Rouzer gets Congressional committee assignments

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — David Rouzer won’t officially be a member of Congress for another month, but he has a better idea what he’ll be doing when he gets to Washington.

Rouzer, who won last month’s election for the 7th District House seat representing much of southeastern North Carolina, has been selected to serve on both the US House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and the Committee on Agriculture for the 114th Congress.

“If we are going to get our economy humming again and create high paying jobs, we must find long-term solutions for building and repairing our roadways and bridges, for the dredging of our waterways and inlets and for our beach nourishment and re-nourishment needs,” Rouzer, a Republican, said in a news release. “It is equally important that North Carolina agriculture has a voice in Washington. Representing the top agricultural district in the North Carolina delegation, I look forward to serving all of North Carolina’s farm families on the House Agriculture Committee.”

Rouzer will be sworn into office Jan. 3. He replaces Rep. Mike McIntyre, who decided in January not to run again after nine terms in the House. McIntyre, a Democrat, was a member of the Agriculture and Armed Services committees, as well as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.