Pubdate: Fri, 04 Feb 2005
Source: Journal Gazette, The (IN)
Copyright: 2005 The Journal Gazette
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SOUDER REJOINS EDUCATION PANEL

Lawmaker Cites Drugs, Evolution As Key Issues

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd, will join the House Education
Committee for the next two years, temporarily giving up a seat on the
committee that oversees national parks.

Souder, who was a member of the Education Committee for his first six
years in office, said he is keen to participate in discussions about
the teaching of evolution vs. creationism; the rewrite of a bill that
includes a provision he wrote to restrict student loans to people with
drug convictions; and legislation that includes provisions that allow
federal grants to faith-based organizations.

Souder will keep a seat on the Government Reform Committee, where he
chairs a subcommittee that oversees the nation's anti-drug programs.
He will also remain on the Homeland Security Committee, a panel
created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. It has been marked
by in-fighting among the chairs of other committees, essentially
making it ineffectual. Souder said he expects the committee to
function better this year.

Rep. Dan Burton, R-5th, will become chairman of a subcommittee of the
International Relations Committee, putting him in the competition to
become the full committee chairman when the current chairman retires
in two years. To make the move, he left the subcommittee chairmanship
on the Government Reform Committee. From that platform, he pursued his
passionate interest in health issues, including the causes of autism
and advocacy for less-costly prescriptions.

Burton's subcommittee deals with the Western Hemisphere.

Rep. Mike Pence, R-6th, will not change committee assignments. He
remains a member of the Judiciary, International Relations and
Agriculture committees. 
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