United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Environment

The Subcommittee on Environment was a subcommittee within the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee. It was dissolved for the 118th Congress after Republicans took control of the House of Representatives and James Comer became the full committee chairman.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee had oversight jurisdiction over: global climate change; environmental protection, public lands, endangered species, air and water quality; oceans; public health; conservation; international agreements; energy policy, research and development; and oversight and legislative jurisdiction over regulatory affairs and federal paperwork reduction. ^[1]

Members, 117th Congress

Majority	Minority
Ro Khanna, California, Chair Jim Cooper, Tennessee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Rashida Tlaib, Michigan, Vice Chair Jimmy Gomez, California Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Cori Bush, Missouri	Ralph Norman, South Carolina, Ranking Member Paul Gosar, Arizona Bob Gibbs, Ohio Pat Fallon, Texas Yvette Herrell, New Mexico
Ex officio
Carolyn Maloney, New York	James Comer, Kentucky

Historical membership rosters

115th Congress

Majority	Minority
Blake Farenthold, Texas, Chairman (until April 6, 2018) Greg Gianforte, Montana, Chairman (since April 6, 2018) Paul Gosar, Arizona Dennis A. Ross, Florida Gary Palmer, Alabama James Comer, Kentucky Michael Cloud, Texas (since April 6, 2018)	Stacey Plaskett, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, Maryland Jimmy Gomez, California (since July 11, 2017)
Ex officio
Trey Gowdy, South Carolina	Elijah Cummings, Maryland

116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Harley Rouda, California, Chair Katie Hill, California (until October 27, 2019) Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Jimmy Gomez, California Jackie Speier, California Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York	James Comer, Kentucky, Ranking Member Paul Gosar, Arizona Bob Gibbs, Ohio Clay Higgins, Louisiana Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota
Ex officio
Elijah Cummings, Maryland (until October 17, 2019) Carolyn Maloney, New York (since October 17, 2019)	Jim Jordan, Ohio

References

1. "Committee on Oversight and Reform - 116th Congress" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2019-01-30.

External links

Subcommittee page Archived 2021-02-13 at the Wayback Machine