Biography

Committees

In the 114th Congress, Lynn serves on the House Financial Services Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Select Committee on Benghazi, and the Steering Committee.

Representative Westmoreland serves as Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Insurance and Housing for the House Financial Services Committee. He also serves on the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittees where he is a voice for community banks and staunch defender of small business. The House Financial Services Committee has jurisdiction over the housing and financial services sectors, including banking, insurance, real estate, public and assisted housing, and securities. Georgia has been hit especially hard by the current economic downturn and Westmoreland believes it is important that our great state is represented by a conservative, free-market voice on the committee.

On the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Representative Westmoreland serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee of the NSA and Cybersecurity. The House Intel Committee is charged with oversight of the United States Intelligence Community, including the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. Westmoreland understands that ensuring our nation's security at home and around the world requires a strong intelligence community and works with his fellow committee members to make sure they have the resources they need to carry out their important mission.

In 2014, Representative Westmoreland was selected by Speaker Boehner to serve on the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Representative Westmoreland’s involvement in an informal working group and his work on the Intel Committee proved he was one of the most knowledgeable on the attacks and he is honored to work alongside Chairman Trey Gowdy to uncover the truth.

As part of the Steering Committee, Representative Westmoreland is tasked with selecting members and leadership for each of the House committees at the start of each Congress or when seats on the committees become available.

Representative Lynn Westmoreland previously served as the Deputy Chairman at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for the 113th Congress, and worked with Chairman Greg Walden and the NRCC to regain the largest Republican majority since the 71st Congress. Westmoreland has served in a leadership role at the NRCC for the 111th and 112th Congress, leading the redistricting effort as the Vice Chairman for Redistricting and assisting Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy with candidate recruitment.