WATSON COLEMAN, Bonnie

WATSON COLEMAN, Bonnie
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1945–

Concise Biography

WATSON COLEMAN, Bonnie, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., February 6, 1945; graduated from Ewing High School, Ewing, N.J., 1963; B.A., Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, N.J., 1985; member of the New Jersey state assembly, 1998-2014, majority leader, 2006-2009; chair, New Jersey Democratic state committee, 2002-2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present).

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Committee Assignments & Leadership

Committee Assignments

Committee Name & Date Congresses Congresses
Homeland Security
[2005-Present]
109th Congress-Present
114th (2015–2017) – 117th (2021–2023)
114th (2015–2017) –
117th (2021–2023)
Oversight and Government Reform
[2007-2019; 2025-Present]
110th Congress-115th Congress; 119th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committees: Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Government Operations; Government Reform and Oversight; Government Reform; Oversight; Oversight and Reform; and Oversight and Accountability)
114th (2015–2017) – 115th (2017–2019)
114th (2015–2017) –
115th (2017–2019)
Appropriations
[1865-Present]
39th Congress-Present
116th (2019–2021) – 119th (2025–2027)
116th (2019–2021) –
119th (2025–2027)
Budget
[1974-Present]
93rd Congress-Present
119th (2025–2027)
119th (2025–2027)

Committee & Subcommittee Chair

Committee Subcommittee Congresses Congresses
Homeland Security Transportation and Maritime Security
117th (2021–2023)
117th (2021–2023)
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