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HOUSE COMMITTEE

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Republican control · 14R·11D

Chair: Mike Bost (R)

Ranking Member: Mark Takano (D)

25 members in the 119th Congress

About

The standing Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the United States House of Representatives oversees agencies, reviews current legislation, and recommends new bills or amendments concerning U.S. military veterans. Jurisdiction includes retiring and disability pensions, life insurance, education (including the G.I. Bill), vocational training, medical care, and home loan guarantees.

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In the 119th Congress

Veterans' Affairs among House and joint committees, ringed below; the rest are faded.

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A–Z · 27 committees

AgricultureChair Thompson (R)RM Craig (D)AppropriationsChair Cole (R)RM DeLauro (D)Armed ServicesChair Rogers (R)RM Smith (D)BudgetChair Arrington (R)RM Boyle (D)Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeChair Wicker (R)RM —Education and WorkforceChair Walberg (R)RM Scott (D)Energy and CommerceChair Guthrie (R)RM Pallone (D)EthicsChair Guest (R)RM DeSaulnier (D)Financial ServicesChair Hill (R)RM Waters (D)Foreign AffairsChair Mast (R)RM Meeks (D)Homeland SecurityChair Garbarino (R)RM Thompson (D)House AdministrationChair Steil (R)RM Morelle (D)IntelligenceChair Crawford (R)RM Himes (D)Joint EconomicChair Schweikert (R)RM Hassan (D)Joint LibraryChair Steil (R)RM —Joint PrintingChair McConnell (R)RM —Joint TaxationChair Crapo (R)RM —JudiciaryChair Jordan (R)RM Raskin (D)Natural ResourcesChair Westerman (R)RM Huffman (D)Oversight and Government ReformChair Comer (R)RM Garcia (D)RulesChair Foxx (R)RM McGovern (D)Science, Space, and TechnologyChair Babin (R)RM Lofgren (D)Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021Chair Loudermilk (R)RM —Small BusinessChair Williams (R)RM Velázquez (D)Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist PartyChair Moolenaar (R)RM Khanna (D)Transportation and InfrastructureChair Graves (R)RM Larsen (D)Ways and MeansChair Smith (R)RM Neal (D)

Member roster · dimension 1

This committee’s 25 members on the same left–right axis. Committee membership isn’t tracked historically — only the 119th Congress — so there’s no trajectory view here the way there is for an individual member.

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Delia RamirezIL-3D-0.50Maxine DexterOR-3D-0.46Julia BrownleyCA-26D-0.43Mark Takano— Ranking MemberCA-39D-0.40Timothy KennedyNY-26D-0.39Morgan McGarveyKY-3D-0.38Kelly MorrisonMN-3D-0.34Herbert ConawayNJ-3D-0.30Nikki BudzinskiIL-13D-0.29Chris PappasNH-1D-0.21Maggie GoodlanderNH-2D-0.21Kimberlyn King-HindsMP-ALR0.16Jennifer KiggansVA-2R0.27Mariannette Miller-MeeksIA-1R0.36Derrick Van OrdenWI-3R0.40Juan CiscomaniAZ-6R0.42Gregory MurphyNC-3R0.43Mike Bost— ChairIL-12R0.47Nancy MaceSC-1R0.48Tom BarrettMI-7R0.50Jack BergmanMI-1R0.53Morgan LuttrellTX-8R0.56Aumua Amata RadewagenAS-ALR0.57Abraham HamadehAZ-8R0.68Keith SelfTX-3R0.79

Subcommittees

5 subcommittees of the Veterans' Affairs committee. Each row’s tick is the full committee’s own blended position — subcommittee rosters are usually too small for a separate mean to mean much, so there isn’t one here; the dots are the subcommittee’s chair and ranking member.

Legislation in this committee

552 bills and joint resolutions referred this Congress. Loading their steps…