United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
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The House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit is a subcommittee
United States Congressional subcommittee
A congressional subcommittee in the United States Congress is a subdivision of a United States congressional committee that considers specified matters and reports back to the full committee....

 within the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. John Mica currently chairs the committee.-History:...

. The subcommittee oversees highway, transit, and highway safety programs in the United States, as well as policy governing how highway and transit projects are planned, approved, and constructed. Agencies within its jurisdiction are the Federal Highway Administration
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program...

, the Federal Transit Administration
Federal Transit Administration
The Federal Transit Administration is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transit systems. The FTA is one of ten modal administrations within the DOT...

, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration , established January 1, 2000, regulates the trucking industry in the United States. FMCSA is headquartered in Washington, DC and employs more than 1,000 people in all 50 States and the District of Columbia...

. It also oversees portions of the Clean Air Act
Clean Air Act
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 related to vehicle fuel economy
Fuel economy
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, including Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Corporate Average Fuel Economy
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 standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government, part of the Department of Transportation...

.

Members, 112th Congress

The committee is chaired by Jimmy Duncan of Tennessee
Tennessee
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, and the Ranking Member
Ranking member
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 is Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
Peter Anthony DeFazio is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation...

 of Oregon
Oregon
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.
Majority Minority
  • Jimmy Duncan, Tennessee, Chairman
  • Richard L. Hanna
    Richard L. Hanna
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    , New York, Vice Chair
  • Don Young
    Don Young
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    , Alaska
  • Tom Petri
    Tom Petri
    Thomas Evert Petri is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1979. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the east-central part of the state.-Early life, education, and early career:...

    , Wisconsin
  • Howard Coble
    Howard Coble
    John Howard Coble is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1985. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and pre-political career:Coble was born in Greensboro, North Carolina...

    , North Carolina
  • Frank LoBiondo
    Frank LoBiondo
    Frank A. LoBiondo is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is at the southern end of New Jersey, and by far the biggest Congressional District in the state...

    , New Jersey
  • Gary Miller
    Gary Miller
    Gary Gene Miller is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 41st, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

    , California
  • Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois
  • Sam Graves
    Sam Graves
    Samuel B. Graves, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district consists of Northwest Missouri and includes the portion of Kansas City north of the Missouri River and many northern suburbs.-Early life, education and career:Graves is a...

    , Missouri
  • Bill Shuster
    Bill Shuster
    William Shuster is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a son of former Congressman Bud Shuster.-Early life, education and career:...

    , Pennsylvania
  • Shelley Moore Capito
    Shelley Moore Capito
    Shelley Moore Capito is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Republican Party...

    , West Virginia
  • Jean Schmidt
    Jean Schmidt
    Jeannette Marie Hoffman Schmidt, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from eastern Cincinnati to Portsmouth....

    , Ohio
  • Candice Miller
    Candice Miller
    Candice S. Miller is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes Michigan's Huron, Macomb, and Sanilac counties, plus portions of Lapeer and Oakland counties....

    , Michigan
  • Andrew P. Harris
    Andrew P. Harris
    Andrew P. Harris is an American physician and politician who is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party and formerly served in the Senate of the Maryland General Assembly.-Early life, education and career:...

    , Maryland
  • Rick Crawford, Arkansas
  • Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington
  • Frank Guinta
    Frank Guinta
    Frank Guinta is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served as the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, an alderman, a state representative and a congressional aide.- Early life, education, and business career :...

    , New Hampshire
  • Lou Barletta
    Lou Barletta
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    , Pennsylvania
  • Blake Farenthold, Texas
  • Larry Bucshon
    Larry Bucshon
    Larry Dean Bucshon is a heart surgeon and the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.- Early life, education, and early career :Bucshon was born on May 31, 1962 and raised in Kincaid, Illinois...

    , Indiana
  • Billy Long, Missouri
  • Bob Gibbs
    Bob Gibbs
    Bob Gibbs is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:Gibbs was born on June 14, 1954 in Peru, Indiana. His family moved to Cleveland in the 1960s, and Gibbs graduated from Bay Village Senior High School...

    , Ohio
  • Steve Southerland
    Steve Southerland (Florida)
    William Steve Southerland, II is the U.S. Representative for . The district includes most of the eastern Florida Panhandle, from Panama City to the state capital, Tallahassee. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life:...

    , Florida
  • Peter DeFazio
    Peter DeFazio
    Peter Anthony DeFazio is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation...

    , Oregon, Ranking Member
  • Jerrold Nadler
    Jerrold Nadler
    Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1992. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the west side of Manhattan from the Upper West Side down to Battery Park, including the site where the World Trade Center stood...

    , New York
  • Bob Filner
    Bob Filner
    Robert Earl Filner is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 50th, serving since 1993, and Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

    , California
  • Leonard Boswell
    Leonard Boswell
    Leonard L. Boswell is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Des Moines.-Early life, education and career:...

    , Iowa
  • Tim Holden
    Tim Holden
    Thomas Timothy "Tim" Holden is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

    , Pennsylvania
  • Mike Capuano
    Mike Capuano
    Michael Everett "Mike" Capuano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which was once represented by John F. Kennedy and Tip O'Neill, includes the northern three-fourths of Boston, as well as Somerville and Cambridge...

    , Massachusetts
  • Mike Michaud
    Mike Michaud
    Michael Herman Michaud is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district comprises nearly 80% of the state by area and includes the cities of Lewiston, Auburn, Bangor, and Presque Isle...

    , Maine
  • Grace Napolitano
    Grace Napolitano
    Graciela Flores Napolitano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously served in the California State Assembly and the Norwalk, City Council....

    , California
  • Mazie Hirono
    Mazie Hirono
    is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.She was the second Asian immigrant elected lieutenant governor of a state of the United States. She ran against Linda Lingle for governor of Hawaii in 2002, one of the few gubernatorial races in United...

    , Hawaii
  • Jason Altmire
    Jason Altmire
    Jason Altmire is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:...

    , Pennsylvania
  • Tim Walz
    Tim Walz
    Timothy James Walz is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party .The district comprises the state's southern end, running along the entire border with Iowa...

    , Minnesota
  • Heath Shuler
    Heath Shuler
    Joseph Heath Shuler is a businessman, a former NFL quarterback, and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

    , North Carolina
  • Steve Cohen
    Steve Cohen
    Stephen Ira Cohen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Tennessee's 9th district includes almost three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman....

    , Tennessee
  • Laura Richardson
    Laura Richardson
    Laura Richardson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses the inland section of Long Beach, Carson, Compton and Signal Hill, as well as parts of other municipalities.She previously represented the 55th district in the...

    , California
  • Albio Sires
    Albio Sires
    Albio Sires is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2006. The district includes most of Jersey City, as well as most of the Latino neighborhoods of Newark. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

    , New Jersey
  • Donna Edwards
    Donna Edwards
    Donna F. Edwards is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party...

    , Maryland
  • Eddie Bernice Johnson
    Eddie Bernice Johnson
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    , Texas
  • Jerry Costello
    Jerry Costello
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    , Illinois
  • Ex officio
  • John Mica
    John Mica
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    , Florida
  • Nick Rahall
    Nick Rahall
    Nick Joe Rahall II is the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1977. Rahall is currently Ranking Member of the House Resources Committee. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes much of the southern portion of the state, including...

    , West Virginia

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