Cong. Wolf's Committee Assignments Help Constituents

U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, (R-McLean to Winchester) becomes a subcommittee chair now that Republicans control the U.S. House of Representatives.

Wolf, the senior member of the Virginia's 11-member congressional delegation, becomes chairman of the Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) Appropriations subcommittee, of the House Appropriations Committee.

Wolf  served as chairman from 2001 - 2006 and was the top Republican on the subcommittee in 2009 - 2010.  In addition to overseeing the budgets of the Commerce and Justice departments, the subcommittee has jurisdiction over NASA, the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.  It also oversees the budgets of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the International Trade Commission. 

Science and technology are crucial to the high tech firms that now line Route 28 and populate Herndon and Ashburn.

Wolf also will continue to serve on the Transportation Appropriations subcommittee, where he was chairman from 1995 - 2000, and returns to the State and Foreign Operations panel, where he served as the top Republican from 2007-2008.   

“The congressman continues to serve in these areas that are critical to Northern Virginia to insure that Virginia gets all of its transportation dollars," said  his aide Dan Scandling.

"And the subcommittee he chairs has played a critical role in the anti-gang taskforce operating in the region," Scandling said.

 As chairman of the CJS subcommittee, Wolf will work with the Commerce Department to focus on job creation by boosting American exports, bringing jobs back to the U.S. and rebuilding the manufacturing sector, according to a statement from his office.

He also will work with the FBI to focus on U.S. counterterrorism strategy and fighting crime.  It was during his tenure as chairman from 2001-2006 that the two anti-gang task forces operating in Northern Virginia were established.  He also pushed for the creation of the National Gang Intelligence Center at the FBI, which serves as a national clearinghouse for information on gang-related activity, the statement says.

Wolf was reelected to his 17th term in Congress in November.. He represents the 10th District of Virginia, which includes McLean, Manassas, Herdon and Winchester.