Area congressional committee membership

For informational purposes, here are the standing committees area US House members, and Texas' two Senators serve on. Some committees have several area members. This tells us which are considered to be especially important to the local community.

Texas Senators:
- Armed Services
- Commerce, Science and Transportation
- Finance
- Judiciary - 2

Texas Representatives:
- Appropriations
- Energy and Commerce - 2
- Financial Services
- Foreign Affairs - 4
- Homeland Security
- Judiciary - 2
- Science, Space and Technology - 4
- Ways and Means

Area representative Michael McCall chairs the Homeland Security Committee and two committees on this list are chaired by Texans: The Science, Space and Technology Committee is chaired by Lamar Smith, who represents the San Antonio, Bandera area and Jeb Hensarling - who represents the area southeast of Dallas - chairs the Financial Services Committee.

More to come.