Thursday, January 11, 2024

Hosemann Announces Senate Committee Chairmen & Chairwomen

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.gov/committees/senate-committees/. For more information on Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann, visit www.ltgovernorhosemann.ms.gov.


 

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

No committee for Tico's menu revisions and top shelf selection?

Tip O’Neill said...

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).

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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!

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

@6:49 you should work on expanding your vocabulary. I'm guessing the two biggest "words" that you know are RINO and MAGA.

Tip O’Neill said...

@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.

Kingfish said...

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.

Anonymous said...

@ 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.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish - Try Chairpersons; however, Chairman is still widely used across the North American continent regardless of your pronoun and noun angst.

Anonymous said...

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..

Anonymous said...

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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