Kaptur Earns Assignments to Appropriations and Budget Committees for 112th Congress

Congresswoman Kaptur has again earned assignments to both the Appropriations and Budget committees for the 112th Congress following official actions taken by the Democratic leadership.

Kaptur, who is serving her fifteenth term in the House, ranks 23rd in seniority among 435 members.

She is the longest-serving woman in the House and the senior-most of Ohio's 18 members.

Kaptur will rank second to Ranking Member Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) on the powerful Appropriations Committee. She will again serve on the defense subcommittee, ranking fourth among Democrats. She is the first woman to serve on the defense subcommittee.

She will be the third-ranking Democrat on the transportation, housing and urban development subcommittee and the fourth-ranking Democrat on the agriculture subcommittee.

Congresswoman Kaptur will again serve on the House Budget Committee, where she ranks third.

She is also co-chair of the Congressional Jobs Now! Caucus.