Phelps Receives Committee Assignments – Speaker Makes More Changes

Committee assignments for newly elected Representative Phil Phelps (D-Flushing) were announced by House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) along with several other committee changes.

Speaker Bolger added two more seats to the House Energy & Technology Committee and the House Health Policy Committee, making them 22-member and 19-member committees, respectively. The House Oversight Committee was increased from six members to eight. Rep. Phelps will sit on all three.

Mr. Bolger also made some other changes to committees, moving some members around based on their schedules and interests. Mr. Bolger said all changes involving Democratic members were done in consultation with House Minority Leader Tim Greimel (D-Auburn Hills).

Mr. Bolger removed Rep. Martin Howrylak (R-Troy) from the House Appropriations Committee and added Rep. Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake). Mr. Howrylak will now sit on the Energy & Technology Committee, the Health Policy Committee, the Oversight Committee, and the House Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Bolger also removed Rep. Brad Jacobsen (R-Oxford) from the Judiciary Committee and added him to the House Financial Liability Reform Committee. On the Financial Liability Reform Committee, Mr. Shirkey and Rep. Alberta Talabi (D-Detroit) were removed, and Rep. Vicki Barnett (D-Farmington Hills) was added. Ms. Tinsley-Talabi now has just one committee assignment.

House Minority Leader David Rutledge (D-Ypsilanti) was removed from the House Local Government Committee and will be replaced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D-Westland). Rep. Woodrow Stanley will serve as the minority vice chair.

posted by PAA Online , Friday, January 3, 2014 10:49 AM
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