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Ted Cruz (R-Texas)<\/li>\n<li>John Thune (R-S.D.)<\/li>\n<li>Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)<\/li>\n<li>Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)<\/li>\n<li>Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)<\/li>\n<li>Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)<\/li>\n<li>Todd Young (R-Ind.)<\/li>\n<li>Ted Budd (R-N.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)<\/li>\n<li>John Curtis (R-Utah)<\/li>\n<li>Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.)<\/li>\n<li>Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike Lee (R-Utah)<\/li>\n<li>John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Risch (R-Idaho)<\/li>\n<li>Steve Daines (R-Mont.)<\/li>\n<li>Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Justice (R-W.Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Dave McCormick (R-Pa.)<\/li>\n<li>Bill Cassidy (R-La.)<\/li>\n<li>Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)<\/li>\n<li>John Hoeven (R-N.D.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Environment and Public Works Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)<\/li>\n<li>Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)<\/li>\n<li>John Curtis (R-Utah)<\/li>\n<li>Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)<\/li>\n<li>Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)<\/li>\n<li>Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)<\/li>\n<li>John Boozman (R-Ark.)<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Finance Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>John Cornyn (R-Texas)<\/li>\n<li>John Thune (R-S.D.)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Scott (R-S.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Bill Cassidy (R-La.)<\/li>\n<li>James Lankford (R-Okla.)<\/li>\n<li>Steve Daines (R-Mont.)<\/li>\n<li>Todd Young (R-Ind.)<\/li>\n<li>John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)<\/li>\n<li>Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)<\/li>\n<li>Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)<\/li>\n<li>Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Foreign Relations Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jim Risch (R-Idaho)<\/li>\n<li>Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)<\/li>\n<li>Dave McCormick (R-Pa.)<\/li>\n<li>Steve Daines (R-Mont.)<\/li>\n<li>Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)<\/li>\n<li>John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)<\/li>\n<li>Rand Paul (R-Ky.)<\/li>\n<li>Ted Cruz (R-Texas)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Lee (R-Utah)<\/li>\n<li>Rick Scott (R-Fla.)<\/li>\n<li>John Curtis (R-Utah)<\/li>\n<li>John Cornyn (R-Texas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Cassidy (R-La.)<\/li>\n<li>Rand Paul (R-Ky.)<\/li>\n<li>Susan Collins (R-Maine)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)<\/li>\n<li>Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)<\/li>\n<li>Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)<\/li>\n<li>Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Scott (R-S.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Banks (R-Ind.)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)<\/li>\n<li>Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rand Paul (R-Ky.)<\/li>\n<li>Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)<\/li>\n<li>James Lankford (R-Okla.)<\/li>\n<li>Rick Scott (R-Fla.)<\/li>\n<li>Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)<\/li>\n<li>Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio)<\/li>\n<li>Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Scott (R-S.C.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Judiciary Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)<\/li>\n<li>John Cornyn (R-Texas)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Lee (R-Utah)<\/li>\n<li>Ted Cruz (R-Texas)<\/li>\n<li>Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)<\/li>\n<li>Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)<\/li>\n<li>John Kennedy (R-La.)<\/li>\n<li>Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)<\/li>\n<li>Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)<\/li>\n<li>Katie Britt (R-Ala.)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Committee on Intelligence<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Risch (R-Idaho)<\/li>\n<li>Susan Collins (R-Maine)<\/li>\n<li>John Cornyn (R-Texas)<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)<\/li>\n<li>James Lankford (R-Okla.)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)<\/li>\n<li>Todd Young (R-Ind.)<\/li>\n<li>Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Aging Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rick Scott (R-Fla.)<\/li>\n<li>Dave McCormick (R-Pa.)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Justice (R-W.Va.)<\/li>\n<li>Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)<\/li>\n<li>Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Scott (R-S.C.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Budget Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)<\/li>\n<li>Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)<\/li>\n<li>Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)<\/li>\n<li>John Cornyn (R-Texas)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Lee (R-Utah)<\/li>\n<li>John Kennedy (R-La.)<\/li>\n<li>Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)<\/li>\n<li>Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio)<\/li>\n<li>Rick Scott (R-Fla.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Senate Indian Affairs Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)<\/li>\n<li>John Hoeven (R-N.D.)<\/li>\n<li>Steve Daines (R-Mont.)<\/li>\n<li>Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Moran 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