Committees & Caucuses

Committee Membership

Congresswoman McCollum brings a common sense, Minnesota perspective to her work as a member of the House Appropriations Committeewhere she serves as the Ranking Member of the Defense Subcommittee and as a member of the Interior-Environment Subcommittee.

As the top Democrat of the Defense Subcommittee, McCollum believes national security starts by ensuring that the women and men of the Armed Forces are the most skilled and best trained and equipped fighting force in the world. McCollum has focused on giving priority to military health care, ending military sexual assault, and supporting international military-to-military cooperation to prevent conflicts. The subcommittee appropriates funding for the Departments of the Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, National Guard, Office of Secretary of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and other related national security agencies.

Protecting clean air and water, wild lands, and our nation’s natural treasures for future generations are among McCollum’s top priorities as a member of the Interior-Environment Subcommittee, which appropriates more than $35 billion annually. The Environmental Protection Agency, the Interior Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, the Smithsonian Institution, and several other related agencies were among those funded by the subcommittee.

Caucuses

Congressional Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus

Congressional ALS Caucus

Congressional Armenian Caucus

Congressional Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
Congressional Burma Caucus, Co-Chair

Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus

Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment

Congressional Caucus on Homelessness

Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Congressional Celiac Disease Caucus, Co-Chair

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Caucus

Congressional Dairy Caucus

Congressional Deaf Caucus

Congressional Explosive Ordnance Disposal Caucus

Congressional General Aviation Caucus

Congressional Hunger Caucus

Congressional Native American Caucus, Co-Chair Emeritus

Congressional Peace Corps Caucus

Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus

Congressional Service Organization Caucus

Congressional Steel Caucus

Congressional Voting Rights Caucus

Congressional UXO/Demining Caucus

Diabetes Caucus

European Union Caucus

Friends of Ireland Caucus, Co-Chair

Friends of Norway Caucus, Co-Chair

Get Out the Lead Caucus

Historic Preservation Caucus

House Law Enforcement Caucus

International Basic Education Caucus

International Conservation Caucus, Co-Chair

Lyme Disease Caucus

Mississippi River Caucus, Co-Chair

National Heritage Area Caucus

National Service Congressional Caucus

Small Brewers Caucus

U.S.- Lebanon Friendship Congressional Caucus

Commissions

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Task Forces

Congressional PFAS Task Force

Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force

Other

Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Advisory Board

Gallaudet University Board of Trustees