New Democratic Members of Senate Foreign Relations, Banking Announced
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is joining the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this month for the new 119th Congress, incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Jan. 2.
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The Senate Banking Committee will gain three new Democratic members: Sens.-elect Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md.
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., is leaving Foreign Relations, while Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Jon Tester, D-Mont., John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., are leaving Banking.
Rosen said she will use her new committee assignment to “strengthen U.S. global partnerships and counter threats from Iran, Russia and China.” In October, she co-signed a letter urging the Biden administration to speed up implementation of new Iran sanctions laws (see 2410110065). Also in October, she co-led a letter calling on the State Department to designate the Iran-backed Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (see 2411060003).
Senate Republicans announced their committee assignments in late December (see 2412230073).