Rep. Womack named vice chair of labor, health and human services subcommittee
by March 3, 2017 1:35 pm 696 views
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, has been selected as a vice chair for one of 12 appropriations subcommittees for the 115th Congress.
According to a statement from House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., Womack will serve as vice chair of the labor, health and human services subcommittee.
“From education to life-saving research at the National Institutes of Health, Labor-HHS provides the funding for and oversight of federal programs that impact every single American,” Womack said. “As this subcommittee’s vice chairman, I am honored to be given the responsibility and challenge of overseeing the programs on which so many depend.”
Frelinghuysen added: “The vice chairs of the appropriations subcommittees are essential to the work of the committee. It is our job to fund the federal government responsibly, weed out waste and duplication, conduct strong oversight, and invest in good programs that the American people rely on. These vice chairs will play a critical role in assisting their chairmen and women with this task, and serve at their right hands to help bring our appropriations bills to completion.”
Other vice chair appointments announced include:
- Agriculture Subcommittee: David Valadao (Calif.)
- Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee: Evan Jenkins (W.Va.)
- Defense Subcommittee: Ken Calvert (Calif.)
- Energy and Water Subcommittee: Chuck Fleischmann (Tenn.)
- Financial Services Subcommittee: Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.)
- Homeland Security Subcommittee: Steven Palazzo (Miss.)
- Interior Subcommittee: Chris Stewart (Utah)
- Legislative Branch Subcommittee: Mark Amodei (Nev.)
- Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee: Jeff Fortenberry (Neb.)
- State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee: Tom Rooney (Fla.)
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee: David Joyce (Ohio)