House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approves revised subcommittee rosters, names Carson ranking member of aviation

At an organizational meeting of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, members approved revised subcommittee rosters and several leadership changes by unanimous consent, including the elevation of Representative Andre Carson to ranking member of the Aviation Subcommittee and the addition of Representative Maxwell Frost to two subcommittees.

The chair opened the meeting, reviewed applicable committee and House rules allowing the chair to postpone proceedings on matters requiring recorded votes, and said roster text had been distributed electronically and on paper. The chair asked unanimous consent to consider two administrative items en bloc — a revised subcommittee roster to reflect minority-side membership changes and revised leadership of the Aviation Subcommittee — and the committee granted consent.

The chair announced that Representative Carson would serve as the new ranking member of the Aviation Subcommittee following Representative Cohen’s resignation from the committee. Representative Carson, who told the committee he has served on the subcommittee since 2013, said, “It is an honor to serve as the new ranking member of the Aviation Subcommittee and to work more closely with each of you.”

A member who identified himself in the transcript as “Rick” congratulated Carson, highlighted his record dating to 2013, and said Carson is well positioned to help guide implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. The committee also announced pursuant to House Resolution 7 21 that Representative Maxwell Frost (Florida’s 10th District) was appointed to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and added to the Highway and Transit and the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials subcommittees. Representative Laura Gillen was announced as joining the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee as vice ranking member, and Representative Val Hoyle was added to the Aviation Subcommittee.

Without objection, the committee approved the revised rosters and leadership changes en bloc. The chair noted the presence of a quorum for committee business under the committee’s rules and secured unanimous consent authorizing staff to make technical, clarifying, and conforming edits to reflect the committee’s actions. The chair then announced a transition to an Aviation Subcommittee hearing and adjourned the full committee’s organizational session.

The actions taken were procedural and organizational (roster approvals and leadership appointments); no recorded roll-call votes were held in this meeting. The committee’s next procedural step was the immediate transition to the Aviation Subcommittee hearing announced at the end of the session.