Marco Rubio Chosen as Acting Intelligence Committee Chairman, to Replace Richard Burr

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in the Senate subway area of the Capitol before President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in Washington on Feb. 4, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will serve as acting chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday, after Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) announced he would step aside from the position during a federal investigation of his stock trades.

Rubio, 48, has been an active Republican voice on national security and foreign policy matters throughout the nine years he has been in the Senate.