Davis to Leave Workforce Subcommittee?

This from Brittany Ballenstedt:

The House Oversight and Government Reform Federal Workforce subcommittee may gain some new leadership in the 111th Congress. The subcommittee's current chairman, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., is seeking a waiver to remain on the Committee after being assigned to the House Ways and Means Committee in December. "We do not know if Rep. Davis will remain as subcommittee Chair, and the committee has not organized," an aide said on Thursday. "So if we do have a new Chair, we do not know who it will be."

Davis gave more details on the issue in a statement issued last month:

"I am honored and appreciative of the support of my colleagues in the Congress for their nomination to the Committee on Ways and Means. I want to particularly thank Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Members of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, Chairman Charles Rangel and Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Jerry Costello for their support and the confidence and trust they have offered."

"The jurisdiction of the Committee includes a number of issues which have long been at the center of my interests and I look forward to focusing with special attention on the issue of health care from both the community and national perspective. I am hopeful that the next years will see significant advancements in our nation's health care system and in the health and well being of our people."

"I have requested a waiver to remain as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. I have deeply appreciated the opportunity to serve in that capacity and look forward to the possibility of continuing in that role."