United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations

The Subcommittee on Government Operations is a subcommittee within the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Until the 119th Congress, the subcommittee was named the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce.

Jurisdiction

The subcommittee has jurisdiction over the following areas:^[1]

• The federal civil service, including compensation, classification, and benefits
• Federal property disposal
• Public information and records, including the Freedom of Information Act, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the Presidential Records Act
• Government reorganizations and operations, including transparency, performance, grants management, and accounting measures generally
• The relationship between the federal government to the states and municipalities, including unfunded mandates

Members, 119th Congress

Majority	Minority[2]
Pete Sessions, Texas, Chair Virginia Foxx, North Carolina Gary Palmer, Alabama Tim Burchett, Tennessee Brian Jack, Georgia Brandon Gill, Texas	Kweisi Mfume, Maryland, Ranking Member Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia Maxwell Frost, Florida Emily Randall, Washington
Ex officio
James Comer, Kentucky	Stephen Lynch, Massachusetts (April 28–June 24, 2025) Robert Garcia, California (from June 24, 2025)

Historical subcommittee rosters

115th Congress

Majority	Minority
Mark Meadows, North Carolina, Chairman Jody Hice, Georgia Jim Jordan, Ohio Mark Sanford, South Carolina Thomas Massie, Kentucky Ron DeSantis, Florida Dennis A. Ross, Florida Rod Blum, Iowa	Gerry Connolly, Virginia, Ranking Member Carolyn Maloney, New York Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia Lacy Clay, Missouri Brenda Lawrence, Michigan Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey
Ex officio
Trey Gowdy, South Carolina	Elijah Cummings, Maryland

116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Gerry Connolly, Virginia, Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia John Sarbanes, Maryland Jackie Speier, California Brenda Lawrence, Michigan Stacey Plaskett, U.S. Virgin Islands Ro Khanna, California Stephen F. Lynch, Massachusetts Jamie Raskin, Maryland	Jody Hice, Georgia, Ranking Member (since March 30, 2020) Thomas Massie, Kentucky Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin James Comer, Kentucky Ralph Norman, South Carolina Greg Steube, Florida
Ex officio
Carolyn Maloney, New York	Jim Jordan, Ohio

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
Gerry Connolly, Virginia, Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia Danny K. Davis, Illinois John Sarbanes, Maryland Brenda Lawrence, Michigan Stephen F. Lynch, Massachusetts Jamie Raskin, Maryland Ro Khanna, California Katie Porter, California, Vice Chair	Jody Hice, Georgia, Ranking Member Fred Keller, Pennsylvania Andrew Clyde, Georgia Andy Biggs, Arizona Nancy Mace, South Carolina Jake LaTurner, Kansas Yvette Herrell, New Mexico
Ex officio
Carolyn Maloney, New York	James Comer, Kentucky

118th Congress

Majority	Minority
Pete Sessions, Texas, Chair Gary Palmer, Alabama Clay Higgins, Louisiana Andy Biggs, Arizona Byron Donalds, Florida William Timmons, South Carolina Tim Burchett, Tennessee Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Lauren Boebert, Colorado Russell Fry, South Carolina Eric Burlison, Missouri	Kweisi Mfume, Maryland, Ranking Member Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia Maxwell Frost, Florida Greg Casar, Texas Gerry Connolly, Virginia Melanie Stansbury, New Mexico Robert Garcia, California Summer Lee, Pennsylvania Jasmine Crockett, Texas Rashida Tlaib, Michigan
Ex officio
James Comer, Kentucky	Jamie Raskin, Maryland