As her first committee assignment, Brownley requested to serve on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, where she works closely with Ventura County’s veterans community and Naval Base Ventura County, making sure we provide the services and care our servicemembers, veterans, and their families have earned and deserve. Brownley was elected as Chairwoman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health. As Chairwoman of the Health Subcommittee, Brownley focuses on improving veterans’ access to mental and physical healthcare, improving services for female veterans, and helping servicemembers transition from the military to the VA healthcare system. She also serves as a member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization and is the founder and Chairwoman of the Committee’s Women Veterans Task Force.
Brownley also sits on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, where she serves on the Subcommittee on Aviation and the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Since coming to Congress, Brownley has been a steadfast champion of the Port of Hueneme. She secured the funds necessary to dredge the Channel Islands Harbor and Ventura Harbor, and to replenish the sand at Hueneme Beach; passed two amendments to the Water Resources and Development Act to improve harbor maintenance activities; kept the towers open at the Camarillo and Oxnard airports, and spearheaded legislation to transfer land from the former Oxnard Air Force Base back to Ventura County to encourage business development around Camarillo Airport.
Additionally, Brownley serves on the House Committee on Natural Resources, where she has been a vocal advocate for preserving the natural beauty of Ventura County and safeguarding coastal and inland communities from the increasingly severe impacts of climate change. She has worked diligently to push for responsible land management, wildfire prevention, and increased funding for disaster recovery efforts.
In 2019, Brownley was appointed to the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis because of her long career fighting at the forefront of environmental policy. While in the California Assembly, she served for six years on the Committee on Natural Resources, which had primary jurisdiction over air quality, climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and coastal protection. She also took a leadership role in overseeing implementation of AB32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, landmark legislation that propelled our state forward as a national and global leader in taking concrete action to address the climate crisis. She was one of just 10 legislators in 2011 with lifetime perfect scores by the California League of Conservation Voters. She also received the “2010 Environmental Champions Award” from the Environmental Working Group and is a recipient of the Sierra Club Political Leadership Award.
Congresswoman Brownley is a member of the following caucuses:
- Reproductive Freedom Caucus – VA, Servicemembers, & Veterans Task Force Chair
- Congressional Dyslexia Caucus – Co-Chair
- Compost Caucus – Co-Chair
- New Dem Environment, Climate, Clean Energy Working Group/Climate Resiliency Task Force Chair
- Protein Innovation Caucus – Co-Chair
- Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery (ATR) Caucus
- Bipartisan Solar Caucus
- Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism
- California Coastal Caucus
- California Public Higher Education Caucus
- Community Health Center Caucus
- Congressional Caucus to End Youth Vaping
- Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus
- Congressional Food Safety Caucus
- Congressional Caucus on Global Migration
- Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
- Congressional Mental Health Caucus
- Congressional Military Family Caucus
- Congressional Public Works and Infrastructure Caucus
- Congressional Real Estate Caucus
- Congressional Sustainable Aviation Caucus
- Democratic Women’s Caucus
- Equality Caucus
- Financial Literacy & Wealth Creation
- Financial Security Caucus
- Labor Caucus
- Law Enforcement Caucus
- Planetary Science Caucus
- Public Broadcasting Caucus
- United States Coast Guard Caucus
- Wild Horse Caucus