Ways and Means Democrats Shift Subcommittee Assignments After Adding Rep. Chu

The House Ways and Means Committee’s Democratic minority on Feb. 13 shuffled some panel assignments for the 115th Congress, including for the Trade Subcommittee, committee Democrats announced in an email. The addition of Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., to the committee last week (see 1702070021) following the original January announcement of Democratic committee assignments (see 1701120009) was apparently associated with the tweaks, according to the announcement. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., will serve on the Trade Subcommittee instead of Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., under subcommittee ranking member Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.