December 17, 2008 For Immediate Release Contact House Information Officer Cissy Taylor (603) 271-3664 [email protected] SPEAKER NORELLI APPOINTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS, VICE CHAIRS CONCORD –Speaker Terie Norelli today announced the names of members of the House of Representatives she has appointed chair and vice chair of the House’s 22standing committees. “Some are returning chairs and some are new,” Speaker Norelli said. “We all have our work cut out for us as we move into the 161st Session of the General Court conducting the business of the people of New Hampshire for the next two years.” Committee chairs and vice chairs are: Children and Family Law, Chair Mary Stuart Gile of Concord, Vice Chair Barbara Richardson of Richmond; Commerce, Chair Tara Reardon of Concord, Vice Chair Ed Butler of Harts Location; Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Chair Steve Shurtleff of Penacook, Vice Chair Laura Pantelakos of Portsmouth; Education, Chair Emma Rous of Durham, Vice Chair Judy Reever of Laconia; Election Law, Chair Jane Clemons of Nashua, Vice Chair David Pierce of Etna; Environment and Agriculture, Chair Tara Sad of Walpole, Vice Chair Jane Beaulieu of Manchester; Executive Departments and Administration, Chair Anne-Marie Irwin of Peterborough, Vice Chair Laurie Harding of Lebanon; Finance, Chair Marjorie Smith of Durham, Vice Chair Sharon Nordgren of Hanover; Fish and Game, Chair Dennis Abbott of Newmarket, Vice Chair Margaret Porter of Epsom; Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs, Chair Cindy Rosenwald of Nashua, Vice Chair Tom Donovan of Claremont; Judiciary, Chair David Cote of Nashua, Vice Chair Janet Wall of Madbury; Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services, Chair Jeff Goley of Manchester, Vice Chair Sally Kelly of Chichester; Legislative Administration, Chair Lucy Weber of Walpole, Vice Chair Ricia McMahon of North Sutton; Local and Regulated Revenues, Chair Mary Beth Walz of Bow, Vice Chair Kathleen Taylor of Franconia; Municipal and County Government, Chair Mary Cooney of Plymouth, Vice Chair Ray Gagnon of Claremont; Public Works and Highways, Chair Candace Bouchard of Concord, Vice Chair David Campbell of Nashua; Resources, Recreation and Development, Chair Judith Spang of Durham, Vice Chair Frank Tupper of Canterbury; Rules, Chair Terie Norelli of Portsmouth, Vice Chair Mary Jane Wallner of Concord; Science, Technology and Energy, Chair Naida Kaen of Lee, Vice Chair Suzanne Harvey of Nashua; State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs, Chair Mike Rollo of Rollinsford, Vice Chair Patrick Garrity of Manchester; Transportation, Chair Robert Williams of Concord, Vice Chair Jennifer Brown of Dover, and Ways and Means, Chair Susan Almy of Lebanon, Vice Chair Bill Hatch of Gorham. -30-.