U.S. House of Rep. Committee on Appropriations

The United States House Committee on Appropriations is responsible for passing appropriation bills along with its Senate counterpart. The bills passed by the Appropriations Committee regulate expenditures of money by the government of the United States. It is one of the most powerful of the committees.

Below is a list of all current members of the United States House Committee on Appropriations, organized by political party.

The Last Week Tonight with John Oliver segment on the poultry industry (which aired 5/17/15) documented the plight of American chicken farmers, who often experience unfair treatment at the hands of the companies they work for – including retaliation if they speak out.  The Last Week Tonight segment concludes with coverage of the Appropriations Committee’s vote last May against an amendment proposed by Rep. Marcy Kaptur that would have protected farmers from retaliation. Check the list below to see how your representative voted on the amendment:

• Committee members who voted “Yea” in support of the amendment to protect farmers are highlighted in green. 
• Committee members who voted “Nay” against the amendment, allowing companies to retaliate against farmers who speak out, are highlighted in red. 
• The remaining representatives were not present or were not members of the Appropriations Committee at the time of the vote.

 

Republicans Harold Rogers, Kentucky, Chairman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama Kay Granger, Texas Michael K. Simpson, Idaho John Abney Culberson, Texas Ander Crenshaw, Florida John R. Carter, Texas Ken Calvert, California Tom Cole, Oklahoma Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania Tom Graves, Georgia Kevin Yoder, Kansas Steve Womack, Arkansas Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska Tom Rooney, Florida Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington David Joyce, Ohio David Valadao, California Andy Harris, MD, Maryland Martha Roby, Alabama Mark Amodei, Nevada Chris Stewart, Utah Scott Rigell, Virginia David Jolly, Florida David Young, Iowa Evan Jenkins, West Virginia Steven Palazzo, Mississippi Democrats Nita M. Lowey, New York Marcy Kaptur, Ohio Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana José E. Serrano, New York Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut David E. Price, North Carolina Lucille Roybal-Allard, California Sam Farr, California Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Georgia Barbara Lee, California Michael M. Honda, California Betty McCollum, Minnesota Steve Israel, New York Tim Ryan, Ohio C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Henry Cuellar, Texas Chellie Pingree, Maine Mike Quigley, Illinois Derek Kilmer, Washington

Source: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations voting record: See roll call #5 at  https://1.usa.gov/1Hhmdw3