Representatives' Committees

Robert Andrews' Committees:

• member of House Committee on Armed Services
• member of House Committee on Education and the Workforce (subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions)

Bob Casey, Jr.'s Committees (is part of more than listed below):

• In the Senate committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Casey is chairman of the subcommittee Production, Income Protection and Price Support; member of subcommittee Hunger, Nutrition, and Family Farms; member of Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry, and Credit
• Is a member of the subcommittee on European Affairs
• Is a member of the subcommittee on Children and Families and Retirement and Aging

Facts:

1. Chairman of the Armed Services Committee is Bob McKeon.
2. McKeon completely banned earmarks within legislation of the committee.
3. McKeon has also forced every legislative proposal offered by a member to stand on national security merits in order to be adopted.
4. Chairman of the subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions is Phil Roe of Tennessee. 
5. This subcommittee has jurisdiction over all matters dealing with relationships between employers and employees, retirement security, employee benefits, and equal employment opportunities and civil rights in employment.
6. Andrews is a minority member of this subcommittee.
7. Debbie Stabenow is the Chairwoman of the committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
8. Casey is one of 11 majority members; there are 10 minority members.
9. In 1825, Senator Findlay argued agriculture was one of "three great branches of domestic industry" along with commerce and manufacturing. 
10. This committee focuses on commodity prices and income supports, trade, research, food safety, nutrition, and conservation.