U.S. House of Representatives Committee Chairs Named

On Wednesday, the House Republican Conference approved new committee chairs for the 112th Congress, which convenes on January 5 (see "Calendars," below in this blog).  Here is a summary of the incoming Chairpersons for each committee (listed alphabetically):

• Agriculture-Frank Lucas (OK)
• Appropriations-Hal Rogers (KY)
• Armed Services-Buck McKeon (CA)
• Budget-Paul Ryan (WI)
• Education and Labor-John Kline (MN)
• Energy and Commerce-Fred Upton (MI)
• Financial Services-Spencer Bauchus (AL)
• Foreign Affairs-Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL)
• Homeland Security-Peter King (NY)
• House Administration-Dan Lungren (CA)
• Judiciary-Lamar Smith (TX)
• Natural Resources-Doc Hastings (WA)
• Oversight and Government Reform-Darrell Issa (CA)
• Rules-David Dreier (CA)
• Science and Technology-Ralph Hall (TX)
• Small Business-Sam Graves (MO)
• Standards of Official Conduct-Jo Bonner (AL)
• Transportation and Infrastructure-John Mica (FL)
• Veterans' Affairs-Jeff Miller (FL)
• Ways and Means-Dave Camp (MI)