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style="display:inline" class="fn org">Committee on Ways and Means</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th United States Congress</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Seal of the U.S. House of Representatives" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/125px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/188px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="infobox-caption">Logo of the committee</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #000090; border-bottom: 2px solid #000090">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">December 21, 1795<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1795-12-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">New session started</div></th><td class="infobox-data">January 9, 2023<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2023-01-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #000090; border-bottom: 2px solid #000090">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Chair</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">Jason Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>) <br />since January 10, 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Ranking Member</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Richard Neal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>) <br />since January 10, 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #000090; border-bottom: 2px solid #000090">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">43 members</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Majority</b> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F33; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (25)</span></li></ul> <p><b>Minority</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#33F; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (18)</span></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Joint committees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Senate equivalent: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #000090; border-bottom: 2px solid #000090">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://waysandmeans.house.gov/">waysandmeans<wbr />.house<wbr />.gov</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260239#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Committee on Ways and Means</b> is the chief <a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">tax</a>-writing <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_House_of_Representatives_committees" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current United States House of Representatives committees">committee</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>. The committee has jurisdiction over all <a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States" title="Taxation in the United States">taxation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tariff" title="Tariff">tariffs</a>, and other revenue-raising measures, as well as a number of other programs including <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States)" title="Social Security (United States)">Social Security</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unemployment_benefit" class="mw-redirect" title="Unemployment benefit">unemployment benefits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a>, the enforcement of <a href="/wiki/Child_support" title="Child support">child support</a> laws, <a href="/wiki/Temporary_Assistance_for_Needy_Families" title="Temporary Assistance for Needy Families">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foster_care" title="Foster care">foster care</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adoption" title="Adoption">adoption</a> programs. Members of the Ways and Means Committee are not allowed to serve on any other House Committee unless they are granted a waiver from their party's congressional leadership. It has long been regarded as the most prestigious committee of the House of Representatives.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> requires that all bills regarding taxation must originate in the U.S. House of Representatives, and House rules dictate that all bills regarding taxation must pass through Ways and Means. This system imparts upon the committee and its members a significant degree of influence over other representatives, committees, and public policy. Its Senate counterpart is the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">U.S. Senate Committee on Finance</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th Congress</a>, the committee's chair is <a href="/wiki/Jason_T._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason T. Smith">Jason T. Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recent chairmen have included <a href="/wiki/Bill_Thomas" title="Bill Thomas">Bill Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rangel" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie Rangel">Charlie Rangel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sander_Levin" title="Sander Levin">Sander Levin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Camp" title="Dave Camp">Dave Camp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">Kevin Brady</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Richard Neal</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ways_and_Means_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ways_and_Means_2020.jpg/250px-Ways_and_Means_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ways_and_Means_2020.jpg/375px-Ways_and_Means_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ways_and_Means_2020.jpg/500px-Ways_and_Means_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Inside a Ways and Means meeting in November 2019.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Ways and Means Committee was first established during the first Congress, in 1789. However, this initial version was disbanded after only 8 weeks; for the next several years, only ad hoc committees were formed, to write up laws on notions already debated in the whole House. It was first established as a standing committee by resolution adopted December 21, 1795,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and first appeared among the list of regular standing committees on January 7, 1802.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon its original creation, it held power over both taxes and spending, until the spending power was given to the new <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States House Committee on Appropriations">Appropriations Committee</a> in 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Civil War the key policy-maker in Congress was <a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Stevens" title="Thaddeus Stevens">Thaddeus Stevens</a>, as chairman of the committee and Republican floor leader. He took charge of major legislation that funded the war effort and permanently transformed the nation's economic policies regarding tariffs, bonds, income and excise taxes, national banks, suppression of money issued by state banks, greenback currency, and western railroad land grants.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevens was one of the major policymakers regarding Reconstruction, and obtained a House vote of impeachment against President <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> (who was acquitted by the Senate in 1868). <a href="/wiki/Hans_L._Trefousse" title="Hans L. Trefousse">Hans L. Trefousse</a>, his leading biographer, concludes that Stevens "was one of the most influential representatives ever to serve in Congress. [He dominated] the House with his wit, knowledge of parliamentary law, and sheer willpower, even though he was often unable to prevail."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historiographical views of Stevens have dramatically shifted over the years, from the early 20th-century view of Stevens and the <a href="/wiki/Radical_Republicans" title="Radical Republicans">Radical Republicans</a> as tools of enormous business and motivated by hatred of the white South, to the perspective of the <a href="/wiki/Neoabolitionism_(race_relations)" title="Neoabolitionism (race relations)">neoabolitionists</a> of the 1950s and afterwards, who applauded their efforts to give equal rights to the freed slaves.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Three future presidents – <a href="/wiki/James_Polk" class="mw-redirect" title="James Polk">James Polk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a>, and <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a> – served as Committee Chairman. Before the official roles of <a href="/wiki/Floor_leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Floor leader">floor leader</a> came about in the late 19th century, the Chairman of Ways and Means was considered the Majority Leader. The chairman is one of very few Representatives to have office space within the Capitol building itself.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_significance">Political significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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Although it lacks the prospects for reelection help that comes with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States House Committee on Appropriations">Appropriations Committee</a>, it is seen as a valuable post for two reasons: given the wide array of interests that are affected by the committee, a seat makes it easy to collect <a href="/wiki/Campaign_finance" title="Campaign finance">campaign contributions</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and since its range is broad, members with a wide array of policy concerns often seek positions to be able to influence policy decisions. Some recent major issues that have gone through the Ways and Means Committee include <a href="/wiki/Welfare_reform" title="Welfare reform">welfare reform</a>, a Medicare <a href="/wiki/Prescription_drug" title="Prescription drug">prescription drug</a> benefit, <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Social Security reform">Social Security reform</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s tax cuts, and trade agreements including the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a> (NAFTA) and the <a href="/wiki/Central_America_Free_Trade_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Central America Free Trade Agreement">Central America Free Trade Agreement</a> (CAFTA). </p><p>From 1911 to 1974, the Ways and Means Committee also had the responsibility to appoint members of other committees in addition to its legislative duties.<sup id="cite_ref-'70s_276_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'70s_276-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Ways and Means chair <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Mills_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilbur Mills (politician)">Wilbur Mills</a>' career ended in scandal, Congressman <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Burton" title="Phillip Burton">Phillip Burton</a> transferred the committee's selection powers to a separate, newly created committee.<sup id="cite_ref-'70s_276_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'70s_276-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members,_118th_Congress"><span id="Members.2C_118th_Congress"></span>Members, 118th Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members, 118th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Majority </th> <th>Minority </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">Jason Smith</a>, Missouri, <i>Chair</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a>, Florida, <i>Vice Chair</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">Adrian Smith</a>, Nebraska</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">Mike Kelly</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">David Schweikert</a>, Arizona</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darin_LaHood" title="Darin LaHood">Darin LaHood</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Wenstrup" title="Brad Wenstrup">Brad Wenstrup</a>, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">Jodey Arrington</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Drew Ferguson (politician)">Drew Ferguson</a>, Georgia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Ron Estes</a>, Kansas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Smucker" title="Lloyd Smucker">Lloyd Smucker</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hern" title="Kevin Hern">Kevin Hern</a>, Oklahoma</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Miller_(politician)" title="Carol Miller (politician)">Carol Miller</a>, West Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Murphy_(politician)" title="Greg Murphy (politician)">Greg Murphy</a>, North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kustoff" title="David Kustoff">David Kustoff</a>, Tennessee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fitzpatrick_(American_politician)" title="Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)">Brian Fitzpatrick</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Greg Steube</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Tenney" title="Claudia Tenney">Claudia Tenney</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Fischbach" title="Michelle Fischbach">Michelle Fischbach</a>, Minnesota</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Moore" title="Blake Moore">Blake Moore</a>, Utah</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Steel" title="Michelle Steel">Michelle Steel</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beth_Van_Duyne" title="Beth Van Duyne">Beth Van Duyne</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Feenstra" title="Randy Feenstra">Randy Feenstra</a>, Iowa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Malliotakis" title="Nicole Malliotakis">Nicole Malliotakis</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Carey_(politician)" title="Mike Carey (politician)">Mike Carey</a>, Ohio</li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Richard Neal</a>, Massachusetts, <i>Ranking Member</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">Mike Thompson</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">John B. Larson</a>, Connecticut</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a>, Oregon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Pascrell" title="Bill Pascrell">Bill Pascrell</a>, New Jersey (until August 21, 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Danny Davis</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Linda Sánchez">Linda Sánchez</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Higgins" title="Brian Higgins">Brian Higgins</a>, New York (until February 2, 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Sewell" title="Terri Sewell">Terri Sewell</a>, Alabama</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzan_DelBene" title="Suzan DelBene">Suzan DelBene</a>, Washington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chu" title="Judy Chu">Judy Chu</a>, California, <i>Vice Ranking Member</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Moore" title="Gwen Moore">Gwen Moore</a>, Wisconsin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kildee" title="Dan Kildee">Dan Kildee</a>, Michigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Beyer" title="Don Beyer">Don Beyer</a>, Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(politician)" title="Dwight Evans (politician)">Dwight Evans</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Brad Schneider</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Panetta" title="Jimmy Panetta">Jimmy Panetta</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gomez" title="Jimmy Gomez">Jimmy Gomez</a>, California (from February 6, 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Horsford" title="Steven Horsford">Steven Horsford</a>, Nevada (from September 10, 2024)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Resolutions electing members: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/14">H.Res. 14</a> (chair), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/15">H.Res. 15</a> (Ranking Member), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/56">H.Res. 56</a> (R), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/57">H.Res. 57</a> (D), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/999">H.Res. 999</a> (Gomez), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1431">H.Res. 1431</a> (Horsford) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subcommittees">Subcommittees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Subcommittees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are six subcommittees in the 118th Congress. In 2011, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Income_Security_and_Family_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support">Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support</a> was renamed the Subcommittee on Human Resources, returning to the name it held prior to the <a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th United States Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Select_Revenue_Measures" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures">Select Revenue Measures</a> was renamed the Subcommittee on Tax Policy.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019 these two subcommittees were again renamed under Democratic control; Human Resources became Worker and Family Support and Tax Policy was renamed to Select Revenue Measures. In 2023 and under a return to Republican control, they were again renamed to Work and Welfare and Tax respectively. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Subcommittee </th> <th>Chair<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Ranking Member<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Health" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health">Health</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a> (R-FL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a> (D–TX) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Oversight" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight">Oversight</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">David Schweikert</a> (R-AZ) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Pascrell" title="Bill Pascrell">Bill Pascrell</a> (D-NJ) (until August 21, 2024) <p><a href="/wiki/Linda_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Linda Sánchez">Linda Sánchez</a> (D-CA) (from September 10, 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Social_Security" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security">Social Security</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drew_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Drew Ferguson (politician)">Drew Ferguson</a> (R-GA) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">John B. Larson</a> (D-CT) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Select_Revenue_Measures" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures">Tax</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">Mike Kelly</a> (R-PA) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">Mike Thompson</a> (D-CA) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Trade" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade">Trade</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">Adrian Smith</a> (R-NE) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a> (D-OR) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Worker_and_Family_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support">Work and Welfare</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darin_LaHood" title="Darin LaHood">Darin LaHood</a> (R-IL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_K._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny K. Davis">Danny K. Davis</a> (D–IL) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_chairs">List of chairs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of chairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Chair</th> <th>Party</th> <th>State</th> <th>Start of service</th> <th>End of service </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fitzsimons" title="Thomas Fitzsimons">Thomas Fitzsimons</a></td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist</td> <td>PA</td> <td>1789</td> <td>1789 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Loughton_Smith" title="William Loughton Smith">William L. Smith</a></td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist</td> <td>SC</td> <td>1794</td> <td>1797 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_G._Harper" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert G. Harper">Robert G. Harper</a></td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist</td> <td>SC</td> <td>1797</td> <td>1800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Griswold" title="Roger Griswold">Roger Griswold</a></td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist</td> <td>CT</td> <td>1800</td> <td>1801 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Randolph_of_Roanoke" title="John Randolph of Roanoke">John Randolph</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>VA</td> <td>1801</td> <td>1805 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Clay" title="Joseph Clay">Joseph Clay</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>PA</td> <td>1805</td> <td>1807 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Campbell" title="George W. Campbell">George W. Campbell</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>TN</td> <td>1807</td> <td>1809 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_W._Eppes" class="mw-redirect" title="John W. Eppes">John W. Eppes</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>VA</td> <td>1809</td> <td>1811 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_Bacon" title="Ezekiel Bacon">Ezekiel Bacon</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>MA</td> <td>1811</td> <td>1812 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Langdon_Cheves" title="Langdon Cheves">Langdon Cheves</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>SC</td> <td>1812</td> <td>1813 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_W._Eppes" class="mw-redirect" title="John W. Eppes">John W. Eppes</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>VA</td> <td>1813</td> <td>1815 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Lowndes_(congressman)" title="William Lowndes (congressman)">William Lowndes</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>SC</td> <td>1815</td> <td>1818 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Smith_(Maryland_politician)" title="Samuel Smith (Maryland politician)">Samuel Smith</a></td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican</td> <td>MD</td> <td>1818</td> <td>1822 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_McLane" title="Louis McLane">Louis McLane</a></td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist</td> <td>DE</td> <td>1822</td> <td>1827 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Randolph_of_Roanoke" title="John Randolph of Roanoke">John Randolph</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>VA</td> <td>1827</td> <td>1827 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_McDuffie" title="George McDuffie">George McDuffie</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>SC</td> <td>1827</td> <td>1832 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulian_C._Verplanck" title="Gulian C. Verplanck">Gulian C. Verplanck</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>NY</td> <td>1832</td> <td>1833 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>TN</td> <td>1833</td> <td>1835 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Churchill_C._Cambreleng" title="Churchill C. Cambreleng">Churchill C. Cambreleng</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>NY</td> <td>1835</td> <td>1839 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Winston_Jones" title="John Winston Jones">John W. Jones</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>VA</td> <td>1839</td> <td>1841 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a></td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig</td> <td>NY</td> <td>1841</td> <td>1843 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_I._McKay" title="James I. McKay">James I. McKay</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>NC</td> <td>1843</td> <td>1847 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Finley_Vinton" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Finley Vinton">Samuel F. Vinton</a></td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig</td> <td>OH</td> <td>1847</td> <td>1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Bayly" title="Thomas H. Bayly">Thomas H. Bayly</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>VA</td> <td>1849</td> <td>1851 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_S._Houston" title="George S. Houston">George S. Houston</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>AL</td> <td>1851</td> <td>1855 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_D._Campbell" title="Lewis D. Campbell">Lewis D. Campbell</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>OH</td> <td>1856</td> <td>1857 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Glancy_Jones" title="J. Glancy Jones">J. Glancy Jones</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>PA</td> <td>1857</td> <td>1858 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_S._Phelps" title="John S. Phelps">John S. Phelps</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>MO</td> <td>1858</td> <td>1859 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sherman_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Sherman (politician)">John Sherman</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>OH</td> <td>1860</td> <td>1861 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Stevens" title="Thaddeus Stevens">Thaddeus Stevens</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>PA</td> <td>1861</td> <td>1865 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Morrill" class="mw-redirect" title="Justin Morrill">Justin Morrill</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>VT</td> <td>1865</td> <td>1867 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Schenck" title="Robert C. Schenck">Robert C. Schenck</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>OH</td> <td>1867</td> <td>1871 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hooper" title="Samuel Hooper">Samuel Hooper</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>MA</td> <td>1871</td> <td>1871 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Dawes" title="Henry L. Dawes">Henry L. Dawes</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>MA</td> <td>1871</td> <td>1875 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ralls_Morrison" title="William Ralls Morrison">William R. Morrison</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>IL</td> <td>1875</td> <td>1877 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Wood" title="Fernando Wood">Fernando Wood</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>NY</td> <td>1877</td> <td>1881 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_R._Tucker" class="mw-redirect" title="John R. Tucker">John R. Tucker</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>VA</td> <td>1881</td> <td>1881 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_D._Kelley" title="William D. Kelley">William D. Kelley</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>PA</td> <td>1881</td> <td>1883 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ralls_Morrison" title="William Ralls Morrison">William R. Morrison</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>IL</td> <td>1883</td> <td>1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td>40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Q._Mills" title="Roger Q. Mills">Roger Q. Mills</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>TX</td> <td>1887</td> <td>1889 </td></tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>OH</td> <td>1889</td> <td>1891 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_M._Springer" class="mw-redirect" title="William M. Springer">William M. Springer</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>IL</td> <td>1891</td> <td>1893 </td></tr> <tr> <td>43</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Lyne_Wilson" title="William Lyne Wilson">William L. Wilson</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>WV</td> <td>1893</td> <td>1895 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Dingley,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson Dingley, Jr.">Nelson Dingley, Jr.</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>ME</td> <td>1895</td> <td>1899 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sereno_E._Payne" title="Sereno E. Payne">Sereno E. Payne</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>NY</td> <td>1899</td> <td>1911 </td></tr> <tr> <td>46</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oscar_W._Underwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscar W. Underwood">Oscar W. Underwood</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>AL</td> <td>1911</td> <td>1915 </td></tr> <tr> <td>47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claude_Kitchin" title="Claude Kitchin">Claude Kitchin</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>NC</td> <td>1915</td> <td>1919 </td></tr> <tr> <td>48</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fordney" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Fordney">Joseph Fordney</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>MI</td> <td>1919</td> <td>1923 </td></tr> <tr> <td>49</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_R._Green" title="William R. Green">William R. Green</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>IA</td> <td>1923</td> <td>1928 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willis_C._Hawley" title="Willis C. Hawley">Willis C. Hawley</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>OR</td> <td>1928</td> <td>1931 </td></tr> <tr> <td>51</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_W._Collier" class="mw-redirect" title="James W. Collier">James W. Collier</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>MS</td> <td>1931</td> <td>1933 </td></tr> <tr> <td>52</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Doughton" title="Robert L. Doughton">Robert L. Doughton</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>NC</td> <td>1933</td> <td>1947 </td></tr> <tr> <td>53</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_Knutson" title="Harold Knutson">Harold Knutson</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>MN</td> <td>1947</td> <td>1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td>54</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Doughton" title="Robert L. Doughton">Robert L. Doughton</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>NC</td> <td>1949</td> <td>1953 </td></tr> <tr> <td>55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Reed_(politician)" title="Daniel A. Reed (politician)">Daniel A. Reed</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>NY</td> <td>1953</td> <td>1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td>56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jere_Cooper" title="Jere Cooper">Jere Cooper</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>TN</td> <td>1955</td> <td>1957 </td></tr> <tr> <td>57</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Mills" title="Wilbur Mills">Wilbur Mills</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>AR</td> <td>1957</td> <td>1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Ullman" title="Al Ullman">Al Ullman</a> (acting)</td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>OR</td> <td>1973</td> <td>1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>58</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Ullman" title="Al Ullman">Al Ullman</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>OR</td> <td>1975</td> <td>1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td>59</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rostenkowski" title="Dan Rostenkowski">Dan Rostenkowski</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>IL</td> <td>1981</td> <td>1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_M._Gibbons" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam M. Gibbons">Sam Gibbons</a> (acting)</td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>FL</td> <td>1994</td> <td>1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>60</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Reynolds_Archer,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Reynolds Archer, Jr.">Bill Archer</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>TX</td> <td>1995</td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>61</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Thomas" title="Bill Thomas">Bill Thomas</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>CA</td> <td>2001</td> <td>2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td>62</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">Charles Rangel</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>NY</td> <td>2007</td> <td>2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Stark" title="Pete Stark">Pete Stark</a> (acting)</td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>CA</td> <td>2010</td> <td>2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>63</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sander_Levin" title="Sander Levin">Sander Levin</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>MI</td> <td>2010</td> <td>2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>64</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Camp" title="Dave Camp">Dave Camp</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>MI</td> <td>2011</td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>WI</td> <td>2015</td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>66</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">Kevin Brady</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>TX</td> <td>2015</td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>67</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Richard Neal</a></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic</td> <td>MA</td> <td>2019</td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>68</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">Jason Smith</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican</td> <td>MO</td> <td>2023</td> <td>Present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_membership_rosters">Historical membership rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Historical membership rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="117th_Congress">117th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 117th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Majority </th> <th>Minority </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Richard Neal</a>, Massachusetts, <i>Chairman</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">Mike Thompson</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">John B. Larson</a>, Connecticut</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a>, Oregon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Kind" title="Ron Kind">Ron Kind</a>, Wisconsin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Pascrell" title="Bill Pascrell">Bill Pascrell</a>, New Jersey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Danny Davis</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Linda Sánchez">Linda Sánchez</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Higgins" title="Brian Higgins">Brian Higgins</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Sewell" title="Terri Sewell">Terri Sewell</a>, Alabama</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzan_DelBene" title="Suzan DelBene">Suzan DelBene</a>, Washington, <i>Vice Chair</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chu" title="Judy Chu">Judy Chu</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Moore" title="Gwen Moore">Gwen Moore</a>, Wisconsin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kildee" title="Dan Kildee">Dan Kildee</a>, Michigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Boyle" title="Brendan Boyle">Brendan Boyle</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Beyer" title="Don Beyer">Don Beyer</a>, Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(politician)" title="Dwight Evans (politician)">Dwight Evans</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Brad Schneider</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Suozzi" title="Tom Suozzi">Tom Suozzi</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Panetta" title="Jimmy Panetta">Jimmy Panetta</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Murphy" title="Stephanie Murphy">Stephanie Murphy</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gomez" title="Jimmy Gomez">Jimmy Gomez</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Horsford" title="Steven Horsford">Steven Horsford</a>, Nevada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stacey_Plaskett" title="Stacey Plaskett">Stacey Plaskett</a>, U.S. Virgin Islands</li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">Kevin Brady</a>, Texas, <i>Ranking Member</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Nunes" title="Devin Nunes">Devin Nunes</a>, California (until Jan. 3, 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">Adrian Smith</a>, Nebraska</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Reed_(politician)" title="Tom Reed (politician)">Tom Reed</a>, New York (until May 10, 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">Mike Kelly</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">Jason Smith</a>, Missouri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">Tom Rice</a>, South Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">David Schweikert</a>, Arizona</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Walorski" title="Jackie Walorski">Jackie Walorski</a>, Indiana (until Aug. 3, 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darin_LaHood" title="Darin LaHood">Darin LaHood</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Wenstrup" title="Brad Wenstrup">Brad Wenstrup</a>, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">Jodey Arrington</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Drew Ferguson (politician)">Drew Ferguson</a>, Georgia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Ron Estes</a>, Kansas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Smucker" title="Lloyd Smucker">Lloyd Smucker</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hern" title="Kevin Hern">Kevin Hern</a>, Oklahoma</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Miller_(politician)" title="Carol Miller (politician)">Carol Miller</a>, West Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Murphy_(politician)" title="Greg Murphy (politician)">Greg Murphy</a>, North Carolina (from Jan. 19, 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kustoff" title="David Kustoff">David Kustoff</a>, Tennessee (from June 8, 2022)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Resolutions electing members: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/9">H.Res. 9</a> (chair), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/10">H.Res. 10</a> (Ranking Member), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/62">H.Res. 62</a> (D), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/63">H.Res. 63</a> (R), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/875">H.Res. 875</a> (R), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/1159">H.Res. 1159</a> (R) </p> <dl><dt>Subcommittees</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Subcommittee </th> <th>Chair </th> <th>Ranking Member </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Health" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health">Health</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a> (D–TX) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a> (R–FL) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Oversight" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight">Oversight</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Pascrell" title="Bill Pascrell">Bill Pascrell</a> (D-NJ) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">Tom Rice</a> (R-SC) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Select_Revenue_Measures" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures">Select Revenue Measures</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">Mike Thompson</a> (D-CA) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">Mike Kelly</a> (R–PA) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Social_Security" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security">Social Security</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">John B. Larson</a> (D-CT) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Reed_(politician)" title="Tom Reed (politician)">Tom Reed</a> (R-NY) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Trade" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade">Trade</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a> (D-OR) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">Adrian Smith</a> (R–NE) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Worker_and_Family_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support">Worker and Family Support</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Danny Davis</a> (D–IL) </td> <td>Vacant </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="116th_Congress">116th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 116th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Majority </th> <th>Minority </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Richard Neal</a>, Massachusetts, <i>Chairman</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">Mike Thompson</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">John B. Larson</a>, Connecticut</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a>, Oregon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Kind" title="Ron Kind">Ron Kind</a>, Wisconsin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Pascrell" title="Bill Pascrell">Bill Pascrell</a>, New Jersey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Danny Davis</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Linda Sánchez">Linda Sánchez</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Higgins" title="Brian Higgins">Brian Higgins</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Sewell" title="Terri Sewell">Terri Sewell</a>, Alabama, <i>Vice Chair</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzan_DelBene" title="Suzan DelBene">Suzan DelBene</a>, Washington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chu" title="Judy Chu">Judy Chu</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Moore" title="Gwen Moore">Gwen Moore</a>, Wisconsin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kildee" title="Dan Kildee">Dan Kildee</a>, Michigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Boyle" title="Brendan Boyle">Brendan Boyle</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Beyer" title="Don Beyer">Don Beyer</a>, Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(politician)" title="Dwight Evans (politician)">Dwight Evans</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Brad Schneider</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Suozzi" title="Tom Suozzi">Tom Suozzi</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Panetta" title="Jimmy Panetta">Jimmy Panetta</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Murphy" title="Stephanie Murphy">Stephanie Murphy</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gomez" title="Jimmy Gomez">Jimmy Gomez</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Horsford" title="Steven Horsford">Steven Horsford</a>, Nevada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Richmond" title="Cedric Richmond">Cedric Richmond</a>, Louisiana (since September 22, 2020)</li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">Kevin Brady</a>, Texas, <i>Ranking Member</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Nunes" title="Devin Nunes">Devin Nunes</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">Adrian Smith</a>, Nebraska</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">Kenny Marchant</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Reed_(politician)" title="Tom Reed (politician)">Tom Reed</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">Mike Kelly</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Holding" title="George Holding">George Holding</a>, North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">Jason Smith</a>, Missouri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">Tom Rice</a>, South Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">David Schweikert</a>, Arizona</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Walorski" title="Jackie Walorski">Jackie Walorski</a>, Indiana</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darin_LaHood" title="Darin LaHood">Darin LaHood</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Wenstrup" title="Brad Wenstrup">Brad Wenstrup</a>, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">Jodey Arrington</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Drew Ferguson (politician)">Drew Ferguson</a>, Georgia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Ron Estes</a>, Kansas</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Resolutions electing members: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/7">H.Res. 7</a> (chair); <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/8">H.Res. 8</a> (Ranking Member), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/42">H.Res. 42</a> (D), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/68">H.Res. 68</a> (R) </p> <dl><dt>Subcommittee</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Subcommittee </th> <th>Chair </th> <th>Ranking Member </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Health" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health">Health</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a> (D–TX) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devin_Nunes" title="Devin Nunes">Devin Nunes</a> (R–CA) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Worker_and_Family_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support">Worker and Family Support</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Danny Davis</a> (D–IL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Walorski" title="Jackie Walorski">Jackie Walorski</a> (R–IN) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Oversight" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight">Oversight</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Pascrell" title="Bill Pascrell">Bill Pascrell</a> (D-NJ) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">Mike Kelly</a> (R–PA) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Select_Revenue_Measures" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures">Select Revenue Measures</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">Mike Thompson</a> (D-CA) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">Adrian Smith</a> (R–NE) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Social_Security" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security">Social Security</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">John B. Larson</a> (D-CT) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Reed_(politician)" title="Tom Reed (politician)">Tom Reed</a> (R-NY) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Ways_and_Means_Subcommittee_on_Trade" title="United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade">Trade</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a> (D-OR) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a> (R–FL) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="115th_Congress">115th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 115th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Majority </th> <th>Minority </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">Kevin Brady</a>, Texas, <i>Chairman</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">Sam Johnson</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Nunes" title="Devin Nunes">Devin Nunes</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Reichert" title="Dave Reichert">Dave Reichert</a>, Washington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Roskam" title="Peter Roskam">Peter Roskam</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">Adrian Smith</a>, Nebraska</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Jenkins" title="Lynn Jenkins">Lynn Jenkins</a>, Kansas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">Erik Paulsen</a>, Minnesota</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">Kenny Marchant</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Black" title="Diane Black">Diane Black</a>, Tennessee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Reed_(politician)" title="Tom Reed (politician)">Tom Reed</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">Mike Kelly</a>, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Renacci" title="Jim Renacci">Jim Renacci</a>, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">Kristi Noem</a>, South Dakota</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Holding" title="George Holding">George Holding</a>, North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">Jason Smith</a>, Missouri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rice" title="Tom Rice">Tom Rice</a>, South Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">David Schweikert</a>, Arizona</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Walorski" title="Jackie Walorski">Jackie Walorski</a>, Indiana</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Curbelo_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Curbelo (politician)">Carlos Curbelo</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bishop_(politician)" title="Mike Bishop (politician)">Mike Bishop</a>, Michigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darin_LaHood" title="Darin LaHood">Darin LaHood</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Wenstrup" title="Brad Wenstrup">Brad Wenstrup</a>, Ohio</li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Richard Neal</a>, Massachusetts, <i>Ranking Member</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sander_Levin" title="Sander Levin">Sander Levin</a>, Michigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis">John Lewis</a>, Georgia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a>, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">Mike Thompson</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">John B. Larson</a>, Connecticut</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a>, Oregon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Kind" title="Ron Kind">Ron Kind</a>, Wisconsin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Pascrell" title="Bill Pascrell">Bill Pascrell</a>, New Jersey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Crowley" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Crowley">Joseph Crowley</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Danny Davis</a>, Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Linda Sánchez">Linda Sánchez</a>, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Higgins" title="Brian Higgins">Brian Higgins</a>, New York, <i>Vice Ranking Member</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Sewell" title="Terri Sewell">Terri Sewell</a>, Alabama</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzan_DelBene" title="Suzan DelBene">Suzan DelBene</a>, Washington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chu" title="Judy Chu">Judy Chu</a>, California</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Resolutions electing members: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/6">H.Res. 6</a> (chair); <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/7">H.Res. 7</a> (Ranking Member); <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/29">H.Res. 29</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/131">H.Res. 131</a>, (R); <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/45">H.Res. 45</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/95">H.Res. 95</a> (D)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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"The House Committee on Ways and Means: Congress Seen Through a Key Committee." <i>Wisconsin Law Review</i>(1966): 121+ <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://heinonline.org/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/wlr1966&section=11">online</a>.</li> <li>Davidson, Roger. <i>Masters of the House: Congressional leadership over two centuries</i> (Routledge, 2018)</li> <li>Kennon, Donald R., and Rebecca Mary Rogers. <i>The Committee on Ways and Means: A Bicentennial History 1789–1989 </i> (US Government Printing Office, 1989).</li> <li>Manley, John F. "The House Committee on Ways and Means: Conflict management in a congressional committee." <i>American Political Science Review </i> 59.4 (1965): 927–939.</li> <li>Manley, John F. <i>The politics of finance: the House Committee on Ways and Means</i> ( Little, Brown, 1970).</li> <li>Sullivan, Terry. 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