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Democrats Rename 5 House Committees

by Oui
Sat Jan 6th, 2007 at 06:53:20 PM EST

Democrats are restoring the old names for House committees

WASHINGTON (D.C.) - In taking back control of the House, Democrats also are restoring the old names used for committees when they last headed them in 1994.

The Committee on Education and the Workforce was changed back to its pre-1995 name, Education and Labor. Tom Kiley, a spokesman for incoming chairman George Miller, D-Calif., said Miller "believed that the name change in 1994 was a deliberate swipe at the labor movement in this country. He wanted to reverse the insult."
The House Resources Committee is now the House Natural Resources Committee -- the name it received in 1993 and lost in 1995. (It started in 1816 as the Committee on Public Lands.) Incoming Chairman Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., said the new name shows Congress' "commitment to conserving our nation's unique natural and cultural heritage -- including its natural environment, public lands and forests, and fish and wildlife."
Returning to a name first bestowed in 1922, the International Relations Committee is once again the Foreign Affairs Committee. Holocaust survivor Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., wields the gavel.

Senate Democrats prepare slew of oversight hearings

The Science Committee is now the Committee on Science and Technology to more accurately describe the committee's jurisdiction, Democratic counsel John Piazza said. He said the Republicans' 1995 change shortened the name from the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Tennessee Democrat Bart Gordon is the new chairman.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is chairman of the newly renamed Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which had been the Government Reform Committee only since 1999. Before then, it was the Government Reform and Oversight Committee. Waxman revels in his reputation as a watchdog over the executive branch.

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

Democrats Rename 5 House Committees | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Democrats Rename 5 House Committees (4.00 / 8)

It's about time we reclaim our language. More power to Henry Waxman!

by Alice on Sun Jan 7th, 2007 at 07:08:24 AM EST

Yea! (4.00 / 5)

I remember when they went Orwellian with committee names--it's so good to see the changes. Some may see this as simply cosmetic, but it isn't. What a person or a thing or an idea is named is important.

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Sun Jan 7th, 2007 at 12:10:43 PM EST

Step Outside, All (4.00 / 4)

Take a deep breath. Recognize that? It's fresh air. Honest to goodness plain old air.

They burn our children in their wars and grow rich beyond the dreams of avarice

by Limelite on Sun Jan 7th, 2007 at 08:17:56 PM EST

Re: Democrats Rename 5 House Committees (4.00 / 4)

I don't know exactly why, but this diary cheered me up.
Thanks.

One man with courage, makes a majority - AJ
BlueNC - Progressive NC Politics

by Robert P (ropeterson@gmail.com) on Mon Jan 8th, 2007 at 03:28:43 PM EST

Democrats Rename 5 House Committees | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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