United States House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth

On December 30, 2020, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi announced that the United States House of Representatives would create a select committee on "economic disparity and fairness in growth" to produce a report with legislative recommendations to address the worsening crisis of wealth and income inequality across the United States.^[1][2]

Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth

Select committee
Defunct United States House of Representatives 117th Congress
History
Formed	December 30, 2020
Disbanded	January 3, 2023
Leadership
Chair	Jim Himes (D) Since June 17, 2021
Ranking member	Bryan Steil (R) Since June 17, 2021
Structure
Seats	14
Political parties	Majority (8)   Democratic (8) Minority (6)   Republican (6)
Jurisdiction
Purpose	Develop legislative recommendations that would combat the crisis of income and wealth disparity in America.
Senate counterpart	None

Members, 117th Congress

Pelosi announced the committee's Democratic members on June 16, 2021, and they were formally appointed the following day.^[3][4]

Majority	Minority
Jim Himes, Connecticut, Chair Marcy Kaptur, Ohio Gwen Moore, Wisconsin Vicente Gonzalez, Texas Pramila Jayapal, Washington Angie Craig, Minnesota Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Sara Jacobs, California	Bryan Steil, Wisconsin, Ranking Member Warren Davidson, Ohio Jodey Arrington, Texas Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma Kat Cammack, Florida Byron Donalds, Florida