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Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
12/10/2008
Pelosi Announces Government Reform Chair and Other Committee Memberships
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the Democratic Steering Committee nominated and the full Democratic Caucus approved the appointment of Congressman Edolphus Towns of New York as Chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee as well as other new appointments to the Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, and Appropriations Committee.
“With the talent and intellect of this distinguished group of Members, the 111th Congress will take America in a New Direction that restores our economic security, creates jobs, and invests in America’s future,” Pelosi said.
The new Committee members are:
Ways and Means Committee:
• Congressman Danny Davis of Illinois
• Congressman Bob Etheridge of North Carolina
• Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona
• Congressman Brian Higgins of New York
• Congressman John Yarmuth of Kentucky
Energy and Commerce Committee:
• Congresswoman Donna Christensen of the Virgin Islands
• Congresswoman Kathy Castor of Florida
• Congressman John Sarbanes of Maryland
• Congressman Chris Murphy of Connecticut
• Congressman Zack Space of Ohio
• Congressman Jerry McNerney of California
• Congresswoman Betty Sutton of Ohio
• Congressman Bruce Braley of Iowa
Appropriations Committee:
• Congressman Lincoln Davis of Tennessee
• Congressman John Salazar of Colorado