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Mississippi Congressman Michael Guest, a Republican who has represented the state’s 3rd District since 2019, could be in line to be the next chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee.

House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mark Green, a Tennessee Republican Congressman, announced Monday that he would be retiring from Congress “as soon as the House votes once again on the reconciliation package.”

Today, Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, and Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), chairman of the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, announced a hearing for next Tuesday, June 10, to assess the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to combat illicit maritime activities, including cartel smuggling operations, which pose significant threats to U.S. national security and public safety. 

Drones from Chinese giant DJI are deeply embedded in American life. With a potential ban looming, the company has until the end of the year to convince U.S. lawmakers it does not pose a national security threat, amid trade tensions between the two countries.

Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E.

House and Senate Republicans sent President Donald Trump an unequivocal message during his first trip abroad: stay the course with his hardline anti-nuclear Iran policy.

Every Senate Republican except for Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) signed on to a letter led by Sens. Pete Ricketts (R., Neb.) and Ted Cruz (R., Texas.) and almost every House Republican signed a letter led by Rep. August Pfluger (R., Texas), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), that urged Trump to “permanently eliminate” the ability for the “Iranian regime” to “enrich uranium.”

Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Michael Guest, R-Mississippi, introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize the Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which would ensure the office remains in place through future presidential administrations, a news release from Gluesenkamp Perez stated.

The Office of Rural Health would coordinate rural health efforts across CDC programs and accelerate innovation tailored to rural public health needs, Gluesenkamp Perez said.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright views artificial intelligence as “the Manhattan Project of our time” — and the only way to meet the massive energy demands the emerging tech requires is to have the government “get out of the way,” he told lawmakers Wednesday.

Last week, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Rep. Michael Guest (MS-03) introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize the Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which would ensure the office remains in place through future presidential administrations.