House Homeland Committee Adds Members
Eight new Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee replace a group of seven outgoing Dems on the Committee, and one more majority seat remains to be filled. Overall, the Democrats increase their majority on the Homeland Committee from 18 to 20 seats. Here’s who is in:
Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri
Laura Richardson of California
Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona
Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico
James A. Himes of Connecticut
Mary Jo Kilroy of Ohio
Eric J. Massa of New York
Dina Titus of Nevada
And who is out:
Ed Markey of Massachusetts
Norm Dicks of Washington
Nita M. Lowey of New York
Donna M. Christensen of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Bob Etheridge of North Carolina
Jim Langevin of Rhode Island
Ed Perlmutter of New Jersey
(None of the outgoing Dems lost in elections.)
Also, Rob Margetta ran a piece in CQ today on the prospect of a DHS Authorization Bill coming this year. He canvassed a number of individuals on the likelihood of and need for such legislation, including P.J. Crowley, Jena Baker McNeill, Donald H. Kent Jr., former DHS A/S for legislative affairs, and yours truly. Since the founder of this blog, Christian Beckner, is a senior member of the staff for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I’m optimistic the bill will see light this Congress.
