{"id":139841,"date":"2025-01-24T20:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=139841"},"modified":"2025-01-24T20:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:42:37","slug":"congressman-ryan-mackenzie-appointed-to-key-homeland-security-and-foreign-affairs-subcommittees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=139841","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Ryan Mackenzie Appointed to Key Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, representing the Greater Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th District, has been appointed to several key subcommittees within the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Committees for the 119th Congress. These assignments position Congressman Mackenzie to address critical issues including counterterrorism, emergency preparedness, and international relations, including threats posed by China and illegal immigration.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>From his position on the Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Mackenzie will serve on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/intelligence-and-counterterrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/intelligence-and-counterterrorism\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737756938080000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1VcI85rm4QBSnfoU62sb3-\">Counterterrorism and Intelligence<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/emergency-preparedness-response-and-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/emergency-preparedness-response-and-recovery\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737756938080000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3AH9SK-Mipk9TU681hchU_\">Emergency Management and Technology<\/a>\u00a0Subcommittees. These roles will enable him to work on enhancing national security measures, supporting law enforcement agencies, and ensuring first responders have the necessary resources to protect communities in Pennsylvania and across the nation.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>On the Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Mackenzie will serve on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/subcommittee\/indo-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/subcommittee\/indo-pacific\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737756938080000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0FXukt7EiH1E06Iua2Ddrw\">East Asia and Pacific<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/subcommittee\/western-hemisphere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/subcommittee\/western-hemisphere\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737756938080000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OpRljDl4rJsJuBRVtLliV\">Western Hemisphere<\/a>\u00a0Subcommittees. These positions will allow him to engage directly with the most pressing foreign policy challenges facing our nation, including issues related to China&#8217;s growing influence, fixing our borders, and the fight to reprioritize American interests.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to be serving the people of the Greater Lehigh Valley on these critical committees,\u201d<b>\u00a0said Congressman Mackenzie<\/b>. \u201cStrengthening our national security, supporting law enforcement and first responders, securing our borders, and reducing global instability will be key to our nation\u2019s future. I look forward to collaborating with my colleagues to deliver on these priorities and fight for the interests of the Greater Lehigh Valley and the nation as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAndres Weller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, representing the Greater Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th District, has been appointed to several key subcommittees within the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=139841\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Congressman Ryan Mackenzie Appointed to Key Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittees<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Congressman-Ryan-Mackenzie.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/139444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}