House Appropriations Democrats choose subcommittee members

Dicks was chairman of the Defense subpanel in the 111th Congress and will work with Republican Rep. Bill Young (Fla.) on the subcommittee that will take a close look at Pentagon spending. 

Republicans announced their assignments Jan. 7.

The assignments are as follows:

(*Ranking member)

• Agriculture — *Sam Farr (Calif.), Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), Sanford Bishop,(Ga.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)

• Commerce, Justice, Science — *Chaka Fattah (Pa.), Adam Schiff (Calif.), Mike Honda (Calif.), José Serrano (N.Y.)

 • Defense — *Norm Dicks (Wash.), Pete Visclosky (Ind.), Jim Moran (Va.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Steve Rothman (N.J.), Maurice Hinchey (N.Y.)

 • Energy and Water — *Pete Visclosky (Ind.), Ed Pastor (Ariz.), Chaka Fattah (Pa.), John Olver (Mass.)

 • Financial Services — *José Serrano (N.Y.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Pete Visclosky (Ind.), Ed Pastor (Ariz.)

 • Homeland Security — *David Price (N.C.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.), Nita Lowey (N.Y.), John Olver (Mass.)

 • Interior — *Jim Moran (Va.), Betty McCollum (Minn.), Maurice Hinchey, (N.Y.) José Serrano (N.Y.)

 • Labor, HHS — *Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), Nita Lowey (N.Y.), Jesse Jackson Jr. (Ill.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.), Barbara Lee (Calif.)

 • Legislative Branch — *Mike Honda (Calif.), David Price (N.C.), Sanford Bishop (Ga.)

 • Military Construction, VA — *Sanford Bishop (Ga.), Sam Farr (Calif.), Betty McCollum (Minn.), Jim Moran (Va.)

 • State & Foreign Operations — *Nita Lowey (N.Y.), Jesse Jackson Jr. (Ill.), Adam Schiff (Calif.), Steve Rothman (N.J.)

 • Transportation, HUD — *John Olver (Mass.), Ed Pastor (Ariz.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), David Price (N.C.)