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Congressional Advocacy and Key Housing Committees

By Kimberly Johnson, Policy Analyst, • The Senate Committee on Appropriations . NLIHC • The Senate Committee on Finance . obbying Congress is a direct way to advocate See below for details on these key committees for the issues and programs important to as of December 1, 2019 . For all committees, you . Members of Congress are accountable to members are listed in order of seniority and Ltheir constituents and as a constituent, you have members who sit on key housing subcommittees the right to lobby the members who represent are marked with an asterisk (*) . you . As a housing advocate, you should exercise that right . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL CONTACT YOUR MEMBER OF SERVICES CONGRESS Visit the committee’s website at To obtain the contact information for your http://financialservices.house.gov. member of Congress, call the U S. . Capitol The House Committee on Financial Services Switchboard at 202-224-3121 . oversees all components of the nation’s housing MEETING WITH YOUR MEMBER OF and financial services sectors, including banking, CONGRESS insurance, real estate, public and assisted housing, and securities . The committee reviews Scheduling a meeting, determining your main laws and programs related to HUD, the Federal “ask” or “asks,” developing an agenda, creating Reserve Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance appropriate materials to take with you, ensuring Corporation, government sponsored enterprises your meeting does not veer off topic, and including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and following-up afterward are all crucial to holding international development and finance agencies effective meetings with Members of Congress . such as the World Bank and the International For more tips on how to lobby effectively, refer to Monetary Fund . the lobbying section of this chapter . The Committee also ensures the enforcement of housing and consumer protection laws such the KEY CONGRESSIONAL “U S. . Housing Act,” the “Truth in Lending Act,” COMMITTEES the “Housing and Community Development Act,” The following are key housing authorizing and the “Fair Credit Reporting Act,” the “Real Estate appropriating committees in Congress: Settlement Procedures Act,” the “Community Reinvestment Act,” and financial privacy laws . • The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services . The Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance oversees HUD and the Government National • The House of Representatives Committee on Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) . The Appropriations . Subcommittee also handles matters related to • The House of Representatives Committee on housing affordability, rural housing, community Ways and Means . development including Opportunity Zones, and • The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, government sponsored insurance programs such and Urban Affairs . as the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the National Flood Insurance Program .

2–20 2020 ADVOCATES’ GUIDE *Members marked with an asterisk sit on the • (TX) Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance . • (MN) Majority Members (Democrats) Minority Members (Republicans) • (CA), Chair • Patrick McHenry (NC), Ranking Member • Carolyn B . Maloney* (NY) • Peter T . King (NY) • Nydia M . Velázquez* (NY) • Frank D . Lucas (OK) • * (CA) • (FL) • (NY) • * (MO) • Wm . Lacy Clay* (MO), Subcommittee Chair • * (MI) • David Scott (GA) • Steve Stivers* (OH), Subcommittee Ranking • * (TX) Member • * (MO) • (MO) • (CO) • Andy Barr (KY) • Jim A . Himes (CT) • * (CO) • (IL) • Roger Williams (TX) • * (OH) • (AR) • * (WA) • (MN) • * (CA) • Lee M . Zeldin* (NY) • (NJ) • (GA) • Vicente Gonzalez* (TX) • Alexander X . Mooney (WV) • * (FL) • (OH) • (GU) • (NC) • * (MI) • * (TN) • (CA) • (IN) • * (IA) • Anthony Gonzalez* (OH) • (IL) • John Rose* (TN) • (MA) • * (WI) • Ben McAdams (UT) • * (TX) • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) • Riggleman (VA) • (VA) • (SC) • Stephen F . Lynch (MA) • (HI) • (NC) • (PA) • Jesús “Chuy” García (IL)

NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION 2–21 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • * (MA) COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS • * (CA) Visit the committee’s website at • (FL) http://appropriations.house.gov. • (IL) The House Committee on Appropriations • * (NJ) is responsible for determining the amount of funding made available to all authorized • * (MI) programs each year . • * (CA) The Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, • (FL) and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) determines the amount of government • (AZ) revenues dedicated to HUD and other relevant • (HI) agencies, including the Interagency Council on Homelessness . Minority Members (Republicans) • (TX), Ranking Member *Members marked with an asterisk sit on the THUD Subcommittee . • Harold Rogers (KY)

Majority Members (Democrats) • (AL) • Nita Lowey (NY), Chair • Michael Simpson (ID) • (OH) • John Carter (TX) • Peter Visclosky (IN) • (CA) • José Serrano (NY) • (OK) • Rosa DeLauro (CT) • Mario Diaz-Balart* (FL), Subcommittee Ranking Member • David Price* (NC), Subcommittee Chair • Tom Graves (GA) • Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA) • * (AR) • (GA) • (NE) • (CA) • Charles Fleischmann (TN) • Betty McCollum (MN) • Jamie Herrera Beutler (WA) • Tim Ryan (OH) • (OH) • C . A . (MD) • (MD) • Debbie Wasserman Shultz (FL) • Martha Roby (AL) • (TX) • (NV) • (ME) • Chris Stewart (UT) • Mike Quigley* (IL) • Stephen Palazzo (MS) • (WA) • (WA) • (PA) • (MI) • (NY) • John Rutherford* (FL) • (WI) • Will Hurd* (TX)

2–22 2020 ADVOCATES’ GUIDE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • (CA) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND • (NV) MEANS Minority Members (Republicans) Visit the committee’s website at • (TX), Ranking Member http://waysandmeans.house.gov. • (CA) The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax writing committee in the House of • (FL) Representatives and has jurisdiction over • Adrian Smith (NE) taxation, tariffs, and a number of programs • (TX) including Social Security, Medicare, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and • (NY) unemployment insurance. • Mike Kelly (PA) Majority Members (Democrats) • (NC) • (MA), Chair • (MO) • John Lewis (GA) • (SC) • (TX) • (AZ) • Mike Thompson (CA) • (IN) • John Larson (CT) • Darin LaHood (IL) • (OR) • (OH) • (WI) • (TX) • (NJ) • Drew Ferguson (GA) • Danny Davis (IL) • (KS) • Linda Sanchez (CA) • (NY) SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN • (AL) AFFAIRS • Suzan DelBene (WA) Visit the committee’s website at • (CA) www.banking.senate.gov. • (WI) The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs oversees legislation, petitions, and • (MI) other matters related to financial institutions, • (PA) economic policy, housing, transportation, urban development, international trade and finance, • (VA) and securities and investments . • Dwight Evans (PA) The Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, • (IL) and Community Development oversees mass • Tom Suozzi (NY) transit systems, general urban affairs and development issues and is the primary oversight • (CA) committee for HUD . The subcommittee oversees • (FL) HUD community development programs, the FHA, the Rural Housing Service, Fannie Mae and

NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION 2–23 Freddie Mac, and all issues related to public and SENATE COMMITTEE ON private housing, senior housing, nursing home APPROPRIATIONS construction, and indigenous housing issues . Visit the committee’s website at *Members marked with an asterisk sit on the http://www.appropriations.senate.gov. Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development . The Senate Committee on Appropriations is responsible for determining the amount Majority Members (Republicans) of funding made available to all authorized • Michael Crapo (ID), Chair programs each year . • * (AL) The Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies • Patrick Toomey (PA) (THUD) has jurisdiction over funding for • (SC) the Department of Transportation and HUD, • Ben Sasse (NE) including community planning and development, fair housing and equal opportunity, the FHA, • Tom Cotton* (AR) Ginnie Mae, public housing, and indigenous • Mike Rounds* (SD) housing issues . • David Perdue* (GA), Subcommittee Chair *Members marked with an asterisk sit on the THUD Subcommittee . • (NC) • John Kennedy (LA) Majority Members (Republicans) • Richard Shelby* (AL), Chair • Martha McSally* (AZ) • Mitch McConnell (KY) • Jerry Moran* (KS) • Lamar Alexander* (TN) • Kevin Cramer* (ND) • Susan Collins* (ME), Subcommittee Chair Minority Members (Democrats) • Lisa Murkowski (AK) • Sherrod Brown (OH), Ranking Member • * (SC) • Jack Reed* (RI) • * (MO) • Robert Menendez* (NJ), Subcommittee Ranking Member • Jerry Moran (KS) • Jon Tester (MT) • John Hoeven* (ND) • (VA) • John Boozman* (AR) • * (MA) • Shelley Moore Capito* (WV) • Brian Schatz (HI) • John Kennedy (LA) • Chris Van Hollen (MD) • Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) • Catherine Cortez Masto* (NV) • Steve Daines* (MT) • Doug Jones* (AL) • (FL) • Tina Smith* (MN) • James Lankford (OK) • Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)

2–24 2020 ADVOCATES’ GUIDE Minority Members (Democrats) Majority Members (Republicans) • Patrick Leahy (VT), Ranking Member • (IA), Chair • * (WA) • (ID) • Dianne Feinstein* (CA) • Pat Roberts (KS) • Richard Durbin* (IL) • Michael B . Enzi (WY) • Jack Reed* (RI), Subcommittee Ranking Member • (TX) • Jon Tester (MT) • John Thune (SD) • Tom Udall (NM) • (NC) • Jeanne Shaheen (NH) • Johnny Isakson (GA) • (OR) • Rob Portman (OH) • Chris Coons* (DE) • Patrick Toomey (PA) • Brian Schatz* (HI) • Tim Scott (SC) • (WI) • Bill Cassidy (LA) • Christopher Murphy* (CT) • James Lankford (OK) • Joe Manchin* (WV) • Steve Daines (MT) • Chris Van Hollen (MD) • Todd Young (IN)

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Minority Members (Democrats) • (OR), Ranking Member Visit the committee’s website at www.finance.senate.gov. • (MI) The Senate Committee on Finance oversees • (WA) matters related to taxation and other general • Robert Menendez (NJ) revenue measures, including health programs under the “Social Security Act” such as Medicare, • Thomas Carper (DE) Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance • Benjamin Cardin (MD) Program (CHIP), as well as TANF and health and • Sherrod Brown (OH) human services programs financed by a specific tax or trust fund . • (CO) • Robert Casey, Jr . (PA) • Mark Warner (VA) • Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) • Maggie Hassan (NH) • Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)

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