A Tennessee congressman backed by conservative border hawks is set to lead the Homeland Security Committee during this congressional session.
House Republican leaders on Monday nominated Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) as chairman of the panel. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) had also been vying for the role. Both made their cases to the House Steering Committee earlier in the day.
Green is a member of the House Freedom Caucus — a frequent thorn in the side to embattled Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — and notched endorsements from some of the Biden administration’s biggest critics on immigration at the conservative Heritage Foundation. ...