Meghashyam Mali
The Hill
11/25/2012
Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) will step down as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee in the new Congress, according to reports.
King will give up the spot under the House Republican Conference’s six-year term-limit rule. The New York lawmaker had previously sought a waiver for a one-year extension, which he is now completing…
…King said he expected to assume the chairmanship of the committee’s Counterterrorism and Intelligence subcommittee.
“Nothing is definite in politics or government, so if there is a new Homeland Security secretary, I will try to work with them as chairman of the subcommittee, and work with the new chair,” said King in the interview.
Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Candice Miller (R-Mich.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) are expected to seek the Homeland Security gavel.
McCaul currently serves as chairman of the Homeland Security Oversight, Investigations and Management subcommittee, with Miller heading the Borders and Maritime Security subcommittee and Rogers the Transportation Security subcommittee.
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