Young Named to Agriculture, Homeland Security, & Legislative Branch Appropriations Committees

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Congressman David Young announced Friday the three Appropriations Subcommittees on which he will serve during the 114th Congress. Young has been assigned to the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Homeland Security, and the Legislative Branch.

Young will be the only Member of the Iowa delegation, House and Senate, on the powerful Committee which is responsible for writing legislation that allocates funding to federal agencies and departments.

"I ran for Congress so that I could serve as an effective voice and vote for Iowans reflecting our principles and values," said Congressman Young. "My work and focus as a member of the Appropriations Committee will be bringing a common sense and disciplined approach to federal spending while also working to reduce the size and scope of the government."

The Agriculture Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the United States Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, Farm Credit Administration and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The Homeland Security Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the Department of Homeland Security which oversees the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the United States Secret Service among other agencies.

Congressman Young discussed the unique opportunity for oversight that the committee assignment affords him over every federal agency. "Members of the House Appropriations Committee are able to, by nature of the Committee's work, keep an eye on most aspects of our federal government. I will conduct rigorous and thoughtful oversight with a goal of a more transparent, better functioning federal government for every Iowa taxpayer."

The House Appropriations Committee has jurisdiction over the discretionary portion of our federal expenditures through work on the 12 annual spending bills which control one-third of the federal government's $3 trillion budget.

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