Alaska Republican U.S. Sen.-elect Dan Sullivan will serve on the Senate's commerce committee, a slot he requested because of the committee's jurisdiction over fisheries.
Senate Republicans on Monday announced their committee assignments for the two years of the 114th Congress, which begins in January. Assignments are subject to ratification by party members, and by the full Senate.
The Republicans also named Sullivan, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, to the committees on the environment and public works, armed services, and veterans' affairs.
Sullivan's counterpart, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, will keep her four slots, on the committees on appropriations, energy and natural resources -- which she is expected to chair -- Indian affairs, and health, education, labor and pensions.
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