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News Release
Contact:
Robin Maxey
January 12, 2010
(503) 986-1605
Shields, Kruse Appointed to Ways and Means
Committee; Courtney to Remain Co-Chair
(SALEM)
– Senate President Peter Courtney today announced the appointment of
Senators Chip Shields, D-Portland, and Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, to the
Legislature’s Joint Ways and Means Committee.
Courtney,
D-Salem/Gervais/Woodburn, will remain as Senate –Co Chair of the Joint
Ways and Means Committee, he also announced today.
“Senator
Shields brings budget writing experience from the House and a commitment to
fighting for working families and the underserved to the committee. Senator
Kruse is a veteran lawmaker who has displayed a dedicated work ethic throughout
his career,” Courtney said. “The addition of a Portland Democrat
and a Roseburg Republican will help maintain both the urban-rural and political
balance on the Ways and Means Committee.”
The
appointments expand Senate membership on the joint committee to 12, equaling
the number of House members on the body which crafts the state budget.
Shields
previously served on the budget writing body as a member of the House of
Representatives. During the 2009 Session, Shields served as the House co-chair
of the Ways and Means Sub-Committee on Public Safety.
Kruse
is vice chair of both the Senate Health Care and Veterans Affairs Committee and
the Education and General Government Committee. He is leaving his
position on the Human Services and Rural Health Policy Committee.
Courtney
also announced Tuesday that Senator Chris Telfer, R-Bend, has been named the
vice chair of the Senate Human Services and Rural Health Policy Committee and
that Senator Jackie Winters, R-Salem, is replacing Kruse as a member of the
Human Services and Rural Health Policy Committee.