WASHINGTON — Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, announced 14 appointments to complete the Caucus executive board for the 118th Congress today.
These leaders will serve alongside their colleagues elected to CPC leadership earlier this month, and assume their roles in January 2023 as part of the 30-member executive board. The executive board will be 50 percent women and 73 percent people of color and LGBTQ members, with representation from 18 states in the East, West, South, and Midwest, making it the most diverse leadership in the history of the CPC. Together, they will also oversee the largest Progressive Caucus in history which, with the addition of at least 16 freshmen, will grow to include 103 members at the start of the 118th Congress.
The members appointed to the executive board include:
Deputy Whips
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Representative Veronica Escobar (TX-16)
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Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12)
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Representative-Elect Chris Deluzio (PA-17)
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Representative Lloyd Doggett (TX-37)
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Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)
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Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17)
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Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20)
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Representative Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Executive Board Members-at-Large
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Representative Joe Neguse (CO-02)
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Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
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Representative Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)
Special Order Hour Convenors
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Representative-Elect Summer Lee (PA-12)
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Representative-Elect Morgan McGarvey (KY-03)
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Representative-Elect Delia Ramirez (IL-03)
On the CPC Executive Board for the 118th Congress, Chair Jayapal said:
“I am thrilled to announce these appointments today and complete our CPC Executive Board for the 118th Congress. These members represent the diversity of the progressive movements, our caucus, and our country: they are immigrants and first-generation Americans, freshmen and senior members, state legislators and organizers, people of color and women, from working class backgrounds and diverse geographies. Each of them are committed to our progressive values and to leaving no one behind. As we enter the unique challenges of the minority, I know these members are dedicated to finding ways to deliver for working families and holding the line to protect the progressive we’ve won so far. I look forward to convening this new Executive Board next year and to the work ahead.”