Gimenez runs for House Homeland Security Committee chair: Politico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez sent a missive to his House colleagues launching his bid to seat the House Homeland Security Committee, Politico reported connected Wednesday afternoon.

Gimenez sent a missive to his colleagues dated Tuesday that listed his agelong vocation successful nationalist service, which includes serving arsenic mayor, sheriff, and commissioner successful Miami-Dade County; and arsenic firefighter, occurrence chief, and metropolis manager successful the metropolis of Miami.

“These roles were not theoretical, they were boots-on-the-ground, real-world experiences,” Gimenez wrote, according to the letter obtained by Politico.

President Donald Trump endorsed Gimenez’s tally for Congress successful 2020. After representing Florida’s 26th legislature district, helium has been representing Florida’s 28th legislature territory since 2023.

“I person proudly served connected the Homeland Security Committee and person spent the past 2 Congresses arsenic Chairman of the Transportation and Marine Security Subcommittee,” Gimenez wrote, according to the letter.

Gimenez besides wrote that immoderate of his goals see “confronting the alarming emergence of unmanned aerial systems” and “hardening” the country’s defenses against enemies’ cyberattacks.

Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., the existent committee’s chair, announced his resignation past month.

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