendon) was chosen as the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) for the 116th Congress. The recommendation of the House Republican Steering Committee was ratified by aunanimous vote of all House Republicans.

Thornberry has served as Chairman of the Committee for the last four years, but with Democrats winning the majority in the House of Representatives, he will serve as the Committee's Ranking Member beginning in January 2019.

"Congress has a responsibility to see that our troops have the best training, equipment, and support our nation can provide," said Thornberry. "I look forward to continuing to work with incoming Chairman Adam Smith and with Senate Armed Services Chairman Jim Inhofe and Ranking Member Jack Reed for our troops and for American national security."

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