Joyce to head House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee

U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, whose district includes all of Trumbull County, is the new chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee's Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee.

"I am honored to be appointed to such a critical and pivotal position on the Appropriations Committee," Joyce, R-Bainbridge, said. "In this role, I will work with my colleagues to strengthen U.S. financial markets and ensure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly."

The committee has appropriations jurisdiction over several federal agencies, including the IRS, Department of Treasury, District of Columbia, judiciary, executive office of the president, Securities and Exchange Commission, Small Business Administration, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Postal Service.

Joyce thanked U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, the new Appropriations Committee chairman, for the appointment and for "entrusting me to lead our country back to a path of fiscal responsibility."

Joyce has served on the Appropriations Committee for the 11 years he's been in the U.S. House and as a member of Financial Services and General Government for five years. He is the 10th most senior Republican on Appropriations.

Cole said Joyce "will lead and navigate" the subcommittee "sensibly and effectively. He understands the wide range of programs under this portfolio are extremely critical to our economy and essential to keeping our nation on a pro-growth plan. I know Dave will fight for the hard-earned tax dollars of Americans and Ohioans to restore fiscal responsibility."

There were a number of changes in the leaders of the Appropriations' 12 subcommittees because Kay Granger, R-Texas, stepped down as chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee. The subcommittee chairs are so influential that they are called "cardinals" because of the power they wield over federal funding.

After Granger's decision, Cole was elected chairman. Cole's spot as chairman of the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee went to U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas.

Womack left the chairmanship of Financial Services and General Government, which Joyce filled.

Joyce was appointed in January 2023 as chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee. RollCall.com, a website that covers national politics, called Homeland Security a "contentious panel, which is one of the toughest, if not the toughest, overall assignment. Homeland Security was the last bill resolved for the current budget cycle and the agency almost ended up in a full-year continuing resolution."

Joyce is seeking reelection to a seventh two-year term in the 14th Congressional District, which includes all of Trumbull, Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga counties and all but two communities in Portage County.

The district has a 10% Republican advantage based on voting trends in partisan statewide elections in the past decade. Joyce won by 23.5% in the 2022 election.

He is to face Democrat Brian Bob Kenderes in the Nov. 5 general election.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office charged Kenderes two weeks ago with a fifth-degree felony of filing a false voter registration. The office alleges Kenderes lives in Strongsville, but filed his candidate declarations and his voter registration with the Lake County Board of Elections stating he lives in Mentor.

Kenderes is to be arraigned April 23 in Painesville Municipal Court.

Maria Jukic, a former Euclid city councilwoman, filed as an independent. Her candidacy hasn't yet been certified.