Alabama U.S. Sen. Katie Britt outlined her priorities for working with President-elect Donald Trump and a new Senate majority, including two specific to Alabama – moving the headquarters of the Space Command to Huntsville and protecting the interests of Vulcan Materials in Mexico.

Republicans won control of the Senate on Tuesday and could retain control of the House if undecided races fall their way.

A primary focus for the senator in the next Congress will be renewing and enhancing tax cuts passed during Trump’s first term in 2017.

“I am excited to work with President Trump to get America back on track,” Britt said in a statement.

“Together, we will secure our southern border, grow opportunity and prosperity for hardworking Americans, unleash U.S. energy dominance, restore peace through strength, and put our families back in the driver’s seat. I am confident our best days are ahead of us.”

Trump received 65% of the vote in Alabama on Tuesday, topping his dominant wins in the state in 2016 and 2020, when he got 62%. Britt has been a supporter of Trump, as has Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

Britt, Tuberville, and other members of Alabama’s congressional delegation, including House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, have said they expect Trump to move the Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville.

Winning the base will mean at least 1,600 new jobs for Alabama and more as the command and its missions grow. Trump supported the Air Force’s decision in January 2021 to put the headquarters at Redstone Arsenal for the headquarters. Biden overturned that decision and picked Colorado.

“Under the Trump administration, I also expect Space Command to come home to Alabama where it belongs,” Britt said.

“There is no doubt that Redstone Arsenal should be home to the permanent Space Command Headquarters. Huntsville finished first in the Air Force’s Evaluation Phase and Selection Phase and had the most advantages in the decision matrix.

“President Trump will cast aside President Biden’s partisan political considerations and restore the Air Force’s merit-based decision to select Redstone Arsenal as the permanent basing location for Space Command HQ.”

Britt, Tuberville, and four other senators are sponsoring legislation that would penalize Mexico if it attempts to profit from the port facility owned by Vulcan Materials Co., which the Mexican government seized in March 2023.

“With President Trump back in office, credible American deterrence will be restored—forcing countries like Mexico to respect U.S. interests abroad,“ Britt said.

”I look forward to the Trump administration – from a place of strength – engaging Mexico regarding the unlawful expropriation of Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials’ port and property in Quintana Roo.“

Britt said she will advocate for bipartisan legislation to help fix a shortage of affordable child care for families in Alabama and nationally. Britt and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, introduced the bills in July.

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The Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act will help make child care more affordable and accessible by strengthening existing tax credits to lower child care costs and increase the supply of child care providers, Britt’s office said in a statement.

The statement said Britt will also work to promote American energy dominance, raise real wages for American workers, and increase the labor force participation rate.

Asked if she expected to be considered for a cabinet seat in the new Trump administration, Britt’s office said, “Senator Britt is committed to serving the people of Alabama in the U.S. Senate. She looks forward to serving as a partner to President Trump in that role, getting things done, and delivering real results for Alabamians.”

A reporter for Reuters posted on social media that Tuberville was being considered as a candidate for Secretary of Transportation. Tuberville’s communications director, Mallory Blount Jaspers, told AL.com he would remain in the Senate.

But in a statement to Yellowhammer News, Jaspers said Tuberville is not ruling out serving in the administration.

“Senator Tuberville has communicated that if there was a position where he could be more impactful for both Alabama and the country that he would listen, but he believes that President Trump needs a sledgehammer in the Senate and right now he is focused on playing that role,” Jaspers said.