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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Carrie
Lucking, 612-272-0104
December 20, 2010
St. Paul, MN
HOUSE DFL ANNOUNCES
COMMITTEE LEADS
Caucus retains
leaders on key issues such as early childhood, housing, and energy
Despite Republican
leadership having cut important Committees on Early Childhood, Housing, and
Energy, the House DFL Caucus today announced that it will retain leaders on
these important issues as part of their 2011 committee structure.
“The DFL Caucus is
committed to leading on issues that matter to Minnesotans,” Minority
Leader-elect Paul Thissen said. “The Republican leadership’s committee
structure, which cut critical committees, illustrates their party’s
priorities. Their new structure says
that issues related to housing, early childhood and energy are somehow less
important now than they have been in the past.
By keeping leads on these critical issues, the DFL Caucus is standing
with Minnesotans to say that we need to move our state forward, and that affordable,
stable housing, healthy and well-educated children, and low energy prices
should be among our top priorities.”
Rep. Karen Clark will
lead on housing issues, Rep. Bill Hilty will lead on
energy issues, and Rep. Nora Slawik will lead on
early childhood issues for the DFL House Caucus.
In addition to these
committee leads, the DFL Caucus also released their full committee list of
committee leads today, which is included below.
“Our Caucus is
committed to making sure that all Minnesotans have a voice in the halls of the
Capitol. It’s time for the Republicans
to govern, and we will hold them accountable for creating good paying jobs,
protecting our children and their schools, making college obtainable for middle
class families and making sure that our seniors can live out their lives with
dignity,” Thissen concluded.
Full List of
Committee Leads:
Environment &
Energy: Rep. Wagenius (Environment) & Rep. Hilty (Energy)
Education Reform:
Rep. Mariani
State Government:
Rep. Kahn
Judiciary: Rep.
Johnson
Property Taxes: Rep. Marquart
Ways & Means:
Rep. Carlson
Taxes: Rep. Lenczewski
Government
Operations: Rep. Nelson
Public Safety: Rep. Mullery
Agriculture: Rep. Eken
Civil Law: Rep. Lesch
Transportation: Rep. Hornstein
Veterans: Rep. Koenen
Jobs & Economic
Development: Rep. Clark (Housing) & Rep. Mahoney (Jobs)
HHS Finance: Rep.
Huntley (HHS) & Rep. Slawik (Early Childhood)
K-12 Finance: Rep. Greiling
Higher Education:
Rep. Rukavina
Commerce: Rep. Atkins
Capital Investment:
Rep. Hausman
HHS Reform: Rep. Liebling
Legacy: Rep. Dill
Rules: Rep. Pelowski
Redistricting: Rep.
M. Murphy
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