House Republican Steering Committee members today voted Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) into the ranking member slot on the Natural Resources Committee for the 111th Congress. The incumbent ranking member, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), was ousted yesterday as ethics questions surround him.

The ranking members for the other committees were chosen yesterday:

Standing Committee.....Ranking Member
Agriculture.....Frank Lucas (OK)
Appropriations.....Jerry Lewis (CA)
Armed Services.....John McHugh (NY)
Budget.....Paul Ryan (WI)
Education & Labor.....Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (CA)
Energy & Commerce.....Joe Barton (TX)
Financial Services.....Spencer Bachus (AL)
Foreign Affairs.....Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL)
Homeland Security.....Peter T. King (NY)
Select Committee on Intelligence.....Pete Hoekstra (MI)
Judiciary.....Lamar S. Smith (TX)
Oversight & Government Reform.....Darrel Issa (CA)
Rules.....David Dreier (CA)
Science & Technology.....Ralph M. Hall (TX)
Small Business.....Sam Graves (MO)
Transportation & Infrastructure.....John L. Mica (FL)
Veterans' Affairs.....Steve Buyer (IN)
Ways & Means.....Dave Camp (MI)