On Tuesday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell announced that she has been appointed to serve on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in the 118th Congress. This is in addition to her previous appointments to the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Administration Committee.
“The State of Alabama has long played a central role in advancing U.S. defense capabilities, and as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I am excited to do my part to support the brave men and women working to keep our nation safe and secure,” said Rep. Sewell. “We in Alabama’s 7th Congressional District are proud to be home to Maxwell Air Force Base, the 187th Fighter Wing, the 117th Air Refueling Wing, and countless men and women in uniform that profoundly serve our country. I look forward to leveraging my position on the Armed Services Committee to advocate for their needs in this new Congress.”
On Twitter, Sewell wrote, “Alabama has long played a central role in advancing U.S. defense capabilities, and as a member of the Armed Services Committee, I’m excited to do my part to support the brave service members working to keep our nation safe and secure!”
The Armed Services Committee was created by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, which merged the jurisdictions of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Naval Affairs. The Committee’s jurisdiction includes defense policy, ongoing military operations, the organization and reform of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy, counter-drug programs, acquisition and industrial base policy, technology transfer and export controls, joint interoperability, the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, Department of Energy nonproliferation programs, and detainee affairs and policy.
Congressman Mike Rogers chairs the HASC committee. New Congressman Dale Strong also serves on the House Armed Services Committee.
Rep. Adam Smith is the Ranking Democrat on the Committee – Smith chaired the Committee in the 117th Congress when Democrats were in control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sewell was an attorney for the City of Birmingham prior to her election to represent Alabama’s Seventh Congressional District in 2010. She is a native of Selma and lives in Hoover.
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