Capitol Committees Taking Shape

The new chairman of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is a former governor who supported giving responsibility for the federal highway program to the states.

As governor of Ohio in 1977, George Voinovich called federal highway programs "intrusive" and said they required states to jump through regulatory hoops. Now a freshman senator, he will head the subcommittee with jurisdiction over federal roads and bridges.

n the House of Representatives, 15 lawmakers were assigned to the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, which sets funding levels for the Department of Transportation and the Surface Transportation Board.

The subcommittee is chaired by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.). New to the subcommittee is Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas).

Reappointed were Republican Reps. Tom Delay of Texas, Ralph Regula of Ohio, Hal Rogers of Kentucky, Ron Packard of California, Todd Tiahrt of Kansas and Robert Aderholt and Sonny Callahan of Alabama Rep. Martin Sabo (D-Min.) will continue as the subcommittee's senior Democrat.

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