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This week, the Washington Examiner took a look at how Members of the U.S. House of Representatives tended to their committee assignments. The report shined an important light on how elected officials spend their time in Washington. Representative Huizenga was noted for having one of the best records in Congress for attending Financial Services Committee meetings and hearings.  The Financial Services Committee has jurisdiction over issues pertaining to the economy, the banking system, housing, insurance, and securities and exchanges. Additionally, the Committee also has jurisdiction over monetary policy, international finance, international monetary organizations, and efforts to combat terrorist financing.  

Below are highlights from the Washington Examiner, the piece can be read in it's entirety here.

Many House members miss more than two-thirds of their committee meetings​
The Washington Examiner - September 29, 2014

Dozens of members of the U.S. House of Representatives have missed two-thirds of this session's committee meetings, where much of the nuts-and-bolts work of Congress gets done, a Washington Examiner analysis found. ... 

The Examiner analyzed 1,000 committee and subcommittee hearing minutes published by the Government Printing Office for the present Congress. The GPO does not publish minutes of all hearings, and half of those that were published didn’t list attendees, so the data aren’t comprehensive. ...

Among members with the best attendance record is Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., who missed only one of 39 House Judiciary Committee hearings this session. The 85-year-old Conyers is ranking minority member of the committee. He was first elected to the House in 1965 and is the chamber's second-longest serving member.

Only five other House members had rates as good as or better than Conyers: Democrat Al Green of Texas and Republicans Andy Barr of Kentucky, Bill Huizenga of Michigan, Scott Garrett of New Jersey and Robert Pittenger of North Carolina.