Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is set to take over as chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee now that Republicans have clinched the chamber and has a plan for overseeing the nation's cyber agency: eliminate, or severely curtail the powers of, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Paul, whose committee has jurisdiction over the cyber agency and others, has long had concerns about CISA and its efforts to counter disinformation, particularly around the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The senator has accused the agency of singling out conservative voices and infringing on free speech and has supported calls for an overhaul.