Victor Fazio: “I simply would indicate that these two gentlemen are very much eligible for the committees they have been recommended by…”

“I simply would indicate that these two gentlemen are very much eligible for the committees they have been recommended by our caucus to assume. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Mascara], a new Member, former county commissioner from Washington County, PA, is eminently qualified for the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. When he came to this Congress, he was not given a major committee. With the opening on the former Committee on Public Works and Transportation, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Mascara] sought and was unanimously selected by our steering committee for that role. In assuming that assignment, he made available a position on the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight which allowed a second-term Member, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Holden], to accept a second committee because he had been prevented from having more than his major committee, the Committee on Agriculture. I think there is no controversy. The ratios on these committees are maintained.”