ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives’ Committee on Assignments named State Representative Buddy Harden (R-Cordele) as the Chairman of the House Special Rules Committee. Rep. Harden will also serve as the Secretary on the Small Business Development Committee and as a member on the Agriculture & Consumer Affairs, Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, Banks and Banking, Health & Human Services and Natural Resources & Environment committees.
“I appreciate the opportunity that Speaker Ralston and the Committee on Assignments have given me to better serve my constituents in District 148 and the citizens of the State of Georgia as Chairman of the House Special Rules Committee,” said Rep. Harden. “I will continue to keep my constituents updated on the topics being debated and the legislation passed during the 2017 session of the Georgia General Assembly in my “Capitol Notes” published by the newspapers in District 148 and on WSST TV in Cordele.”
The House Committee on Assignments, chaired by House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge), is charged with making all House committee assignments for the members of the Georgia House of Representatives.
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Representative Buddy Harden represents the citizens of District 148, which includes Crisp, Pulaski, and Wilcox counties, and portions of Houston County. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 2008, and currently serves as Chairman of the Special Rules Committee and Secretary on the Small Business Development Committee. He also serves on the Agriculture & Consumer Affairs, Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, Banks & Banking, Health & Human Services and Natural Resources & Environment committees.
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