Thune unveils Senate GOP committee assignments

Incoming Senate GOP Leader John Thune late Friday night unveiled the Republican conference's committee assignments for next term.

A press release from Thune's office noted the assignments "have been ratified by the Senate Republican Conference and are expected to be ratified by the full Senate early next Congress."

One thing to note: Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has an unusually high number of committee assignments in this list, a whopping eight. Per a person familiar with the decisions, that’s because some of his assignments are meant to save space for incoming senators who will backfill Vice President-elect J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), should he be confirmed as Secretary of State.

Here's who's where:

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee

• John Boozman (R-Ark.)
• Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
• John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
• Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
• Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
• Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
• Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
• Jim Justice (R-W.Va.)
• Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
• John Thune (R-S.D.)
• Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
• Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

Senate Appropriations Committee

• Susan Collins (R-Maine)
• Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
• Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
• Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
• John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
• John Boozman (R-Ark.)
• Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
• John Kennedy (R-La.)
• Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
• Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
• Katie Britt (R-Ala.)
• Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)
• Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
• Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)

Senate Armed Services Committee

• Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
• Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
• Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
• Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)
• Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
• Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
• Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
• Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
• Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
• Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)
• Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
• Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)
• Jim Banks (R-Ind.)
• Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.)

Senate Banking Committee

• Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
• Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
• Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)
• Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
• John Kennedy (R-La.)
• Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
• Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)
• Katie Britt (R-Ala.)
• Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)
• Jim Banks (R-Ind.)
• Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
• Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio)
• Dave McCormick (R-Pa.)

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

• Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
• John Thune (R-S.D.)
• Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
• Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
• Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
• Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
• Todd Young (R-Ind.)
• Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
• Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)
• John Curtis (R-Utah)
• Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio)
• Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.)
• Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
• Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

• Mike Lee (R-Utah)
• John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
• Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
• Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
• Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
• Jim Justice (R-W.Va.)
• Dave McCormick (R-Pa.)
• Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
• Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
• Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
• John Hoeven (R-N.D.)

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

• Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
• Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
• Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)
• John Curtis (R-Utah)
• Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
• Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)
• Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
• John Boozman (R-Ark.)
• Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

Senate Finance Committee

• Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
• Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
• John Cornyn (R-Texas)
• John Thune (R-S.D.)
• Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
• Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
• James Lankford (R-Okla.)
• Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
• Todd Young (R-Ind.)
• John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
• Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
• Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
• Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
• Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)
• Dave McCormick (R-Pa.)
• Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
• Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
• John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
• Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
• Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
• Mike Lee (R-Utah)
• Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
• John Curtis (R-Utah)
• John Cornyn (R-Texas)

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

• Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
• Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
• Susan Collins (R-Maine)
• Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
• Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)
• Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
• Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
• Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
• Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
• Jim Banks (R-Ind.)
• Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
• Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
• James Lankford (R-Okla.)
• Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
• Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
• Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio)
• Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
• Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

Senate Judiciary Committee

• Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
• Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• John Cornyn (R-Texas)
• Mike Lee (R-Utah)
• Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
• Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
• Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
• John Kennedy (R-La.)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
• Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)
• Katie Britt (R-Ala.)
• Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)

Senate Committee on Intelligence

• Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
• Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
• Susan Collins (R-Maine)
• John Cornyn (R-Texas)
• Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
• James Lankford (R-Okla.)
• Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)
• Todd Young (R-Ind.)
• Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

Senate Aging Committee

• Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
• Dave McCormick (R-Pa.)
• Jim Justice (R-W.Va.)
• Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
• Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
• Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
• Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

Senate Budget Committee

• Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
• Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
• Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
• Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
• John Cornyn (R-Texas)
• Mike Lee (R-Utah)
• John Kennedy (R-La.)
• Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)
• Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio)
• Rick Scott (R-Fla.)

Senate Indian Affairs Committee

• Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
• John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
• Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
• Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)
• Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)
• Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

Joint Economic Committee

• Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)
• Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
• Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
• Dave McCormick (R-Pa.)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
• Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

• Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
• Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
• Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
• Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
• Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
• Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
• Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
• Katie Britt (R-Ala.)
• John Boozman (R-Ark.)

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

• Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
• Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
• Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
• Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
• Todd Young (R-Ind.)
• Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
• Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
• John Curtis (R-Utah)
• Jim Justice (R-W.Va.)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

Senate Veterans Affairs Committee

• Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
• John Boozman (R-Ark.)
• Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
• Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
• Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
• Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
• Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
• Jim Banks (R-Ind.)
• Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.)

Senate Ethics Committee

• James Lankford (R-Okla.)
• Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
• Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)