Government affairs
Legislative Updates
Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform (OR) announced its membership for the 116th Congress. Led by Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the committee will include a mix of members carried over from the 115th Congress as well as new members, including freshmen.
The OR committee is the main investigative committee in the House of Representatives that has jurisdiction over federal employees, government operations, health care, information technology, interior, energy, environment, national security and intergovernmental affairs. As letter carriers know, the committee also has jurisdiction over the U.S. Postal Service.
The full list of committee members is as below:
Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman | Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member |
Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) | Justin Amash (R-MI) |
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) | Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) |
Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) | Virginia Foxx (R-NC) |
Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) | Thomas Massie (R-KY) |
Jim Cooper (D-TN) | Mark Meadows (R-NC) |
Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) | Jody B. Hice (R-GA) |
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) | Glenn Grothman (R-WI) |
Jamie Raskin (D-MD) | James Comer (R-KY) |
Harley Rouda (D-CA) | Michael Cloud (R-TX) |
Katie Hill (D-CA) | Bob Gibbs (R-OH) |
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) | Clay Higgins (R-LA) |
John P. Sarbanes (D-MD) | Ralph Norman (R-SC) |
Peter Welch (D-VT) | Chip Roy (R-TX) |
Jackie Speier (D-CA) | Carol D. Miller (R-WV) |
Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) | Mark E. Green (R-TN) |
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) | Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) |
Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI) | W. Gregory Steube (R-FL) |
Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI) | |
Ro Khanna (D-CA) | |
Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) | |
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) | |
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) | |
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) |
Should there be any changes to this list of members, NALC will be sure to keep letter carriers informed.