Subcommittees

Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response

Charlie Dent (PA), Ranking Member

Charlie Dent was first elected to Congress in 2004, representing Pennsylvania’s 15th District in Eastern Pennsylvania.

As a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Representative Dent serves as Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response. During the 110th Congress, Dent will work to improve emergency communications and interoperability for first responders, emergency management grant programs, and federal, state, local and private disaster response and recovery efforts.

Before serving in Congress, Dent served eight years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and six years in the Pennsylvania Senate, where he was vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Veterans Affairs. Congressman Dent’s district includes Pennsylvania’s third-largest metropolitan area, the Lehigh Valley, and is home to many commuters who work in New York City or Philadelphia.

Congressman Dent also serves on the committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Government Reform.

Jurisdiction: Interoperability and other emergency communications; first responders; FEMA; emergency management grant programs; and federal, state, local and private sector preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery efforts.