Following in her predecessor Republican Rep. Don Young’s footsteps, Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola snagged a seat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Rep.-elect Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, is interviewed on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022.
WASHINGTON — The committee leads transportation policy, including around pipelines, waterways, highways and aviation. Transportation and Infrastructure also oversees federal agencies like the Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Association.panel. The assignment means she will leave the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
“As Alaska depends on federal infrastructure dollars to support projects statewide, this position will enable my office to exercise more influence over funding that is crucial to growth in Alaska,” Peltola said in a statement.“I look forward to bringing home real results, just like Don did,” Peltola said.
Seats on Transportation and Infrastructure were harder to come by this time. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R.-Calif., and House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., agreed toLast term, Peltola was
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