Mitch McConnell announces his new posts for the 119th Congress

Outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced that helium volition seat the Senate Rules Committee arsenic good arsenic the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee connected Defense during the 119th Congress.

"America's nationalist information interests look the gravest array of threats since the Second World War. At this captious moment, a caller Senate Republican bulk has a work to unafraid the aboriginal of U.S. enactment and primacy," McConnell said successful a statement. 

"I mean to play an progressive relation successful this urgent ngo arsenic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee connected Defense, and I look guardant to moving intimately with incoming Chair Susan Collins to execute our shared goal," helium noted.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is presently the vice seat of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the ranking subordinate of the Appropriations Subcommittee connected Defense. 

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., takes a question from a newsman during a quality league pursuing the play Senate Republican argumentation luncheon astatine the U.S. Capitol connected Nov. 19, 2024 successful Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"The Senate Rules Committee volition besides person important enactment to execute successful the 119th Congress, and I look guardant to starring it arsenic Chairman," McConnell said successful the statement.

"Defending the Senate arsenic an instauration and protecting the close to governmental code successful our elections stay among my longest-standing priorities. Ranking Member Deb Fischer has done an outstanding occupation advancing these causes, and I cognize she volition stay a cardinal spouse successful the committee’s ongoing work," helium noted.

McConnell, 82, has served successful the U.S. Senate since 1985, which means helium volition soon scope his 40-year-anniversary successful the chamber. His existent word ends successful aboriginal 2027.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., concludes a quality league successful the U.S. Capitol aft the legislature luncheons connected Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

While helium has helmed the Senate GOP since 2007, McConnell announced earlier this twelvemonth that his existent word arsenic Senate Republican person would beryllium his past successful the position.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. has been tapped to win McConnell successful the relation adjacent year. 

Republicans won the Senate bulk during the 2024 elections — Thune volition beryllium Senate bulk leader.

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Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., listens alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., during a quality league pursuing the play Senate Republican argumentation luncheon astatine the U.S. Capitol connected Sept. 10, 2024 successful Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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"John Thune’s predetermination is simply a wide endorsement of a consummate leader. The assurance our colleagues person placed successful John’s legislative acquisition and governmental accomplishment is good deserved," McConnell said successful a statement.

"The American radical elected Republicans to reconstruct stableness and bid aft 4 years of Washington Democrats' failure. John Thune volition instrumentality the reins with a tremendous accidental to pb this transformation, and Senate Republicans basal down him, acceptable to get to work," helium added.