African American Congressional Committee Chairs and Ranking Members in the 118th Congress 2023-2024Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is the Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee. Rep. John James (R-MI) chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Africa Subcommittee, Rep. David Scott (D-GA) is ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee and chaired this committee during the 117th Congress (2021-2022), Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) is ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee and chaired this committee during the 117th Congress, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee and chaired this committee during the 117th Congress, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) is ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and chaired this committee during the 117th Congress, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee and chaired this committee during the 117th Congress; and retired Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) chaired the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee during the 117th Congress. This does not include African-American members who chair or are ranking members of congressional subcommittees during the 118th congress. For instance, Indiana Rep. Andre Carson is the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee's Subcommittee on the Central Intelligence Agency.