Gannett News Service is reporting that Congresswoman Jean Schmidt received her committee assignments on Friday. She will be serving on the Transportation & Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Government Reform committees.

Chief of Staff Barry Bennett said being on the transportation committee will help Schmidt pursue rail issues connected to the recent tanker leak that forced 800 people to evacuate Cincinnati’s East End. The committee also will help her focus on issues related to the Ohio River, interstates that bisect the city and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Her assignment to the Agriculture Committee will allow her to look after the needs of rural counties in her district, Bennett said. On Government Reform, she will be able to help examine the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina.


With these assignments Congresswoman Schmidt will be well placed to deliver on issues she emphasized in her campaign, as well as take on the rampant abuse of no-bid contracts in the Federal government, an issue that was a key for her as a state Representative.

She expects her subcommittee assignments shortly.