House Democratic leaders have appointed Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, to a committee that oversee alternative fuels and other issues critical to the state.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that Braley was one of eight members approved for membership on the Energy and Commerce Committee. The committee has broad jurisdiction over alternative fuels as corn-based ethanol, health care and the environment.

Braley, of Waterloo, was elected to his second term from Iowa’s 1st District in November. He was a leader in the effort in November to oust long-term committee chairman John Dingell of Michigan in favor of Rep. Henry Waxman, a Pelosi ally also from California.

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