(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
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