Jay Obernotle currently chairs the Policy Committee. When the Republicans are in the majority, the chair of the House Republican Policy Committee ranks fifth, below the Speaker of the House, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, and the
Republican Conference Chairman. When the Republicans are in the minority, the Policy Committee chair ranks fourth, behind the Minority Leader, Minority Whip and Conference Chairman. Statutory members include the full conference leadership, the committee chairs or ranking members (depending on a majority or minority) of Appropriations, Budget, Energy, Rules, and Ways and Means, and the elected leaders of the sophomore and freshman classes. Appointed members include regional representatives, at-large members, members from the standing committees, and designated appointees by the sophomore (2) and freshman (1) class leaders.
119th Congress • Chair:
Jay Obernotle (CA) •
John Rutherford (FL) •
Scott Franklin (FL) •
Morgan Luttrell (TX) •
Brandon Gill (TX) •
Andy Harris (MD/Small States) •
Claudia Tenney (Region 1) •
Dan Meuser (Region 2) •
Troy Balderson (Region 3) •
Sheri Biggs (Region 4) •
Greg Murphy (Region 5) •
Andrew Clyde (Region 6) •
John Rose (Region 7) •
Trent Kelly (Region 8) •
Jefferson Shreve (Region 9) •
Randy Feenstra (Region 10) •
Glenn Grothman (Region 11) •
Mike Flood (Region 12) •
Troy Downing (Region 13) •
Celeste Maloy (Region 14) •
Tom McClintock (Region 15) •
Michael Baumgartner (Freshman) •
Harriet Hageman (Sophomore) •
Rich McCormick (Sophomore) •
Joe Wilson (Designee) Regional Representatives are restructured to reflect as closely as possible an equal number of Republican members from each region; the small state group is an additional region composed of states that have one or two Republican members. • 1: Maryland (1), New Jersey (1), New York (6), West Virginia (3) – 11 members total • 2: Kentucky (5), Pennsylvania (9) – 14 members total • 3: North Carolina (10), Virginia (4) – 14 members total • 4: Georgia (9), South Carolina (5) – 14 members total • 5: Alabama (6), Tennessee (7) – 13 members total • 6: Illinois (5), Indiana (7) – 12 members total • 7: Michigan (7), Wisconsin (5) – 12 members total • 8: Arkansas (4), Louisiana (5), Mississippi (3), Puerto Rico (1) – 13 members total • 9: Kansas (3), Colorado (3), Nebraska (3), Oklahoma (4) – 13 members total • 10: American Samoa (1), Iowa (1), Minnesota (3), Missouri (6), North Dakota (1), South Dakota (1) – 13 members total • 11: Alaska (1), Idaho (2), Montana (1), Nevada (1), Oregon (1), Utah (3), Washington (3), Wyoming (1) – 13 members total • 12: Arizona (4), California (7) – 11 members total • Small States: Alaska, America Samoa, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Wyoming – 14 members total • Florida Region: 14 members total • Ohio Region: 12 members total • Texas Regions I and II: 14 members total The members of the committee for the 115th Congress were: • Chair:
Luke Messer (IN-6) • Conference Leadership:
Paul Ryan (WI-1),
Kevin McCarthy (CA-23),
Steve Scalise (LA-1),
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5),
Steve Stivers (OH-15),
Doug Collins (GA-9),
Jason Smith (MO-8),
Patrick McHenry (NC-10) • Committee Leadership:
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11),
Steve Womack (AR-3),
Greg Walden (OR-2),
Pete Sessions (TX-32),
Kevin Brady (TX-8) • Sophomore and Freshman Class Leadership:
Mimi Walters (CA-45),
Paul Mitchell (MI-10) • Regional Members:
Elise Stefanik (NY-21),
Brett Guthrie (KY-2),
Vacant (Region 3),
Austin Scott (GA-8),
Gary Palmer (AL-6),
Jackie Walorski (IN-2),
Mike Gallagher (WI-8),
Rick Crawford (AL-1),
Markwayne Mullin (OK-2),
Don Young (AK-AL),
Mia Love (UT-4),
Jenniffer González (PR-AL),
Vacant (Texas Region I),
Randy Weber (TX-14),
John Rutherford (FL-4),
Ed Royce (CA-39),
Glenn Thompson (PA-5),
Brad Wenstrup (OH-2) • Sophomore and Freshman Class Members:
Drew Ferguson (GA-3),
John Katko (NY-24),
Martha McSally (AZ-2) • Committee Members:
Jodey Arrington (TX-19),
Chris Stewart (UT-2),
Mike Coffman (CO-6),
Dave Brat (VA-7),
Glenn Grothman (WI-6),
Morgan Griffith (VA-9),
French Hill (AR-2),
Joe Wilson (SC-2),
Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-2),
Raúl Labrador (ID-1),
Bruce Westerman (AR-4),
Jim Jordan (OH-4),
Dennis Ross (FL-15),
Steve Knight (CA-15),
Jeff Denham (CA-10),
Randy Hultgren (IL-14),
Mike Bost (IL-12),
Dave Schweikert (AZ-6) • At-Large Members:
Barbara Comstock (VA-10),
Keith Rothfus (PA-12),
Susan Brooks (IN-5),
Dave Reichert (WA-8),
Bruce Poliquin (ME-2),
Tom Reed (NY-23) ;Policy Committee Chairs == House Republican Steering Committee ==