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Office Locations

  • Office Locations

    Washington D.C. Office
    2264 Rayburn House Office Building
    Washington, D.C. 20515

    Cullman District Office
    205 Fourth Ave. NE, Ste 104
    Cullman, AL 35055

    Serving Cullman, Blount, Morgan and Marshall (City of Arab) Counties

    Decatur District Office
    Morgan County Courthouse
    Post Office Box 668
    Decatur, AL 35602

    Serving Morgan County

    Gadsden District Office
    107 Federal Building
    600 Broad Street
    Gadsden, AL 35901

    Serving Etowah, DeKalb, Marshall (Excluding Arab) and St. Clair Counties

    Jasper District Office
    247 Carl Elliott Building
    1710 Alabama Avenue
    Jasper, AL 35501

    Serving Walker, Winston, Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens and Franklin Counties

Committee Assignments

I am honored to serve on the House Committee on Appropriations. The Appropriations Committee is divided into twelve subcommittees, which are responsible for allocating actual spending in each area of the federal budget.

Currently I serve on three Appropriations Subcommittees:

  • Subcommitte on Homeland Security (Chairman)
  • Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
  • Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies

The House Appropriations Committee has broad responsibility over the Federal budget. Specifically, the Committee appropriates, or provides, the funds necessary to operate the federal government. It also has the power to rescind funding, transfer balances, and maintain jurisdiction over bills and joint resolutions from other House committees that provide for new spending authority.

The Subcommittee on Homeland Security has jurisdiction over the following departments and agencies: the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies has jurisdiction over the following departments and agencies:  Department of Commerce; Department of Justice; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Science Foundation; Related Agencies: Antitrust Modernization Commission, Commission on Civil Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, International Trade Commission, Legal Services Corporation, Marine Mammal Commission, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, Law Enforcement Coordination Council, National Veterans Business Development Corporatio,n Office of Science and Technology Policy, Office of the United States Trade Representatives, State Justice Institute.

The Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies has jurisdiction over the follwing departments and agencies: Department of Agriculture (Except Forest Service); Farm Credit Administration; Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Food and Drug Administration (HHS).

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