Members of Congress from West Virginia & Pennsylvania who represent constituencies within the area served by the Pittsburgh District of the US Army Corps of Engineers hold many powerful committee assignments. In the committee assignments listed below, we show only those committee assignments that bear directly or indirectly upon waterways issues. Please visit the websites for these members of Congress to see all of their committee assignments.
Two good websites for federal government information, especially Congress, are http://thomas.loc.gov and http://www.firstgov.gov .
West Virginia
Senator Robert C. Byrd
- Committee on Appropriations (Ranking Member, Democrat)
- Committee on Budget
- Committee on Armed Services
- Committee on Rules
Senator Jay Rockefeller
- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Subcommittee on Surface Transportation & Merchant Marine
- Committee on Finance
Congressman Alan B. Mollohan
- House Appropriations Committee
Congressman Nick Rahall
- Committee on Resources (Ranking Member, Democrat)
- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Second Senior Democrat)
Pennsylvania
Senator Arlen Specter
- Committee on Appropriations
- Committee on Governmental Affairs
Senator Rick Santorum
- Committee on Finance
Congressman John P. "Jack" Murtha
- House Appropriations Committee
Representative Phil English
- Committee on Ways & Means
- Joint Economic Committee
Representative Melissa Hart
- Committee on Financial Services
- Committee on Judiciary
- Committee on Science
Congressman Mike Doyle
- House Energy & Commerce Committee
Congressman Tim Murphy
- Committee on Financial Services