Ossoff's office noted that the senator, 34, is the youngest chair of the subcommittee, and that another Georgia Democrat, former Sen. Sam Nunn, led the subcommittee from 1979 to 1980 and from 1987 to 1994.
Prior to being elected to the Senate, Ossoff was CEO of an investigative media production company. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Gary Peters
“As a former investigative journalist, Senator Ossoff is uniquely qualified to chair this prestigious subcommittee, which is instrumental to holding our nation’s most powerful entities accountable for wrongdoing,” Peters said. “I look forward to working with him to shed a light on fraud, financial crimes, and other kinds of malpractice whether they take place in the public or private sector.”