Posted by
DougfromEagan on Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:59:44 PM
Should we punish the successful? Maybe John Edwards should go first?
MP3 HEREFrom his official web pageDave is the only Democratic Member of the House to have served on the three major economic committees in the Congress:
The Budget Committee, on which his six-year service included chairing the Task Force on Worker Productivity.
The Joint Economic Committee, which conducts long-term analysis of trends in the economy. Dave served two terms as Chair of the Committee. During that time, he and Senator Paul Sarbanes co-edited a book, The Changing American Economy,
which was a result of a Committee-sponsored symposium on the occasion
of the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Full Employment Act of
1946.
The Committee on Appropriations, which makes funding decisions on every discretionary program in the federal budget. Dave is the Chairman of the Committee. In that capacity, he serves as a member of all twelve Appropriations Subcommittees, listed below:
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Admin. and Related Agencies
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Defense
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Energy and Water Developement
- Financial Services and General Government
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Homeland Security
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Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
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Legislative Branch
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Military Construction, Veterans Administration, and Related Agencies
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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
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State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies