House Names Members To All Standing Committees

House Democrats and Republicans this week named members to each of the standing committees, although there is still some jockeying for positions PA Environment Digest was told. Some committees had significant turnover. Here's the list as it stands this week for key committees of concern--

Chairs: Hanna (D- Centre), Rohrer (R-Berks)

Democrats: Kessler (D-Berks), Conklin (D-Centre), Carroll (D-Luzerne), DePasquale (D-York) NEW, Grucela (D-Northampton), Haluska (D-Cambria), Houghton (D-Chester) NEW, Mirabito (D-Lycoming)NEW, J.Myers (D-Philadelphia), Oliver (D-Philadelphia), Preston (D-Allegheny) NEW, Solobay (D-Washington), White (D-Allegheny) NEW

Republicans: Boback (R-Columbia), Brooks (R-Crawford), Harris (R-Juniata) NEW, Hickernell (R-Lancaster), Keller (R-Franklin), Metzgar (R-Bedford) NEW, Millard (R-Columbia), O'Neill (R-Bucks) NEW, Pickett (R-Bradford).

Chairs: Evans (D-Philadelphia), Civera (R-Delaware)

Democrats: Keller (D-Philadelphia), Shapiro (D-Montgomery), Manderino (D-Philadelphia), Wheatley (D-Allegheny), J.Myers (D-Philadelphia), Vitali (D-Delaware), Bradford (D-Montgomery) NEW, Briggs (D-Montgomery), Conklin (D-Centre), DePasquale (D-York) NEW, Frankel (D-Allegheny), Galloway (D-Bucks), Kortz (D-Allegheny) NEW, Kula (D-Fayette) NEW, Lentz (D-Delaware), Mahoney (D-Fayette), Parker (D-Philadelphia), Siptroth (D-Monroe), M.Smith (D-Lackawanna), Williams (D-Philadelphia)NEW.

Republicans: Denlinger (R-Lancaster), Ellis (R-Butler), J.Evans (R-Crawford) NEW, Gingrich (R-Lebanon) NEW, Killion (R-Chester) NEW, Millard (R-Columbia), R.Miller (R-York), Petri (R-Allegheny), Reed (R-Indiana), Reichley (R-Berks), Stevenson (R-Butler) NEW, True (R-Lancaster) NEW.

Chairs: Preston (D-Allegheny), Godshall (R-Montgomery)

Democrats: Brennan (D-Lehigh), Readshaw (D-Allegheny), Gergely (D-Allegheny), Barbin (D-Cambria) NEW, Cruz (D-Philadelphia) NEW, DePasquale (D-York) NEW, Kortz (D-Allegheny), Kotik (D-Allegheny) NEW, Matzie (D-Allegheny) NEW, Petrarca (D-Westmoreland), Sainato (D-Beaver), White (D-Allegheny) NEW, Solobay (D-Washington), White (D-Allegheny) NEW.

Republicans: Adolph (R-Delaware), Delozier (R-Cumberland) NEW, Farry (R-Bucks) NEW, Gabig (R-Cumberland) NEW, Kauffman (R-Cumberland) NEW, Mensch (R-Montgomery), Perry (R-Cumberland), Pickett (R-Bradford) NEW, Reed (R-Indiana) NEW.

Chairs: George (D-Clearfield), Hutchinson (R-Venango)

Democrats: Hornaman (D-Erie), Gerber (D-Montgomery), Harhai (D-Fayette) NEW, Yudichak (D-Lackawanna), Barbin (D-Cambria) NEW, Carroll (D-Luzerne), Conklin (D-Centre), DePasquale (D-York), Houghton (D-Chester) NEW, Santarsiero (D-Bucks) NEW, Seip (D-Berks), Vitali (D-Delaware), Wansacz (D-Lackawanna).

Republicans: Causer (R-Cameron), Christiana (R-Beaver) NEW, Everett (R-Lycoming), Gabler (R-Clearfield) NEW, Pyle (R-Armstrong), Rapp (R-Forrest), Reed (R-Indiana), Sonney (R-Erie), Vulakovich (R-Allegheny) . Note: There an active attempt underway to restore some southeast Republicans to this committee.

Chairs: Staback (D-Lackawanna), Dally (R-Northampton) NEW

Democrats: Haluska (D-Cambria), Murphy (D-Lackawanna) NEW, Daley (D-Washington), DeLuca (D-Allegheny), Gergely (D-Montgomery), Goodman (D-Schuylkill), Hanna (D-Centre), Hornaman (D-Erie), Kula (D-Fayette), Levdansky (D-Allegheny), Mahoney (D-Fayette), McGeehan (D-Philadelphia), Readshaw (D-Allegheny).

Republicans: Cutler (R-Lancaster), Denlinger (R-Lancaster), Everett (R-Lycoming), Keller (R-Franklin), Krieger (R-Westmoreland) NEW, Moul (R-Adams), Peifer (R-Monroe), Pyle (R-Armstrong) NEW, Rock (R-Franklin).