Moran 'Expected' Senate Communications Gavel Before Chairmanship Shuffle
Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said during Tuesday's Incompas event (see 2503110058) that until mid-December, he “expected” that the Senate Communications Subcommittee chairmanship would be “my job.” That reflects comments he and then-Chairman Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M.,…
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made during a December hearing on the Salt Typhoon Chinese government-affiliated effort at hacking U.S. telecom networks (see 2412170053). Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska ultimately got the job after she became eligible for it by relinquishing her role as lead Rules Committee Republican to now-former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Moran said.