California’s newest U.S. Senator, Adam Schiff (D), has been assigned to four committees, including the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He will serve on the Senate committees on the Judiciary; Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Environment and Public Works; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Schiff said in a statement, as per Pasadena Now, “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve on four committees of keen interest to all Californians.”
“These assignments will allow me to work directly on the high cost of housing and other inflation issues, to support our critical agriculture industry, to address crime and public safety concerns, to support our small businesses, to attack fentanyl, to reform our broken immigration system, to preserve and protect our environment, to deliver vital water and transportation infrastructure, to protect our democracy, rights and our freedoms, and so much more,” he said. “I’m committed to working across the aisle to deliver for Californians in the U.S. Senate and eager to get started.”
In a statement on X, Schiff said the assignments will allow him to “help build a stronger economy, support our agriculture industry and small businesses, and protect our democracy and planet.”
Schiff was a member of the Judiciary Committee while in the House of Representatives and chaired the California Senate Judiciary Committee while serving in the state Legislature.
The California Democrat was sworn in on December 9 to fulfill the remainder of late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s term. He will again be sworn in on January 3 for a full, six-year term.
