House Appropriations Committee Announces Subcommittee Chairs for 113th Congress
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) will continue as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee in the next Congress, which funds NASA and NOAA. Rep. Bill Young (R-FL) will continue chairing the defense subcommittee after receiving a waiver to continue in that position beyond House Republican term limits.
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY), chair of the full appropriations committee, today announced the names of all 12 subcommittee chairs — referred to as “cardinals” inside the Beltway — 11 men and one woman. There are few new faces overall, but some switching among subcommittees.
- Agriculture and Rural Development — Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), replacing Rep. Jack Kingston (GA), who moved to chair the Labor-HHS subcommittee
- Commerce, Justice, Science — Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), continuing in that position
- Defense — Rep. Bill Young (R-FL), continuing in that position
- Energy and Water Development — Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), continuing in that position
- Financial Services — Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), replacing Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO), who announced shortly after being reelected that she will leave Congress in February to run the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- Homeland Security — Rep. John Carter (R-TX), replacing Rep. Robert Aderholt, who moved to chair the Agriculture subcommittee
- Interior, Environment — Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), continuing in that position
- Labor, Human and Health Services, Education — Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), replacing Rep. Denny Rehberg (MT) who ran for the Senate, but lost
- Legislative Branch — Rodney Alexander (R-LA), replacing Rep. Ander Crenshaw, who moved to chair the Financial Services subcommittee
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs — John Culberson (R-TX), continuing in that position
- State, Foreign Operations — Kay Granger (R-TX), continuing in that position
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development — Tom Latham (R-IA), continuing in that position
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