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DMGS-Transition-Tracker-12.18.2020 Cabinet Office Nominee Confirmation Secretary of State Antony Blinken Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Debra A. Haaland Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor Secretary of Health& Human Services Xavier Becerra Secretary of Housing & Urban Marcia Fudge Development Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm Secretary of Education Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas Independent Agencies 1/2 Office Nominee Confirmation Administrative Conference of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Consumer Product Safety Commission Election Assistance Commission Environmental Protection Agency Michael Regan Federal Communications Commission Federal Election Commission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Housing Finance Agency Federal Maritime Commission Federal Reserve Board of Governors Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Federal Trade Commission General Services Administration Merit Systems Protection Board National Aeronautics& Space Administration National Archives& Records Administration National Counterintelligence Executive National Counterterrorism Center National Labor Relations Board National Science Foundation National Transportation Safety Board Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Government Ethics Office of Personnel Management Office of Special Counsel Independent Agencies 2/2 Office Nominee Confirmation Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines Postal Regulatory Commission Securities & Exchange Commission Selective Service System Small Business Administration Smithsonian Institution Social Security Administration Surface Transportation Board U.S. International Trade Commission U.S. Postal Service Export-Import Bank of the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts U.S. Government Publishing Office Farm Credit Administration National Credit Union Administration U.S. Agency for International Development Legal Services Corporation National Endowment for the Humanities U.S. International Development Finance Corporation 117th House Committee Leadership Committee Chair Ranking Member Agriculture David Scott (GA) G.T. Thompson (PA) Appropriations Rosa DeLauro (CT) Kay Granger (TX) Armed Services Adam Smith (WA) Mike Rogers (AL) Budget John Yarmuth (KY) Jason Smirh (MO) Education & Labor Bobby Scott (VA) Virginia Foxx (NC) Cathy McMorris Rodgers Energy & Commerce Frank Pallone (NJ) (WA) Ethics Financial Services Maxine Waters (CA) Patrick McHenry (NC) Foreign Affairs Gregory Meeks (NY) Michael McCaul (TX) Homeland Security Bennie Thompson (MS) John Katko (NY) House Administration Zoe Lofgren (CA) Judiciary Jerrold Nadler (NY) Jim Jordan (OH) Natural Resources Raúl Grijalva (AZ) Bruce Westerman (AR) Oversight & Reform Carolyn Maloney (NY) James Comer (KY) Rules Jim McGovern (MA) Science, Space, & Eddie Bernice Johnson Frank Lucas (OK) Technology (TX) Small Business Nydia Velázquez (NY) Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO) Transportation & Peter DeFazio (OR) Sam Graves (MO) Infrastructure Veterans’ Affairs Mark Takano (CA) Mike Bost (IL) Ways& Means Richard Neal (MA) Kevin Brady (TX) 117th Senate Committee Leadership Committee Chair Ranking Member Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, & Transportation Energy& Natural Resources Environment& Public Works Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Judiciary Rules & Administration Small Business & Entrepreneurship Veterans’ Affairs Freshman Members in the 117th Congress 1/2 Name Party State District Jerry Carl Republican Alabama AL01 Barry Moore Republican Alabama AL02 Tommy Tuberville Republican Alabama ALS02 Jay Obernolte Republican California CA08 David Valadao Republican California CA21 Young Kim Republican California CA39 Michelle Steel Republican California CA48 Darrell Issa Republican California CA50 Sara Jacobs Democrat California CA53 Lauren Boebert Republican Colorado CO03 John Hickenlooper Democrat Colorado COS02 Kat Cammack Republican Florida FL03 Scott Franklin Republican Florida FL15 Byron Donalds Republican Florida FL19 Carlos Gimenez Republican Florida FL26 Maria Salazar Republican Florida FL27 Nikema Williams Democrat Georgia GA05 Carolyn Bourdeaux Democrat Georgia GA07 Andrew Clyde Republican Georgia GA09 Marjorie Greene Republican Georgia GA14 Kai Kahele Democrat Hawaii HI02 Ashley Hinson Republican Iowa IA01 Randy Feenstra Republican Iowa IA04 Marie Newman Democrat Illinois IL03 Mary Miller Republican Illinois IL15 Frank Mrvan Democrat Indiana IN01 Victoria Spartz Republican Indiana IN05 Tracey Mann Republican Kansas KS01 Jake LaTurner Republican Kansas KS02 Roger Marshall Republican Kansas KSS02 Luke Letlow Republican Louisiana LA05 Jake Auchincloss Democrat Massachusetts MA04 Peter Meijer Republican Michigan MI03 Lisa McClain Republican Michigan MI10 Michelle Fischbach Republican Minnesota MN07 Cori Bush Democrat Missouri MO01 Matt Rosendale Republican Montana MT01 Deborah Ross Democrat North Carolina NC02 Freshmen Members in the 117th Congress 2/2 Name Party State District Kathy Manning Democrat North Carolina NC06 Madison Cawthorn Republican North Carolina NC11 Yvette Herrell Republican New Mexico NM02 Teresa Fernandez Democrat New Mexico NM03 Ben Ray Lujan Democrat New Mexico NMS02 Andrew Garbarino Republican New York NY02 Nicole Malliotakis Republican New York NY11 Ritchie Torres Democrat New York NY15 Jamaal Bowman Democrat New York NY16 Mondaire Jones Democrat New York NY17 Stephanie Bice Republican Oklahoma OK05 Cliff Bentz Republican Oregon OR02 Nancy Mace Republican South Carolina SC01 Diana Harshbarger Republican Tennessee TN01 Bill Hagerty Republican Tennessee TNS02 Pat Fallon Republican Texas TX04 August Pfluger Republican Texas TX11 Ronny Jackson Republican Texas TX13 Pete Sessions Republican Texas TX17 Troy Nehls Republican Texas TX22 Tony Gonzales Republican Texas TX23 Beth Van Duyne Republican Texas TX24 Blake Moore Republican Utah UT01 Burgess Owens Republican Utah UT04 Bob Good Republican Virginia VA05 Marilyn Strickland Democrat Washington WA10 Scott Fitzgerald Republican Wisconsin WI05 Cynthia Lummis Republican Wyoming WYS02 ABOUT DMGS Duane Morris Government Strategies (DMGS) is a full- service, bipartisan government relations firm dedicated to finding solutions for our clients when they need to make an impact at the federal, state, & local levels. 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