HUNTSVILLE – U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the Senate, will be the featured speaker at the sold-out Washington Update breakfast next week at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
About 900 people are expected to attend the event sponsored by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber at the Davidson Center. The program will begin at 8 a.m.
Elected in 2022, Britt (R-Montgomery) is Alabama’s freshman senator. As a community with a heavy reliance on federal appropriations, she is well-positioned to address many of the issues that are critical to this region.
In the 118th Congress, Britt serves on the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
“There is no doubt that Alabama having a seat on the Appropriations Committee is critical for our state,’’ she said in her Senate biography. “One of my top priorities is ensuring we maintain a strong national defense and that our men and women in uniform are the best equipped, resourced, and trained in the world, so that American families remain safe and free. I will be a voice for restoring fiscal sanity in our country by spending hard-earned taxpayer money responsibly and responsively.
“We need to get back to regular order and end the wasteful spending that’s poured fuel on the inflationary fire that is devastating Americans in every corner of our country.’’
Britt also serves on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Development and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
Britt is the ranking member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, and serves on the following subcommittees:
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
- Energy and Water Development
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
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