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House Committee Chairmen, Ranking Members and Committee Staff Directors

Updated: February 4, 2011 | 1:41 p.m.
June 17, 2009

All of the House committee chairmen and committee ranking members have been selected for the 111th Congress, as listed below with committee staff directors.

Agriculture

Chairman: Collin Peterson, D-Minn.

Ranking member: Frank Lucas, R-Okla.

Maj. Staff Dir: Rob Larew

Min. Staff Dir: Nicole Scott

Appropriations

Chairman: David Obey, D-Wis.

Ranking member: Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.

Maj. Staff Dir: Beverly Pheto

Min. Staff Dir: Jeff Shockey

Armed Services

Chairman: Ike Skelton, D-Mo.

Ranking member: Howard (Buck) McKeon, R-Calif.

Maj. Staff Dir: Erin Conaton

Min. Staff Dir: Bob Simmons

Budget

Chairman: John Spratt, D-S.C.

Ranking member: Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

Maj. Staff Dir: Tom Kahn

Min. Staff Dir: Austin Smythe

Education and Labor

Chairman: George Miller, D-Calif.

Ranking member: John Kline, R-Minn.

Maj. Staff Dir: Mark Zuckerman

Min. Staff Dir: Sally Stroup

Energy and Commerce

Chairman: Henry Waxman, D-Calif.

Ranking member: Joe Barton, R-Texas

Maj. Staff Dir: Phil Barnett

Min. Staff Dir: David Cavicke

Financial Services

Chairman: Barney Frank, D-Mass.

Ranking member: Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.

Maj. Staff Dir: Jeanne Roslanowick

Min. Staff Dir: Larry Lavender

Foreign Affairs

Chairman: Howard Berman, D-Calif.

Ranking member: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.

Maj. Staff Dir: Rick Kessler

Min. Staff Dir: Yleen Poblete

Homeland Security

Chairman: Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.

Ranking member: Peter King, R-N.Y.

Maj. Staff Dir: Lanier Avant

Min. Staff Dir: Mike Russell

House Administration

Chairman: Robert Brady, D-Pa.

Ranking Member: Dan Lungren, R-Calif.

Maj. Staff Dir: Liz Birnbaum

Min. Staff Dir: Victor Arnold-Bik

Judiciary

Chairman: John Conyers, D-Mich.

Ranking member: Lamar Smith, R-Texas.

Maj. Staff Dir: Perry Applebaum

Min. Staff Dir: Sean McLaughlin

Natural Resources

Chairman: Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.

Ranking member: Doc Hastings, R-Wash.

Maj. Staff Dir: Jim Zoia

Min. Staff Dir: Todd Young

Oversight and Government Reform

Chairman: Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.

Ranking member: Darrel Issa, R-Calif.

Maj. Staff Dir: Ron Stroman

Min. Staff Dir: Larry Brady

Rules

Chairwoman: Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.

Ranking member: David Dreier, R-Calif.

Maj. Staff Dir: Muftiah McCartin

Min. Staff Dir: Hugh Halpern

Science and Technology

Chairman: Bart Gordon, D-Tenn.

Ranking member: Ralph Hall, R-Texas

Maj. Staff Dir: Chuck Atkins

Min. Staff Dir: Leslee Gilbert

Small Business

Chairwoman: Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.

Ranking Member: Sam Graves, R-Mo.

Maj. Staff Dir: Michael Day

Min. Staff Dir: Karen Haas

Ethics

Chairman: Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.

Ranking member: Jo Bonner, R-Ala.

Staff Dir: Blake Chisam

Transportation and Infrastructure

Chairman: James Oberstar, D-Minn.

Ranking member: John Mica, R-Fla.

Maj. Staff Dir: David Heymsfeld

Min. Staff Dir: James Coon

Veterans Affairs

Chairman: Bob Filner, D-Calif.

Ranking member: Steven Buyer, R-Ind.

Maj. Staff Dir: Tony Buckles

Min. Staff Dir: Kingston Smith

Ways and Means

Chairman: Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.

Ranking member: Dave Camp, R-Mich.

Maj. Staff Dir: Janice Mays

Min. Staff Dir: Jon Traub

Intelligence

Chairman: Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas

Ranking member: Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich.

Maj. Staff Dir: Mike Delaney

Min. Staff Dir: Jim Lewis

Global Warming

Chairman: Edward Markey, D-Mass.

Ranking member: James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.

Maj. Staff Dir: Jerry Waldron

Min. Staff Dir: Tom Weimer

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