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Office Locations

  • Office Locations

    Washington D.C. Office
    235 Cannon House Office Building
    Washington, D.C. 20515

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

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

    Tuscumbia District Office
    1011 George Wallace Blvd
    Suite 146
    Tuscumbia, AL 35674

    Serving Colbert, Franklin and Marion Counties

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

    Serving Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall (Excluding Arab) Counties

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

    Serving Fayette, Lamar, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston 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:

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

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 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).

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 Defense has jurisdiction over the following departments and agencies: Departments of Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Office of Secretary of Defense, Defense Agencies (Except Department of Defense-related accounts and programs under the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs; and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)); Central Intelligence Agency; Intelligence Community Staff.

 

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