Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement.
“We have spent hundreds of hours working on these assignments. My decision in these appointments is to place Senators in the best position to serve the State of Mississippi and the citizens who sent us here; secondly, where they are best positioned to serve the Mississippi Senate; and finally, to honor each Senator’s committee preferences where it was feasible to do so,” Hosemann said. “We have a great team and I’m ready to get to work on the challenges and opportunities awaiting us this term.”
The Senate Committee chairmen and chairwomen are as follows:
Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency
David Parker, Chair
Jason Barrett, Vice-Chair
Agriculture
Chuck Younger, Chair
Andy Berry, Vice-Chair
Appropriations
W. Briggs Hopson III, Chair
John A. Polk, Vice-Chair
Business and Financial Institutions
John A. Polk, Chair
Chad McMahan, Vice-Chair
Constitution
Angela Burks Hill, Chair
Derrick T. Simmons, Vice-Chair
Corrections
Juan Barnett, Chair
Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Vice-Chair
County Affairs
Derrick Simmons, Chair
Joseph M. Seymour, Vice-Chair
Drug Policy
Angela Turner-Ford, Chair
Angela Burks Hill, Vice-Chair
Economic and Workforce Development
Daniel H. Sparks, Chair
Benjamin Suber, Vice-Chair
Education
Dennis DeBar Jr., Chair
David Blount, Vice-Chair
Elections
Jeremy England, Chair
Kevin Blackwell, Vice-Chair
Energy
Joel R. Carter Jr., Chair
Bart Williams, Vice-Chair
Enrolled Bills
David Jordan, Chair
Juan Barnett, Vice-Chair
Environmental Protection, Conservation, and Water Resources
Scott DeLano, Chair
Mike Thompson, Vice-Chair
Ethics
Joseph M. Seymour, Chair
Gary Brumfield, Vice-Chair
Executive Contingent Fund
Sollie B. Norwood, Chair
Angela Turner-Ford, Vice-Chair
Finance
Josh Harkins, Chair
Chris Johnson, Vice-Chair
Forestry
Tyler McCaughn, Chair
Brian Rhodes, Vice-Chair
Gaming
David Blount, Chair
Chuck Younger, Vice-Chair
Government Structure
Chris Johnson, Chair
Jenifer B. Branning, Vice-Chair
Highways and Transportation
Jenifer B. Branning, Chair
Rita Potts Parks, Vice-Chair
Housing
John Horhn, Chair
Jeff Tate, Vice-Chair
Insurance
J. Walter Michael, Chair
Michael McLendon, Vice-Chair
Interstate and Federal Cooperation
Hillman Terome Frazier, Chair
Sollie B. Norwood, Vice-Chair
Investigate State Offices
Albert Butler, Chair
Sarita Simmons, Vice-Chair
Judiciary, Division A
Brice Wiggins, Chair
Tyler McCaughn, Vice-Chair
Judiciary, Division B
Joey Fillingane, Chair
Daniel H. Sparks, Vice-Chair
Labor
Jason Barrett, Chair
Joseph Thomas, Vice-Chair
Local and Private
Rita Potts Parks, Chair
Neil S. Whaley, Vice-Chair
Medicaid
Kevin Blackwell, Chair
Nicole Boyd, Vice-Chair
Municipalities
Chad McMahan, Chair
Rod Hickman, Vice-Chair
Ports and Marine Resources
Mike Thompson, Chair
Jeremy England, Vice-Chair
Public Health and Welfare
Hob Bryan, Chair
David Parker, Vice-Chair
Public Property
Benjamin Suber, Chair
Albert Butler, Vice-Chair
State Library
Michael McLendon, Chair
Reginald Jackson, Vice-Chair
Technology
Bart Williams, Chair
Bradford Blackmon, Vice-Chair
Tourism
Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Chair
Robin Robinson, Vice-Chair
Universities and Colleges
Nicole Boyd, Chair
Scott DeLano, Vice-Chair
Veterans and Military Affairs
Jeff Tate, Chair
John Horhn, Vice-Chair
Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
Neil S. Whaley, Chair
Philman Ladner, Vice-Chair
For full committee membership, visit https://www.legislature.ms.
12 comments:
No committee for Tico's menu revisions and top shelf selection?
Billy McCoy must be dancing in the grave knowing a Republican is appointing Democrats to chair legislative committee’s. And we Republicans wonder why Mississippi is a purple state. (P.S. all you Delbert supporters he’s a RINO).
Hob Bryan and David Blount are liberal Democrats. Why did they get major committee chairs while very capable conservative Republicans got do-nothing committees? Disappointing. Remember who appointed them when they kill conservative bills.
Damn 806 - Dilbert hasn't acted as a Republican for the past twelve years, why do you expect him to start doing so now?
I can understand why certain "very capable conservative Republicans" where not given good spots -- that's normal in the process when one has to choose who will work with the team and who doesn't. But, that doesn't answer the question about Blount as chairman of Gaming (other than he does have support in NE Jxn, where Delbert lives and socializes) or why Hob is kept in place as chairman of one of the most powerful committees; especially considering the current environment.
But, Delbert has never been concerned about his connection with the other side - just look at the cozy relationship his (and his staff's) close relationship with Nancy Loome, against EVERYTHING that the Republicans have been promoting for decades, through multiple administrations.
But, Delbert is Delbert. He doesn't give a S**T about any of that. Now, the geezer is thinking he should be a candidate for Governor!
Non-rabble rousers (i.e. safe, won't fight that hard) Hob and David were appointed as token Dems so Dungbert can claim bipartisanship... politics 101.
@6:49 you should work on expanding your vocabulary. I'm guessing the two biggest "words" that you know are RINO and MAGA.
@8:07 - “RINO and MAGA” are acronyms, formed from words , look it up. You must have a perpetual case of “TDS”, that would be “Trump Derangement Syndrome “ . Have a MAGA Day.
Don't think they even go to Tico's anymore.
As for Hob, well, here is the book on the Hobster. He is considered to be one of the smartest guys in the Senate year in, year out. He is a Dem through and through. However, there is one trait he has. Hob likes to be productive. There are two ways to go. Phil Bryant took one approach and put him out in the cold. The result is you have one of the smartest and most experienced guys in the legislature dreaming up ways to make your life miserable, sort of like the inmates who have nothing to do all day but think of ways to get in trouble.
OR the other route is to give him a chairmanship where he can be productive instead of throwing bombs all the time. He is pretty knowledgable on public health and he can't do too much damage there although it is an important committee. So D sticks him there. Tate stuck him on Jud B. Important committee but if Tate needed something passed, it went to Jud A, if he needed something killed, it went to Jud B.
@ 9:11 - You are so negligently behind-the-times in your acronym usage.
Some two years ago, TDS was reclassified, elevated as it were, to the realm of TDD. Disorder has replaced Syndrome.
There are various theories as to cure, short of lobotomy.
Kingfish - Try Chairpersons; however, Chairman is still widely used across the North American continent regardless of your pronoun and noun angst.
How did newly elected Brian Rhodes get a vice-chair position on the Forestry Committee? He might know chickens and cows, but not pine trees. Maybe his neighbors won't run someone against him out of jealousy they were't picked for the position..
Hob Bryant is not nearly as smart and constitutionally conversant as was Sonny Meredith...nor nearly as 'productive'.
Other than being a 'smart democrat', name something Hob Bryant has done for this state that is universally worthwhile. Go.
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