Speaker Pelosi Announces More Committee Memberships

Speaker Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Steering Committee has nominated appointments to the House Agriculture Committee, House Education & Labor Committee, House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Judiciary Committee, House Natural Resources Committee, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, House Science & Technology Committee, House Small Business Committee, and House Veterans' Affairs Committee. The Democratic Caucus also approved the Speaker's nominations to the House Rules Committee.

The Steering Committee approved the following new Committee members:

Agriculture

Congressman Eric Massa of New York

Congressman Bobby Bright of Alabama

Congresswoman Betsy Markey of Colorado

Congressman Frank Kratovil of Maryland

Congressman Mark Schauer of Michigan

Congressman Larry Kissell of North Carolina

Congressman John Boccieri of Ohio

Education & Labor

Delegate Gregorio Sablan of the Mariana Islands

Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada

Foreign Affairs

Congressman Albio Sires of New Jersey

Congressman Michael McMahon of New York

Judiciary

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico

Natural Resources

Congressman Martin Heinrich of New Mexico

Oversight & Government Reform

Congressman Gerry Connolly of Virginia

Science & Technology

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio

Congressman Ben Lujan of New Mexico

Congressman Paul Tonko of New York

Congressman Parker Griffith of Alabama

Small Business

Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper of Pennsylvania

Congressman Kurt Schrader of Oregon

Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona

Congressman Glenn Nye of Virginia

Veterans' Affairs

Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson of Illinois

Congressman Tom Perriello of Virginia

Congressman Harry Teague of New Mexico

In addition, the following members nominated by Speaker Pelosi were confirmed by the Democratic Caucus to serve on the Rules Committee:

Congressman Ed Perlmutter of Colorado

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree of Maine

Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado

See Freshmen and other Committee memberships announced on January 6th>>