WASHINGTON – For the 119th Congress, Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) was appointed to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee and the U.S. House Agriculture Committee.
“I am honored to serve on both the House Armed Services Committee and Agriculture Committee. I am excited about the opportunity to champion bipartisan solutions to ensure that our military remains the strongest and most lethal fighting force in the history of the world.
“On Armed Services, I will work tirelessly to secure the resources and investments our military needs to fight and win this nation’s wars and best support the men and women working hard to keep us safe. That includes delivering big for the three military bases and thousands of uniformed and civilian personnel across the Seventh.
“On Agriculture, I am ready roll up my sleeves and continue my predecessor’s six years of results on this Committee, helping drive real results for Virginia farmers and the families they feed across the country. Food security is national security.” said Vindman.
“As a 25-year Army veteran, paratrooper, and JAG prosecutor, Congressman Vindman brings a valuable perspective to issues of national security and international relations,” said Adam Smith (D-Wash.-09), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee. “Both his service on the National Security Council and work on Ukraine will be particularly useful in HASC Democrats’ efforts to ensure the United States continues to work with allies and partners. His representation of thousands of uniformed personnel and Defense Department civilian workers in his congressional district, including Quantico, Fort Walker, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, will be important to our work on behalf of service members, military families, and civilian workers.”
“I look forward to working with Congressman Eugene Vindman to uplift the next generation of Virginia’s family farmers and lower costs for producers,” said Angie Craig (D-Minn.-02), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee. “Together, we will ensure the House Agriculture Committee pushes forward nutrition and agricultural policies that improve the lives of farmers and families alike.”
The Armed Services Committee is responsible for drafting and negotiating the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and has exclusive jurisdiction over defense policy generally, ongoing military operations, the organization and reform of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy, counter-drug programs, acquisition and industrial base policy, technology transfer and export controls, joint interoperability, the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, Department of Energy nonproliferation programs, and detainee affairs and policy. More information can be found here.
The Agriculture Committee has exclusive jurisdiction over adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves, agriculture generally, agricultural and industrial chemistry, agricultural colleges and experiment stations, agricultural economics and research, agricultural education extension services, agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and commodities, animal industry and diseases of animals, commodity exchanges, crop insurance and soil conservation, dairy industry, entomology and plant quarantine, extension of farm credit and farm security, inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and seafood and seafood products, forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain, human nutrition and home economics, plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering, rural electrification, rural development, and water conservation related to activities of the Department of Agriculture. More information can be found here.
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