Committees and Caucuses
Committees
House Armed Services Committee — The Armed Services Committee is responsible for policy related to defense policy generally; ongoing military operations; the organization and reform of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy; counter-drug programs; acquisition and industrial base policy; technology transfer and export controls; joint interoperability; the Cooperative Threat Reduction program; Department of Energy nonproliferation programs; and detainee affairs and policy. I currently serve on the following subcommittees:
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — The Intelligence Committee is charged with the oversight of the United States Intelligence Community, which includes the intelligence and intelligence related activities of 17 elements of the US Government, and the Military Intelligence Program. I currently serve on the following subcomittee:
Caucuses
What is a Caucus?
A caucus is an organization of Members of Congress interested in a particular issue or set of issues. Caucuses sponsor educational activities, such as briefings on timely topics or pending legislation, and sometimes encourage legislative action that will advance their members' common goals.
Caucus Leadership
I currently co-chair the following caucuses:
- Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
- Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus
- Congressional Olympic & Paralympic Caucus
- Career and Technical Education Caucus
- Congressional Submarine Caucus
- Congressional Directed Energy Caucus
Caucus Membership
I am a proud member of the following caucuses:
- Animal Protection Caucus
- Bi-Partisan, Bi-Cameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease
- Bi-Partisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
- Coalition for Autism Research and Education Caucus (CARE)
- Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
- Congressional Adult Literacy Caucus
- Congressional Army Caucus
- Congressional Arts Caucus
- Congressional Boating Caucus
- Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
- Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
- Congressional Caucus on Community Health Centers
- Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
- Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues
- Congressional Coast Guard Caucus
- Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus
- Congressional Diabetes Caucus
- Congressional Internet Caucus
- Congressional Mental Health Caucus
- Congressional Navy and Marine Corps Caucus
- Congressional Nursing Caucus
- Congressional STEM Education Caucus
- Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
- Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
- Democratic Israel Working Group (DIWG)
- Health Care Innovation Task Force
- House Air Force Caucus
- Law Enforcement Caucus
- Medical Technology Caucus
- National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
- National Heritage Area Caucus
- Portuguese-American Caucus
- Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus
- Sustainable Energy and Environmental Coalition
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