The House International Conservation Caucus (ICC) has announced new leadership for the 119th Congress.

The International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF) would like to welcome Representative Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) to the caucus leadership and looks forward to working with him towards advancing U.S. leadership in international conservation.

Representative Reschenthaler joins Representatives Henry Cuellar (D-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), and Betty McCollum (D-MN) as bipartisan co-chairs of the ICC in the House, replacing Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS), who did not run for reelection to the 119th Congress. In the Senate, Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Chris Coons (D-DE), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) continue to lead the Senate ICC.

ICCF thanks the outgoing co-chairs for their leadership to address international conservation challenges, including protected and conserved area management, poaching and illegal wildlife trade, IUU fishing, and marine debris.

Representative Guy Reschenthaler serves as Chief Deputy Whip and is a member of the House Rules Committee and Appropriations Committee, where he sits on the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies subcommittees. He represents Pennsylvania’s 14th congressional district in southwest Pennsylvania, first elected to the House in 2018. Prior to his election to Congress, Reschenthaler worked in private practice at a multi-state law firm and was elected Magisterial District Judge. He previously served in the State Senate and in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps, where he volunteered for duty in Iraq and served stateside in Norfolk, Virginia and then in Texas and Oklahoma. He’s a graduate of Penn State, The Behrend College, and completed law school at Duquesne University.

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)

"I am honored to serve as co-chair of the International Conservation Caucus for the 119th Congress alongside Reps. David Joyce (R-OH), Betty McCollum (D-MN), and Henry Cuellar (D-TX). This caucus is critical to our nation’s foreign policy efforts, including combatting China and Russia’s malign behavior around the globe. I look forward to working with my colleagues to support efforts like combating illegal wildlife trafficking and other conservation priorities.”

-- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)

The House Oceans Caucus (OC) will also look to finalize new leadership in the coming weeks. Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón (R-PR), who was elected governor of Puerto Rico, leaves a vacancy alongside Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) atop the House OC. Senate OC co-chairs Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) continue in their leadership roles in the Senate, along with Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) serving as honorary co-chairs.

Download complete lists of the members of the International Conservation Caucus and Oceans Caucus in the House and Senate below:

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