Senate Homeland Security leaders reorganize subcommittees, with Hassan and Paul atop cyber-focused panel

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) and ranking member Rob Portman (R-OH) have reorganized and announced leaders for the panel’s subcommittees, including Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Ron Paul (R-KY) to serve as chair and ranking, respectively, of a new emerging threats panel with a focus on cyber.

The committee keeps the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, now to be led by freshman Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and former full committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI). But it is revamping subcommittee...