ST. PAUL, MN—Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, announced today his committee assignments for the 2015-2016 legislative session. Garofalo, who will begin his sixth term in January, will serve on five House committees: Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy & Finance, Greater Minnesota Economic & Workforce Development Policy, Taxes, Ways & Means, and the Rules and Legislative Administration Committee. Committee assignments were chosen by Speaker-designate Kurt Daudt, R-Crown. Erickson was appointed chair of the Education Innovation Policy Committee earlier this month.
"Republicans are ready to get to work addressing the challenges facing Minnesota, and I'm looking forward to shaping the agenda as a part of the committees that will play a central role in our work for the next two years," Garofalo said.
Garofalo is the only legislator that will serve as a member of the Taxes Committee, the Ways and Means Committee, and the Rules and Legislative Administration Committee, widely considered the three most powerful committees at the legislature.
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