History & Committee Membership
The United States House of Representatives Republican Policy Committee (RPC) was first established in 1949. Representative Kevin Hern of Oklahoma was elected by House Republicans as the 19th chairman of the committee during the 119th Congress and is the fourth ranking member of House Republican leadership.
The RPC serves as an advisory committee to House Republicans and provides a forum for Republican Members to discuss legislative proposals and current topics before the House. The committee produces issue backgrounders and conservative policy solutions to the House Republican Conference.
In 1946, the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress made recommendations for restructuring Congress, which included the creation of a policy committee in both the House & Senate to “serve as a formal council to meet regularly with the Executive, to facilitate the formulation and carrying out of national policy, and to improve relationships.” The House Republican Policy Committee was then established by Conference Resolution on January 26, 1949.
119th Congress Committee Membership
Region Representative
- Chairman Kevin Hern
- Florida John Rutherford
- Florida Scott Franklin
- Texas Morgan Luttrell
- Texas Brandon Gill
- Small States Andy Harris
- Region 1 Claudia Tenney
- Region 2 Dan Meuser
- Region 3 Troy Balderson
- Region 4 Sheri Biggs
- Region 5 Greg Murphy
- Region 6 Andrew Clyde
- Region 7 John Rose
- Region 8 Trent Kelly
- Region 9 Jefferson Shreve
- Region 10 Randy Feenstra
- Region 11 Glenn Grothman
- Region 12 Mike Flood
- Region 13 Troy Downing
- Region 14 Celeste Maloy
- Region 15 Tom McClintock
- Freshman Michael Baumgartner
- Sophomore Harriet Hageman
- Sophomore Rich McCormick
- Designee Joe Wilson
- Designee Jay Obernolte