Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced Wednesday that the Democratic Caucus has approved 18 ranking members for the 114th Congress:

• Agriculture Committee — Rep. Collin Peterson, Minnesota
• Appropriations Committee — Rep. Nita Lowey, New York
• Armed Services Committee — Rep. Adam Smith, Washington
• Budget Committee — Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland
• Education and the Workforce Committee — Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott, Virginia
• Energy and Commerce Committee — Rep. Frank Pallone, New Jersey
• Financial Services Committee — Rep. Maxine Waters, California
• Foreign Affairs Committee — Rep. Eliot Engel, New York
• Homeland Security Committee — Rep. Congressman Bennie Thompson, Mississippi
• Judiciary Committee — Rep. John Conyers, Michigan
• Natural Resources Committee — Rep Raúl Grijalva, Arizona
• Oversight and Government Reform Committee — Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland
• Rules Committee-Rep. Louise Slaughter, New York
• Science, Space and Technology Committee — Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas
• Small Business Committee — Rep. Nydia Velázquez, New York
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee — Rep. Peter DeFazio, Oregon
• Veterans’ Affairs Committee — Rep. Corrine Brown, Florida
• Ways and Means Committee — Rep. Sander Levin, Michigan