Lawmakers prepare for next steps on cyber; Senate Dems urge Mayorkas vote on Jan. 20

House Republicans are moving to set their committee leadership for the 117th Congress, with a handful of new faces in cybersecurity roles, while Senate Democrats push for a vote on Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas on the day Joseph Biden is sworn in as president.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday said he’d had an “excellent conversation” with Mayorkas about restoring “integrity and trust” at DHS, where the nominee previously served as a deputy secretary who dealt...