House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has filled two vacancies on the powerful House Intelligence Committee with Republican members who trend toward the right of their caucus.
In separate statements posted to their websites, Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) announced they would be joining the secretive panel.
The appointments were made to fill vacancies left by the departure from Congress of Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Chris Stewart (R-Utah).
Membership on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence grants lawmakers with higher security clearance and access to more information than is available to the broad majority of rank-and-file members….
