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The House Homeland Security Committee announced a new leadership slate for the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee on Friday, with Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) now serving as its chairman.

U.S. Rep. Morgan Luttrell tours the Walker County Storm Shelter. More photos on page 5A. Courtesy photo

LIVINGSTON — Newly elected 8th District Congressman Marcus Luttrell was hosted by VFW Post 8568 on Wednesday for his first town hall meeting since being sworn in.
 

Congressman August Pfluger was part of a delegation of Texas Republicans that sent a letter to President Biden urging assistance at the southern border and reimbursement for Texas dollars spent on Operation Lone Star, according to a press release on Tuesday.

Six new members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee are veterans, including three former Navy SEALs.

Their appointments were announced Jan. 25. They are:

House Republicans unveiled the new members for the House Armed Services Committee and the HASC’s new subcommittee chairpersons Jan. 25, elevating Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) to be the committee’s vice chairman behind chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and also naming Wittman to lead the Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee.

‘THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DITHERED’: It was always the case that Ukraine would need modern tanks to prevail on the battlefield over Russia, and it was always the case that providing those tanks would be a complex task requiring training for tank crews and maintainers and the establishment of logistics supply lines to keep the tanks running through the rigors of combat.

Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, talks about his priorities as he begins his first term in the House of Representatives.

U.S. Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, has flagged different energy indicators in a post online to power up his notice that energy costs are high and petroleum reserves are low.