House GOP approves committee chairmen

House Republicans approved their slate of committee chairmen. GOP members backed the chair selection of 19 males at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. According to lawmakers in the room, very little was said concerning the lack of females chosen by a select group of House Republicans to preside over the powerful panels in the next Congress.

The full slate of House committee chairmen for the 113th Congress is as follows:

• 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)