House VA/HUD/IA Appropriations Subcommittee Roster
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies is responsible for writing an appropriations bill that funds, among other agencies, the National Science Foundation and NASA. Below is the roster for this subcommittee for the 105th session of Congress. (Full Committee Chair Robert Livingston, R-LA, and Ranking Democrat David Obey, D-WI, are also authorized to serve on all appropriations subcommittees.) Included with each subcommittee member’s name is a web site, if available, and a list of the higher education institutions in his or her district. Information on rosters and university/college listings comes from the Congressional Quarterly’s Washington Alert.
House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA/HUD/Independent Agencies
H-143 Capitol Building
Washington, DC 20515-6022
202-225-3241
REPUBLICANS
Chairman: Jerry Lewis (California, 40th District)
http://www.house.gov/jerrylewis/
Higher Education Institutions: Barstow College, Barstow; California State University, San Bernardino; Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa; Loma Linda University, Loma Linda; University of Redlands, Redlands; Victor Valley College, Victorville
Tom DeLay (Texas, 22nd District)
http://tomdelay.house.gov/
Higher Education Institutions: Alvin Community College, Alvin; Houston Baptist University, Houston; San Jacinto College South, Houston; University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston
James Walsh (New York, 25th District)
Higher Education Institutions: Bryant & Stratton Business Institute, Syracuse; Cayuga County Community College, Auburn; Central City Business Institute, Syracuse; Le Moyne College, Syracuse; Onondaga Community College, Syracuse; State University of New York, Cortland; State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse; State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse; Syracuse University, Syracuse
David Hobson (Ohio, 7th District)
http://www.house.gov/hobson/
Higher Education Institutions: Air Force Institute of Technology, Fairborn; Antioch School of Adult Learning, Yellow Springs; Antioch University, Yellow Springs; Cedarville College, Cedarville; Central State University, Wilberforce; Clark State Community College, Springfield; Ohio University, Lancaster; Urbana University, Urbana; Wilberforce University, Wilberforce; Wittenberg University, Springfield
Joe Knollenberg (Michigan, 11th District)
http://www.house.gov/knollenberg/
Higher Education Institutions: Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield; Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills; St. Mary’s College, Orchard Lake; William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills
Rodney Frelinghuysen (New Jersey, 11th District)
http://www.house.gov/frelinghuysen/welcome.html
Higher Education Institutions: Caldwell College, Caldwell; College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown; County College of Morris, Randolph; Drew University, Madison; Rabbinical College of America, Morristown; Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville
Mark Neumann (Wisconsin, 1st District)
http://www.house.gov/neumann/welcome.html
Higher Education Institutions: Beloit College, Beloit; Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville; Carthage College, Kenosha; Gateway Technical College, Kenosha; University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha; University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Roger Wicker (Mississippi, 1st District)
http://www.house.gov/wicker/welcome.html
Higher Education Institutions: Blue Mountain College, Blue Mountain; Itawamba Community College, Fulton; Northeast Mississippi Community College, Booneville; Northwest Mississippi Community College, Senatobia; Rust College, Holly Springs; University of Mississippi, University; Wood Junior College, Mathiston
DEMOCRATS
Ranking Minority Member: Louis Stokes (Ohio, 11th District)
Higher Education Institutions: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland; Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland; Cleveland State University, Cleveland; Dyke College, Cleveland; ETI Technical College, Cleveland; John Carroll University, Cleveland; Notre Dame College, South Euclid; Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, Cleveland
Alan Mollohan (West Virginia, 1st District)
Higher Education Institutions: Alderson Broaddus College, Philippi; Bethany College, Bethany; Fairmont State College, Fairmont; Ohio Valley College, Parkersburg; Potomac State College of West Virginia, Keyser; Salem-Teikyo University, Salem; West Liberty State College, West Liberty; West Virginia North Community College, Wheeling; West Virginia University, Parkersburg; West Virginia University, Morgantown; Wheeling Jesuit College, Wheeling
Marcy Kaptur (Ohio, 9th District)
Higher Education Institutions: Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green; Davis Junior College, Toledo; Lourdes College, Sylvania; Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, Toledo; Michael J. Owens Technical College, Toledo; Northwest Technical College, Archbold; University of Toledo, Toledo
Carrie Meek (Florida, 17th District)
Higher Education Institutions: Barry University, Miami; Flagler Career Institute, Miami; Florida Memorial College, Opa-Locka; St. Thomas University, Opa-Locka; Southeastern University of Health, Miami
*David Price (North Carolina, 4th District)
Higher Education Institutions: Meredith College, Raleigh; North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Peace College, Raleigh; Phillips Junior College, Raleigh; Shaw University, Raleigh; Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest; St. Augustine’s College, Raleigh; St. Mary’s College, Raleigh; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Wake Tech Community College, Raleigh
*freshman (although he previously served in the House from 1987 to 1995)
