Gillibrand scores coveted spot on U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Michael McAuliff
WASHINGTON New York’s junior Democratic senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, is grabbing a high-profile new role in the new Congress a seat on the key Senate Intelligence Committee.
Gillibrand will be keeping her post on the Agriculture Committee, which she uses to focus on rural New York, but will be leaving the Environment and Public Works Committee to take more of a national security focus.
“I am honored to have the chance to serve on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the nexus of 21st-century security and international relations,” Gillibrand said in a statement to the News.