WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement today on the House Republican Steering Committee’s chairmanship recommendations for the 113th Congress.  The Steering Committee’s recommendations will be presented to the full House Republican Conference tomorrow for ratification. 

“Our team will continue focusing on reforms that will grow our economy and create new jobs, and on holding the Obama administration accountable through aggressive oversight of the Executive Branch.  The House of Representatives is an outpost in Democratic-controlled Washington for the priorities of the American people, and I have every confidence that the chairmen selected today are up to the task of translating those priorities into solutions Americans are counting on to get our economy moving again.”  

HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS

• Agriculture – Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)
• Appropriations – Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
• Armed Services – Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA)
• Budget – Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
• Education and the Workforce – Rep. John Kline (R-MN)
• Energy and Commerce – Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
• Financial Services – Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
• Foreign Affairs – Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA)
• Homeland Security – Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX)
• Intelligence – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)
• Judiciary – Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
• Natural Resources – Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
• Oversight and Government Reform – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
• Rules – Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
• Science, Space, and Technology – Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
• Small Business – Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
• Transportation and Infrastructure – Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA)
• Veterans’ Affairs – Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
• Ways and Means – Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI)

NOTE: Chairmanship selections for the House Administration and Ethics Committees will be announced at a later date. A full list of House Republican leadership for the 113th Congress can be found here.