Dreier Named to House Select
Committee on Homeland Security

February 12, 2003

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman David Dreier (R-San Dimas), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, was named to the House Select Committee on Homeland Security today by Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert. The Select Committee was formed at the beginning of the 108th Congress in order to help the new Department of Homeland Security get up and running.

"I'm honored by the Speaker's appointment," Dreier said. "The work of the Select Committee will be absolutely critical to helping the new federal department wade through the bureaucracy and fulfill their ultimate mission of protecting the homeland and the American people. Forming this new department is a huge task. Hopefully this Select Committee will help Secretary Ridge make the transition as smooth as possible."

The Committee will coordinate all House oversight of the Department of Homeland Security in the House of Representatives. It will also exercise exclusive legislation jurisdiction over the Homeland Security Act that established the Federal department tasked with the United States from another terrorist attack.