# United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare

The Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support is a subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means in the United States House of Representatives. From 2007 to 2011, it was known as the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Full committee chairman David Camp renamed the subcommittee in 2011, returning it to the Subcommittee on Human Resources, the name it held prior to the 110th Congress. In 2019 the subcommittee was named the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, before Republicans gave it its current name in 2023.

## Jurisdiction

From the Committee rules:
* The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources shall include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the public assistance provisions of the Social Security Act, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, child care, child and family services, child support, foster care, adoption, supplemental security income social services, eligibility of welfare recipients for food stamps, and low-income energy assistance. More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources shall include bills and matters relating to titles I, IV, VI, X, XIV, XVI, XVII, XX and related provisions of titles VII and XI of the Social Security Act.
* The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources shall also include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the Federal-State system of unemployment compensation, and the financing thereof, including the programs for extended and emergency benefits. More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources shall also include all bills and matters pertaining to the programs of unemployment compensation under titles III, IX and XII of the Social Security Act, Chapters 23 and 23A of the Internal Revenue Code, and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, and provisions relating thereto.

## Members, 119th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Darin LaHood, Illinois, Chair Mike Carey, Ohio Rudy Yakym, Indiana Max Miller, Ohio Aaron Bean, Florida Nathaniel Moran, Texas Beth Van Duyne, Texas Randy Feenstra, Iowa | Danny Davis, Illinois Judy Chu, California Gwen Moore, Wisconsin Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania Jimmy Gomez, California |
| Ex officio ||
| Jason Smith, Missouri | Richard Neal, Massachusetts |

## Historical membership rosters
### 115th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Adrian Smith, Nebraska, Chairman Jason Smith, Missouri Jackie Walorski, Indiana Carlos Curbelo, Florida Dave Reichert, Washington Tom Reed, New York Tom Rice, South Carolina | Danny Davis, Illinois, Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett, Texas Linda Sánchez, California Terri Sewell, Alabama |
| Ex officio ||
| Kevin Brady, Texas | Richard Neal, Massachusetts |

### 116th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Danny Davis, Illinois, Chair Judy Chu, California Terri Sewell, Alabama Gwen Moore, Wisconsin Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania Stephanie Murphy, Florida Jimmy Gomez, California | Jackie Walorski, Indiana, Ranking Member Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Ron Estes, Kansas Tom Reed, New York |
| Ex officio ||
| Richard Neal, Massachusetts | Kevin Brady, Texas |

### 117th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Danny Davis, Illinois, Chair Judy Chu, California Gwen Moore, Wisconsin Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania Stephanie Murphy, Florida Jimmy Gomez, California Dan Kildee, Michigan Jimmy Panetta, California | Jackie Walorski, Indiana, Ranking Member (until August 3, 2022) Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Lloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania Kevin Hern, Oklahoma Carol Miller, West Virginia |
| Ex officio ||
| Richard Neal, Massachusetts | Kevin Brady, Texas |

### 118th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Darin LaHood, Illinois, Chair Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Mike Carey, Ohio Blake Moore, Utah Michelle Steel, California Lloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania Adrian Smith, Nebraska Claudia Tenney, New York | Danny Davis, Illinois Judy Chu, California Gwen Moore, Wisconsin Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania Jimmy Gomez, California (from February 6, 2024) |
| Ex officio ||
| Jason Smith, Missouri | Richard Neal, Massachusetts |