Ways and Means Committee Democrats Announce Subcommittee Assignments for 112th Congress

Ways and Means Committee Democrats Announce Subcommittee Assignments for 112th Congress

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on Jan. 19, 2011. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Democratic Members of theWays and Means Committee met to establish recommendations for Subcommittee leadership and assignments for the 112th Congress. Ranking Member selections are still subject to ratification by the Steering and Policy Committee and Democratic Caucus.

“I congratulate the new Democratic Ways and Means Subcommittee Members of the 112th Congress," said Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI). “As we tackle some of the most pressing issues facing the country - job creation, patients’ rights, trade and taxes, to name a few - I have complete confidence that they will continue to fight for hard-working American families and the economic recovery efforts that we started in the last Congress."

Complete Subcommittee assignments are as follows:

Health

Pete Stark, CA (Ranking Member)

Mike Thompson, CA

Ron Kind, WI

Earl Blumenauer, OR

Bill Pascrell Jr., NJ

Human Resources

Lloyd Doggett, TX (Ranking Member)

Jim McDermott, WA

John Lewis, GA

Joe Crowley, NY

Oversight

John Lewis, GA (Ranking Member)

Xavier Becerra, CA

Ron Kind, WI

Jim McDermott, WA

Select Revenue Measures

Richard E. Neal, MA (Ranking Member)

Mike Thompson, CA

John Larson, CT

Shelley Berkley, NV

Social Security

Xavier Becerra, CA (Ranking Member)

Lloyd Doggett, TX

Shelley Berkley, NV

Pete Stark, CA

Trade

Jim McDermott, WA (Ranking Member)

Richard E. Neal, MA

Lloyd Doggett, TX

Joe Crowley, NY

John Larson, CT

Budget Committee

Earl Blumenauer, OR

Bill Pascrell Jr., NJ

Joint Committee on Taxation

Sander M. Levin, MI

Charles B. Rangel, NY

Official Advisors to International Trade Conferences

Sander M. Levin, MI

Jim McDermott, WA

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means

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