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Key Committees of the 111th Congress with DoD Financial Management Oversight

United States House of Representatives
Readiness Subcommittee (Armed Services Committee): Responsible for military readiness, training, logistics, and maintenance issues and programs. In addition, the subcommittee will be responsible for all military construction, installations and family housing issues, including the base closure process.
Democrats

Solomon Ortiz (TX), Chairman
Gene Taylor (MS)
Neil Abercrombie (HI)
Silvestre Reyes (TX)
Jim Marshall (GA)
Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)
Hank Johnson (GA)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH)
Joe Courtney (CT)
Dave Loebsack (IA)
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)
Glenn Nye (VA)
Larry Kissell (NC)
Martin Heinrich (NM)
Frank Kratovil Jr. (MD)
Bobby Bright (AL)

Republicans

J. Randy Forbes (VA), Ranking Member
Rob Bishop (UT)
Mike Rodgers (AL)
Trent Franks (AR)
Bill Shuster (PA)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)
K. Michael Conaway (TX)
Doug Lamborn (CO)
Rob Wittman (VA)
Mary Fallin (OK)
John Fleming (LA)
Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ)

Military Personnel Subcommittee (Armed Services Committee): Responsible for military personnel policy, troop redeployment, reserve component, integration and employment issues, military health care, military education, POW/MIA issues, Uniform Code of Military Justice, MWR issues and programs.
Democrats

Susan A. Davis, (CA), Chairwoman
Vic Snyder (AR)
Loretta Sanchez (CA)
Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)
Patrick Murphy (PA)
Hank Johnson (GA)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH)
David Loebsack (IA)
Niki Tsongas (MA)

Republicans

Joe Wilson (SC), Ranking Member
Walter B. Jones, (NC)
John Kline (MN)
Tom Rooney (FL)
Robert Wittman (VA)
Mary Fallin (OK)
John Fleming (LA)

Subcommittee on Defense (Appropriations Committee): Jurisdiction includes Department of Defense, military departments, Office of Secretary of Defense, defense agencies, CIA and intelligence community.

Democrats

John P. Murtha (PA), Chairman
Norm Dicks (WA)
Peter Visclosky (IN)
James Moran (VA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Allen Boyd (FL)
Steven Rothman (NJ)
Sanford Bishop, Jr. (GA)
Maurice Hinchey (NY)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI)

Republicans

C.W. Bill Young (FL), Ranking Member
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ)
Todd Tiahrt (KS)
Jack Kingston (GA)
Kay Granger (TX)
Harold Rogers (KY)

Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs (Committee on Oversight and Government Reform): Jurisdiction includes oversight of national security, homeland security and foreign affairs.

Democrats

John Tierney (MA), Chairman
Carolyn Maloney (NY)
Patrick Kennedy (RI)
Chris Van Hollen (MD)
Paul Hodes (NH)
Chris Murphy (CONN)
Peter Welch (VT)
Bill Foster (ILL)
Steve Driehaus (OH)
Stephen Lynch (MA)
Henry Cuellar (TX)
Dennis Kucinich (OH)

Republicans

Jeff Flake (AZ), Ranking Member
Todd Russell Platts (PA), Vice Ranking Member
Dan Burton (IN)
John Mica (FL)
John Duncan, Jr. (TN)
Michael Turner (OH)
Lynn Westmoreland (GA)
Patrick McHenry (NC)
Jim Jordan (OH)
Jeff Fortenberry (NE)

Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement (Committee on Oversight and Government Reform): Jurisdiction includes management of government operations, reorganizations of the executive branch and federal procurement.

Democrats

Diane Watson (CA), Chairwoman
Paul Kanjorski (PA)
Jim Cooper (TN)
Gerry Connolly (VA)
Henry Cuellar (TX)
Jackie Speier (CA)
Paul Hodes (NH)
Chris Murphy (CONN)

Republicans

Brian Bilbray (CA), Ranking Member
Aaron Schock (ILL), Vice Ranking Mbr.
Todd Russell Platts (PA)
John J. Duncan (TN)
Jeff Flake (AZ)

Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia (Committee on Oversight and Government Reform): Jurisdiction includes federal employee issues, non-appropriation municipal affairs of the District of Columbia and the Postal Service, including post office namings, holidays and celebrations.

Democrats

Stephen Lynch (MA), Chairman
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Danny Davis (ILL)
Elijah Cummings (MD)
Dennis Kucinich (OH)
William Lacy Clay (MD)
Gerry Connolly (VA)

Republicans

Jason Chaffetz (UT), Ranking Member
John McHugh (NY), Vice Ranking Mbr.
Mark Souder (IN)
Brian Bilbray (CA)

Subcommittee on Domestic Policy (Committee on Oversight and Government Reform): Jurisdiction includes domestic policies, including matters relating to energy, labor, education, criminal justice, the economy, as well as the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Democrats

Dennis Kucinich (OH), Chairman
Elijah Cummings (MD)
John Tierney (MA)
Diane Watson (CA)
Jim Cooper (TN)
Patrick Kennedy (RI)
Peter Welch (VT)
Bill Foster (ILL)

Republicans

Jim Jordan (OH), Ranking Member
Mark Souder (IN), Vice Ranking Mbr.
Dan Burton (IN)
Michael Turner (OH)
Jeff Fortenberry (NE)
Aaron Schock (ILL)

United States Senate
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support (Committee on Armed Services): Jurisdiction includes military training, readiness, logistics and maintenance issues and programs, all military construction and family housing issues, including the base closure process.
Democrats

Evan Bayh (IN), Chairman
Robert Byrd (WV)
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Mark Udall (CO)
Roland Burris (ILL)

Republicans

Richard Burr (NC), Ranking Member
James Inhofe (OK)
Saxby Chambliss (GA)
John Thune (SD)

Subcommittee on Personnel (Committee on Armed Services): Jurisdiction includes military personnel policy, military health care, military compensation, force structure, reserve components policy, troop redeployment, and oversight of DFAS.
Democrats

James Webb (VA), Chairman
Joseph Lieberman (I) (CT)
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Ben Nelson (NE)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Kay Hagan (NC)
Mark Begich (AK)
Roland Burris (ILL)

Republicans

Lindsey Graham (SC), Ranking Member
Saxby Chambliss (GA)
John Thune (SD)
George LeMieux (FL)
Roger Wicker (MISS)
David Vitter (LA)
Susan Collins (ME)

Subcommittee on Defense (Committee on Appropriations): Jurisdiction includes CIA, Defense Agencies, NATO, National Security Agency, reserve forces, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Democrats

Daniel Inouye (HI), Chairman
Robert Byrd (WV)
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Byron Dorgan (ND)
Richard Durbin (ILL)
Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Herb Kohl (WI)
Patty Murray (WA)

Republicans

Thad Cochran (MS)
Arlen Specter (PA)
Christopher Bond (MO)
Mitch McConnell (KY)
Richard Shelby (AL)
Judd Gregg (NH)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia (Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs): Jurisdiction includes management efficiency, effectiveness and economy of all departments, agencies and programs of the federal government, including federal civil service compensation.
Democrats

Daniel Akaka (HI) Chairman
Carl Levin (MI)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Roland Burris (ILL)
Michael Bennet (C)O)

Republicans

George Voinovich (OH) Acting Ranking Member
Lindsey Graham (SC)

Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security (Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs): Jurisdiction includes the effectiveness and efficiency of federal financial management, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, federal workforce retirement and other employment benefits.
Democrats

Tom Carper (DE) Chairman
Carl Levin (MI)
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Roland Burris (ILL)

Republicans

John McCain (AZ) Acting Ranking Member
Tom Coburn (OK)
George Voinovich (OH)
John Ensign (NV)

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs): Jurisdiction includes efficiency and economy of operations of all branches of the government.
Democrats

Carl Levin (MI) Chairman
Thomas Carper (DE)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
John Tester (MT)
Michael Bennet (CO)

Republicans

Tom Coburn (OK) Acting Ranking Member
Susan Collins (ME)
John McCain (AZ)
John Ensign (NV)

Updated 10 Nov. 2009 (Legislative Affairs)