In the United States House of Representatives, the two major political parties maintain policy and steering committees. Their primary purpose is to assign fellow party members to other House committees, and they also advise party leaders on policy. The House Democratic Caucus has a combined single steering and policy committee, while the House Republican Conference divides the duties between two groups: a policy committee and a steering committee. House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee is chaired by the party leader in the House, which has been Hakeem Jeffries since 2023, in his capacities as Minority Leader. The party leader also appoints three co-chairs to assist him on the committee. For the 117th Congress, the co-chairs were Reps. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Cheri Bustos (IL-17). The statutory members include the full caucus leadership and chief deputy whip team and the chairs or ranking members (depending on a majority or minority, respectively) of the exclusive committees: Appropriations, Budget, Energy, Financial Services, Rules, and Ways and Means. Additional members are either directly appointed by the caucus leader (Speaker in the majority or Minority Leader in the minority), elected as regional representatives, and an elected representative of the freshman class. On November 28, 2018, Pelosi, the Speaker of the 116th Congress, announced that the Committee would now have three co-chairs instead of two. As of the 117th Congress, Democratic Representatives are grouped into the following 12 regions: 1: Southern California (Districts 21–53) 2: Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern California (Districts 1–20), Northern Mariana Islands 3: Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin 4: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma 5: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming 6: Arizona, Texas, New Mexico 7: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Virgin Islands 8: Georgia, Florida 9: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia 10: Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia 11: New York 12: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Membership 117th Congress The members of the committee for the 117th Congress (2021-2022) are as follows: Chair: Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) Co-Chairs: Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Cheri Bustos (IL-17) Caucus Co-Chairs, Policy and Communications: Ted Lieu (CA-33), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Matt Cartwright (PA-8), Joe Neguse (CO-2) Caucus Leadership: Steny Hoyer (MD-5), Jim Clyburn (SC-6), Katherine Clark (MA-5), Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Pete Aguilar (CA-31), Sean