Chairman Royce Announces Subcommittee Assignments for 114th Congress; Sets Organizational Meeting for January 21

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Chairman Royce Announces Subcommittee Assignments for 114th Congress; Sets Organizational Meeting for January 21

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Jan. 14, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced subcommittee assignments for the 114th Congress. Royce also scheduled the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 114th Congress for Wednesday, January 21 at 10 a.m. in Rayburn 2172. During the Organizational Meeting, the Committee will consider and adopt the Committee Rules and a Committee Oversight Plan for the 114th Congress.

Chairman Royce said: “I am pleased to announce these subcommittee assignments. With the foreign policy challenges facing this nation growing, the Foreign Affairs Committee - the full committee and its subcommittees - will have an active two years ahead. I look forward to working with all Committee Members to tackle our many global challenges through oversight, deliberation, and legislation. Likewise, I look forward to continuing to work with Ranking Member Eliot Engel to advance U.S. interests around the globe."

The majority subcommittee assignments follow.

Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations

Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Chairman

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)

Rep. Curt Clawson (R-FL)

Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN)

Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Chairman

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)

Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)

Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA)

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC)

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA)

Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)

Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Chairman

Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)

Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA)

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)

Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA)

Rep. Randy Weber Sr. (R-TX)

Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI)

Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI)

Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman

Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Rep. Randy Weber Sr. (R-TX)

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL)

Rep. Curt Clawson (R-FL)

Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI)

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), Chairman

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA)

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA)

Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI)

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)

Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Chairman

Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ)

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL)

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN)

Organizational Meeting information.

What.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Organizational Meeting for 114th Congress

When.

10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015

Where.

2172 Rayburn House Office Building.

Source: House Committee on Foreign Affairs

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