SHELBY, LEAHY ANNOUNCE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE LEADERSHIP FOR 116TH CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Appropriations Chairman (R-Ala.) and Vice Chairman (D-Vt.) today announced the majority and minority subcommittee leaders for the 116th Congress following approval by the full Senate.

The Senate Appropriations subcommittee chairmen and ranking members for the 116th Congress are as follows:

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (R-N.D.), chairman (D-Ore.), ranking member

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (R-Kan.), chairman (D-N.H.), ranking member

Department of Defense Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), chairman Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), vice chairman

Energy and Water Development Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman (D-Calif.), ranking member

Financial Services and General Government John Kennedy (R-La.), chairman (D-Del.), ranking member

Department of Homeland Security (R-W.Va.), chairman (D-Mont.), ranking member

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (R-Alaska), chairman Tom Udall (D-N.M.), ranking member

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (R-Mo.), chairman (D-Wash.), ranking member

Legislative Branch Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chairman (D-Conn.), ranking member

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (R-Ark.), chairman (D-), ranking member

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (R-S.C.), chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), ranking member

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (R-Maine), chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.), ranking member

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