Vermont Business Magazine The Congressional Progressive Caucus announced its elected leadership for the 118th Congress today, the sixteenth Congress in the history of the CPC. This elected leadership will oversee the largest Progressive Caucus in history which, with the addition of at least 16 freshman, will grow to include 103 members at the start of the 118th Congress. Representative-Elect Becca Balint, VT-AL, was elected to be Vice Chair for New Members.
Balint said: “As the CPC prepares to welcome the largest membership in the history of the caucus, I am very proud to have been elected by my new colleagues to represent my fellow freshmen. I want to harness the energy, enthusiasm and wisdom from new members and use it to deliver for the people back home.”
“I am immensely proud to be a member of this historic freshman class, and to join the CPC just as Senator-Elect Welch, and Senator Sanders did before me,” Balint said.
The members elected by their colleagues today include:
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Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) as Chair
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Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05) as Deputy Chair
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Representative-Elect Greg Casar (TX-35) as Whip
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Representative-Elect Jill Tokuda (HI-02) for Vice Chair as Communications
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Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) as Vice Chair for Inter-Caucus Relations
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Representative Mark Takano (CA-41) for Vice Chair as Policy
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Representative Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) as Vice Chair for Labor
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Representative Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) as Vice Chair for Member Services
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Representative-Elect Becca Balint (VT-AL) as Vice Chair for New Members
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Representatives David Cicilline (RI-01), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), and Representative-Elect Maxwell Frost (FL-10) as Vice Chairs-at-Large
The members will assume their roles upon the opening of the 118th Congress in January 2023. Additional members will also be appointed to the Caucus executive board later this month, including CPC Chairs Emeriti Representatives Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Mark Pocan (WI-02).
12.8.2022. WASHINGTON– The Congressional Progressive Caucus
