Being An Effective Citizen: Know Your Electeds and Their Committee Assignments

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We: Are former progressive congressional staffers who saw the Tea Party beat back President Obama’s agenda.
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You: Want to do your part to beat back the Trump agenda, and understand that will require more than calls and petitions.
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I have a list of my state and federal electeds, and the committees they serve on, like this:

I live in California State Assembly District 22.  My Assemblymember is Kevin Mullin. He is Speaker Pro Tem and he serves on the following committees:

• Budget
• Budget Subcommittee #3 - Resources and Transportation
• Business and Professions
• Elections and Redistricting
• Housing and Community Development
• Revenue and Taxation
• Chair, Select Committee on Biotechnology (Chair)

I live in California Senate District 13. My State Senator is Jerry Hill, and he serves on

• Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee (Chair)
• Subcommittee on California's Innovation, Technology and Life Sciences Economy (Chair)
• Appropriations
• Energy, Utilities and Communications
• Subcommittee on Gas, Electric and Transportation Safety (Chair)
• Environmental Quality
• Governmental Organization
• Select Committee on Children with Special Needs
• State Legislature's Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

I live in California Congressional District 18, and my Congresswoman is Anna Eshoo. She serves on the following committees:

• Energy and Commerce Committee
• Subcommittee on Communications and Technology,
• Subcommittee on Health

 Congresswoman Eshoo also serves on a number of Congressional Caucuses (see list here)

My two Senators are Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris.

Senator Feinstein, in office since 1992, serves on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Ranking Member)
• Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
• Subcommittee on Energy and Water (Vice Chairman)
• Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
• Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
• Subcommittee on Defense
• Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
• Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Senator Harris took office in 2017. She serves on the following committees:

• Homeland Security and Government Affairs
• Environment and Public Works
• Intelligence Committee
• Budget Committee

Comments

[Liz Ditz]

"The Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. CRS provides Congress with analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective, and non-partisan."

A number of the CRS reports are available here:

https://www.everycrsreport.com/about.html

[Liz Ditz]

Daniel Shuman:

Why I Came To Believe CRS Reports Should be Publicly Available (and Built a Website to Make it Happen)

"hen I left CRS, I went to work in the nonprofit world. I had — and still have — a real interest in making government work better, and I ended up working on governance, transparency, and accountability issues. It was there that I really dug into the question of public access to CRS reports."

https://medium.com/demand-progress/why-i-came-to-believe-crs-reports-should-be-publicly-available-and-built-a-website-to-make-it-77b4b0f6233e#.fjdf99qc7