{"id":9717,"date":"2015-01-13T16:05:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T21:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=9717"},"modified":"2015-01-13T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T21:07:11","slug":"nalc-more-congressional-committee-assignments-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/01\/13\/nalc-more-congressional-committee-assignments-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"NALC: More congressional committee assignments announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

The chairman of the House committee with responsibility for the Postal Service, the Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee, is Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). Chaffetz takes over for Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who is no longer a member of the OGR Committee. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) continues his service as ranking member.<\/p>\n

Additional assignments to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI)<\/td>\nRep. John Duncan (R-TN)<\/td>\nRep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA)<\/td>\nRep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX)<\/td>\nRep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA)<\/td>\nRep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ)<\/td>\nRep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO)<\/td>\nRep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC)<\/td>\nRep. Pat Meehan (R-PA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA)<\/td>\nRep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)<\/td>\nRep. John Mica (R-FL)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA)<\/td>\nRep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)<\/td>\nDel. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)<\/td>\nRep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)<\/td>\nRep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)<\/td>\nRep. Robin Kelly (D-IL)<\/td>\nRep. Michael Turner (R-OH)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)<\/td>\nRep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)<\/td>\nRep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Scott Desjarlais (R-TN)<\/td>\nRep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)<\/td>\nRep. Peter Welch (D-VT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)<\/td>\nRep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)<\/td>\nRep. Rob Woodall (R-GA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In the Senate, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) was elected chairman of that chamber\u2019s committee with USPS oversight, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC). Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) stays on as ranking member.<\/p>\n

For more than 30 years, appropriations language has required the Postal Service to deliver the mail six days a week (at least). In the 114th Congress, the Senate Appropriations Committee is chaired by Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) with Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) the ranking member.<\/p>\n

(For a full list of assignments to the Senate Committee on Appropriations,\u00a0<\/span>refer to the Dec. 19 Legislative Update<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In the House, the Appropriations Committee is led by Chairman Hal Rodgers (R-KY) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY). Members include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)<\/td>\nRep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)<\/td>\nRep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV)<\/td>\nRep. Kay Granger (R-TX)<\/td>\nRep. Martha Roby (R-AL)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)<\/td>\nRep. Tom Graves (R-GA)<\/td>\nRep. Tom Rooney (R-FL)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)<\/td>\nRep. Andy Harris (R-NC)<\/td>\nRep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. John Carter (R-TX)<\/td>\nRep. Jaime Herrera-Beutler (R-WA)<\/td>\nRep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)<\/td>\nRep. Mike Honda (D-CA)<\/td>\nRep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)<\/td>\nRep. Steve Israel (D-NY)<\/td>\nRep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Henry Cueller (D-TX)<\/td>\nRep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV)<\/td>\nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)<\/td>\nRep. David Jolly (R-FL)<\/td>\nRep. Jos\u00e9 Serrano (D-NY)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Charles Dent (R-PA)<\/td>\nRep. David Joyce (R-OH)<\/td>\nRep. Michael Simpson (R-ID)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)<\/td>\nRep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)<\/td>\nRep. Chris Steward (R-UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)<\/td>\nRep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)<\/td>\nRep. David Valadao (R-CA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)<\/td>\nRep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)<\/td>\nRep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)<\/td>\nRep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)<\/td>\nRep. Steve Womack (R-AR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)<\/td>\nRep. David Price (D-NC)<\/td>\nRep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)<\/td>\nRep. Scott Rigell (R-VA)<\/td>\nRep. David Young (R-IA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For the House and Senate subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), both chambers are still finalizing their rosters. On the House side, Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) remain as FSGG chairman with Rep. Jos\u00e9 Serrano (D-NY) staying as ranking member.<\/p>\n

NALC will keep you up-to-date on committee assignments as they are announced. Please continue to monitor the\u00a0<\/span>Government Affairs web page<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for news and updates regarding the 114th Congress and NALC\u2019s legislative and political efforts.<\/p>\n

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