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SPEAKER OLIVER ANNOUNCES ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE LEADERS & ASSEMBLY DEM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS (TRENTON) -- Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) today announced the leaders and the Assembly Democratic committee assignments for the General Assembly's 23 committees in the 2010-11 legislative session. "These Assembly committee chairs and committee members are a talented group of leaders with the expertise needed to represent New Jersey well as we push forward on our plans to create jobs, reinvigorate New Jersey's economy and combat property taxes," Oliver said. "They will work hard and get the job done for all New Jerseyans." Two new committees have been created. Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester/Cumberland/Salem) will lead the new Assembly Regulated Oversight and Gaming Committee, which Oliver has assigned with working to ease burdensome business regulations. "We know we can do better when it comes to the piles of rules and regulations that our businesses have been buried under over the years," Burzichelli said. "However well-intentioned these regulations have been, clearly they're not creating an optimal business environment. We've heard this concern from our businesses and we're going to do something about it." Assemblyman Matt Milam (D-Cumberland/Cape May/Atlantic) will chair the new Assembly Tourism and Arts Committee. "Tourism and arts go hand-in-hand, and both of these industries, each vital to our economic well-being, are facing tough times, so we'll work to make sure they're positioned to succeed" Milam said. "From ensuring shore communities remain tourist destinations to ensuring our arts community remains first class, we have a lot of work to do and, quite simply, we're going to do it." The committee assignments are listed below: Assembly Democratic Committee Assignments 2010-2011 Session Budget Greenwald -- Chair Schaer -- Vice-Chair Barnes Burzichelli Coutinho Johnson Pou Quigley Consumer Affairs Moriarty -- Chair Vainieri Huttle -- Vice-Chair Diegnan Financial Institutions and Insurance Schaer -- Chair Spencer -- Vice-Chair Conners McKeon Wisniewski Health and Senior Services Conaway -- Chair Wagner -- Vice-Chair Green Greenstein Quigley Riley Tucker Higher Education Lampitt -- Chair Giblin -- Vice-Chair Coughlin Fuentes Pou Voss Telecommunications and Utilities Chivukula -- Chair DeAngelo -- Vice-Chair Egan Mainor Quijano Appropriations Pou -- Chair Ramos -- Vice-Chair Barnes Chivukula Conaway Greenwald McKeon Stender Commerce and Economic Development Coutinho -- Chair Lampitt -- Vice-Chair Fuentes Quigley Watson Coleman Housing and Local Government Green -- Chair Jasey -- Vice-Chair Greenstein Riley Scalera Law and Public Safety Johnson -- Chair Albano -- Vice-Chair Evans Moriarty Spencer Regulated Professions Prieto -- Chair Giblin -- Vice-Chair Coughlin Diegnan, Jr. Voss Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Burzichelli -- Chair Quijano -- Vice-Chair Caputo Tourism and Arts Milam -- Chair Conners -- Vice-Chair Vainieri Huttle Judiciary Greenstein -- Chair Quijano -- Vice-Chair Caputo Greenwald Gusciora Labor Egan -- Chair Evans -- Vice-Chair Albano Coughlin DeAngelo Scalera Military and Veteran's Affairs Conners -- Chair Tucker -- Vice-Chair Transportation, Public Works & Independent Authorities Wisniewski -- Chair Stender -- Vice-Chair Giblin Mainor Milam Prieto Rodriguez Wagner Agriculture and Natural ReDests Albano -- Chair Riley -- Vice-Chair Education Diegnan, Jr. -- Chair Voss -- Vice-Chair Caputo Evans Jasey Moriarty Ramos Watson Coleman Environment and Solid Waste McKeon -- Chair Gusciora -- Vice-Chair Barnes Lampitt Mainor Homeland Security and State Preparedness Scalera -- Chair Johnson -- Vice-Chair Burzichelli Prieto Human Services Vainieri Huttle -- Chair Rodriguez -- Vice-Chair Coutinho Fuentes Tucker Wagner State Government Stender -- Chair Conaway -- Vice-Chair Schaer On the Net: The Assembly Democratic Office Web site NJ Assembly Dems on YouTube NJ Assembly Dems on Vimeo NJ Assembly Dems on Facebook NJ Assembly Dems on Twitter NJ Assembly Dems on Flickr NJ Assembly Dems e-mail alerts

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