Braley and Loebsack Pick Up Committee Assignments

Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack have recently picked another committee assignment. Loebsack has been named to the House Armed Services Committee, as well as being on the Education and Labor Committee. These two committee seem to match perfectly with the themes Loebsack ran on during his campaign.

Braley is now on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, as well as the Transportation Committee. The Quad City Times today has a story about Braley's new position on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

For Braley, it appears that an area of focus could be the Iraq War.

The Waterloo lawyer is on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is responsible for monitoring war spending.

During the campaign, Braley, a critic of the war, called for more accountability. Now, he may get the chance to exercise it.

Braley's experience as a lawyer will be a great asset to this committee. You can tell from the campaign that Iraq is an important issue to Braley.

I hope Braley looks into the $9 billion of reconstruction money that is unaccounted for in Iraq.