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116th Congress North Carolina Delegation SENATE Senator Richard Burr (R) Senator Thom Tillis (R) 217 Russell Senate Office Building* 113 Dirksen Senate Office Building* Phone: (202) 224-3154 Phone: (202) 224-6342 Scheduler: Michael Sorensen Scheduler: Angela Schulze [email protected] [email protected] Finance; Select Intelligence (Chair); Health, Education, Armed Services; Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs; Labor & Pensions (HELP); Special Committee on Aging Veterans Affairs; Judiciary; Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe. Deputy Whip. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-1) Rep. George Holding (R-2) 2080 Rayburn House Office Building** 1110 Longworth House Office Building** Phone: (202) 225-3101 Phone: (202) 225-3032 Scheduler: Lindsey Bowen Scheduler: Carly Kilgore [email protected] [email protected] Energy & Commerce; House Administration Ways & Means; Budget; Ethics Rep. Greg Murphy (R-3) Rep. David Price (D-4) 2333 Rayburn House Office Building** 2108 Rayburn House Office Building** Phone: (202) 225-3415 Phone: (202) 225-1784 Scheduler: Alli Smith Scheduler: Janssen White [email protected] [email protected] Science, Space & Tech; Education & Labor Appropriations (Chair, Transportation-HUD Subcommittee); Budget Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-5) 2462 Rayburn House Office Building** Rep. Mark Walker (R-6) Phone: (202) 225-2071 1725 Longworth House Office Building** Scheduler: Kristen Basilavecchio Phone: (202) 225-3065 [email protected] Scheduler: Emily Cambon Education & Labor (Ranking); Oversight & Reform [email protected] House Administration; Homeland Security; Education & Rep. David Rouzer (R-7) Labor 2439 Rayburn House Office Building** Phone: (202) 225-2731 Rep. Richard Hudson (R-8) 2112 Rayburn House Office Building** Scheduler: Kelley Billy Phone: (202) 225-3715 [email protected] Scheduler: Maggie Mullins Agriculture; Transportation & Infrastructure [email protected] Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-9) Energy & Commerce; Joint Commission on Security & 132 Cannon House Office Building** Cooperation in Europe Phone: (202) 225-1976 Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-10) Scheduler: Conley Lowrance 2004 Rayburn House Office Building** [email protected] Phone: (202) 225-2576 Small Business; Homeland Security Scheduler: Grace Tricomi Rep. Mark Meadows (R-11) [email protected] 2160 Rayburn House Office Building** Financial Services (Ranking) Phone: (202) 225-6401 Rep. Alma Adams (D-12) Scheduler: Kate Morgan 2436 Rayburn House Office Building** [email protected] Phone: (202) 225-1510 Transportation & Infrastructure; Oversight & Reform; Scheduler: Sandra Brown House Freedom Caucus (Chair) [email protected] Rep. Ted Budd (R-13) Agriculture; Education & Labor; Financial Services 118 Cannon House Office Building** Phone: (202) 225-4531 Scheduler: Elizabeth Dews *Senate: Washington, DC 20510 [email protected] **House: Washington, DC 20515 Financial Services Committee Assignments 116th Congress North Carolina Delegation - Map.

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