Washington, D.C. – Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: “Congressman Alcee Hastings and I have had extensive consultations, and today I advised him that I would select someone else as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Alcee Hastings has always placed national security as his highest priority. He has served our country well, and I have full confidence that he will continue to do so.”