Leader, Minority Whip and Conference Chairman. Statutory members include the full conference leadership, the committee chairs or ranking members (depending on a majority or minority) of Appropriations, Budget, Energy, Rules, and Ways and Means, and the elected leaders of the sophomore and freshman classes. Appointed members include regional representatives, at-large members, members from the standing committees, and designated appointees by the sophomore (2) and freshman (1) class leaders. Regional Representatives are restructured to reflect as closely as possible an equal number of Republican members from each region; the small state group is an additional region composed of states that have one or two Republican members. As of the 116th Congress, the regions are: 1: Maryland (1), New Jersey (1), New York (6), West Virginia (3) – 11 members total 2: Kentucky (5), Pennsylvania (9) – 14 members total 3: North Carolina (10), Virginia (4) – 14 members total 4: Georgia (9), South Carolina (5) – 14 members total 5: Alabama (6), Tennessee (7) – 13 members total 6: Illinois (5), Indiana (7) – 12 members total 7: Michigan (7), Wisconsin (5) – 12 members total 8: Arkansas (4), Louisiana (5), Mississippi (3), Puerto Rico (1) – 13 members total 9: Kansas (3), Colorado (3), Nebraska (3), Oklahoma (4) – 13 members total 10: American Samoa (1), Iowa (1), Minnesota (3), Missouri (6), North Dakota (1), South Dakota (1) – 13 members total 11: Alaska (1), Idaho (2), Montana (1), Nevada (1), Oregon (1), Utah (3), Washington (3), Wyoming (1) – 13 members total 12: Arizona (4), California (7) – 11 members total Small States: Alaska, America Samoa, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Wyoming – 14 members total Florida Region: 14 members total Ohio Region: 12 members total Texas Regions I and II: 14 members total The members of the committee for the 115th Congress are as follows: Chair: Luke Messer (IN-6) Conference Leadership: Paul Ryan (WI-1), Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), Steve Scalise (LA-1), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5), Steve Stivers (OH-15), Doug Collins (GA-9), Jason Smith (MO-8), Patrick McHenry (NC-10) Committee Leadership: Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11), Steve Womack (AR-3), Greg Walden (OR-2), Pete Sessions (TX-32), Kevin Brady (TX-8) Sophomore and Freshman Class Leadership: Mimi Walters (CA-45), Paul Mitchell (MI-10) Regional Members: Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Brett Guthrie (KY-2), Vacant (Region 3), Austin Scott (GA-8), Gary Palmer (AL-6), Jackie Walorski (IN-2), Mike Gallagher (WI-8), Rick Crawford