WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Marcus Molinaro, who was sworn in earlier this month to represent New York’s 19th Congressional District, has been selected to serve on two congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives. 

Molinaro will sit on the House Committee on Agriculture as well as the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure.

“I am proud to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. These assignments allow me to work on issues that matter to our community, and importantly, give Upstate New York a seat at the table as Congress deliberates over the next Farm Bill and the rollout of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” Molinaro said. “I am excited to get to work.”

The House Committee on Agriculture has jurisdiction over issues related to agriculture and conducts oversight over the Department of Agriculture. Notably this year, the Committee will be tasked with writing the 2023 Farm Bill. This measure determines policy and funding levels for the next five to ten years on agriculture and food assistance programs such the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 

The House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure has jurisdiction over aviation, maritime transportation, highways, bridges, mass transit, and railroads as well as aspects of clean water management, wastewater management, and flood damage reduction. It also has broad oversight over many federal agencies including the Department of Transportation (DoT), Amtrak, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Army Corps of Engineers. 

Importantly, the Committee will also be tasked with overseeing the rollout of the 2022 bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which authorized historic federal investments for modernizing the nation’s infrastructure systems.

New York’s 19th Congressional District lines were redrawn in 2022. The district covers all of Sullivan, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Greene, Tioga, and Tompkins counties as well as parts of Ulster and Otsego Counties.