Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced new Senate Democratic Committee Assignments for the 119th Congress. Notably, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will remain the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and will be joined by new Committee members Sens. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Andy Kim (D-NJ). Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) will serve as the senior Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee and will be joined by new Committee members Sens. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) will lead Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and be joined by new Committee members Sens. Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). Schumer also announced several new members have been named as the top Democrats on Committees, including: (1) Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) as Ranking Member on Senate Budget; (2) Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) as Ranking Member on Senate Energy; and (3) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) as Ranking Member on Senate Environment and Public Works. Senator Murray (D-WA) remains the top Democrat on Senate Appropriations Committee. She will be joined by new Committee members Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA). The full Democratic Committee rosters are available here. The Republican Committee rosters for the 119th Congress (which we notified you of in December) are also available here.
