Committee Assignments

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

This committee is tasked with writing the legislation that allocates federal funds to the numerous government agencies, departments, and organizations on an annual basis. Once the annual funding levels are set by the Senate Budget Committee, the Appropriations Committee works to ensure that important projects and services are appropriately funded.

Homeland Security (Chairman)
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Energy and Water Development Subcommittee

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United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Energy Subcommittee
Public Lands, Forests and Mining
National Parks

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United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

This committee develops legislation on a diverse range of issues affecting our nation’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities including food production, energy, resource conservation, forestry and economic development.

Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research Subcommittee (Chairman)
Rural Development and Energy
Commodities, Risk Management and Trade

For more information, please visit http://ag.senate.gov

United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

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