This is the extra credit assignment: Select any member of either the U.S. House or the U.S. Senate. Find out their committee assignment(s) and their source of campaign contributions. Then analyze the influence of campaign contributions on committee assignments. This paper should be two pages in length. I've selected Rep. Roger Williams from Texas. his Committee assignments are Budges, and transportation and infrastructure. I'm really bad at government, I understand the question a little but how am I supposed to write two pages on this? any help is greatly appreciated.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee currently has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation: aviation, maritime and waterborne transportation, roads, bridges, mass transit, and railroads. The Committee also has jurisdiction over other aspects of our nation infrastructure, such as clean water and waste water management, the transport of resources by pipeline, flood damage reduction, the economic development of depressed rural and urban areas, disaster preparedness and response, activities of the Army Corps of Engineers and the various missions of the Coast Guard. ----------- for the 2013-2014 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data available electronically on April 10, 2014 Top 5 Contributors, 2013 - 2014, Campaign Cmte Contributor Total Indivs PACs (1st fig. is total, 2nd figure is indiv. 3rd figure is PACS. Copart Inc $15,000 $5,000 $10,000 Lockheed Martin $10,500 $2,500 $8,000 Martin Sprocket &Gear $10,400 $10,400 $0 Peirson &Patterson $10,400 $10,400 $0 Stockyards Hotel $10,400 $10,400 $0 -----------------\\ Top 5 Industries, 2013 - 2014, Campaign Cmte Industry Total Indivs PACs Oil &Gas $94,300 $67,300 $27,000 Automotive $77,700 $46,700 $31,000 Retired $62,700 $62,700 $0 Lawyers/Law Firms $48,300 $46,300 $2,000 Real Estate $48,200 $46,200 $2,000