A congressional stalwart against hunger, Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, was named as ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture subcommittee on nutrition. In a statement, McGovern, who also is a member of the powerful Rules Committee, said he was “ready to keep fighting for critical antihunger programs. There is a lot to do: Despite the economic recovery, millions of American families are struggling to put food on the table.”
Also named as ranking Democrats were Tim Walz of Minnesota, subcommittee on general farm commodities and risk management; David Scott of Georgia, subcommittee on commodity exchanges, energy and credit; Michelle Lujan Grisham, subcommittee on conservation and forestry; Suzan DelBene of Washington state, subcommittee on biotechnology, horticulture and research; and Jim Costa of California, subcommittee on livestock and foreign agriculture.
The Republicans who chair the subcommittees were named earlier.
The House Agriculture Committee list of subcommittee leaders and assignments is available here.