{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://edwards.house.gov/media/press-releases/edwards-appointed-powerful-house-appropriations-committee", "Edwards appointed to powerful House Appropriations Committee", "2023-11-14", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Chuck Edwards", "E000246", "edwards.house.gov", "edwards", "https://edwards.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards today announced that he has received an appointment to the powerful House Appropriations Committee, a rare assignment for a first-term lawmaker.\n\nThe House Appropriations Committee is widely considered one of the most influential committees in the House of Representatives, as it holds the power of the purse and is responsible for all congressional expenditures. Its members usually sit on no other committees.\n\nTo date, Edwards has served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure, Budget, and Oversight and Accountability committees. His appointment comes after the retirement of 10-year U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart (UT-02) who had served on the committee.\n\nEdwards will be the only North Carolina House member - Republican or Democrat - on the committee, and will become the first North Carolina House Republican to serve on the committee since former Western North Carolina Congressman Charles Taylor.\n\nMembers of the House Republican Steering Committee - led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, and including Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX-12) and other House leadership members and committee chairmen - selected Edwards to serve on the panel.\n\n\u201cI am truly honored that my House colleagues looked at my business background and experience in the North Carolina Senate and saw that I could contribute in this significant way in Washington,\u201d said Edwards. \u201cI am also proud to be following in the footsteps of former Congressman Charles Taylor to use this position to help make a difference for Western North Carolina. I have always said we need to bring more of NC to DC, and I plan to do that in this role.\u201d\n\nAppropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger said, \u201cI welcome Chuck to the committee and very much look forward to working with him. His common sense approach and background as both a state appropriator and businessman will be valuable in our effort to responsibly fund the federal government.\u201d\n\n\u201cI congratulate my good friend and fellow North Carolinian, Rep. Chuck Edwards, for earning a coveted seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee,\u201d said Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. \u201cThis is a big deal for the people of North Carolina because we finally have a voice on the committee that decides how tax dollars are spent.\u201d\n\nThe appointment will be ratified by the House Republican Conference and voted on by the House during the week of November 27.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://edwards.house.gov/media/press-releases/edwards-appointed-powerful-house-appropriations-committee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.096741994842887, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}