Ohio’s Mike Turner Becomes Chairman of the Powerful House Intelligence Committee

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, speaks in Washington on Aug. 12, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy on Jan. 23 officially appointed Mike Turner to serve as chairman of the powerful House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), a committee that oversees 17 national security agencies.

In the previous Congress, with the GOP the minority party in the House, Turner held the title of Ranking Member of the committee.