Assembly Speaker-elect Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, appointed five additional Republican assembly members to the Joint Finance Committee Wednesday.
Mark Gottlieb, R-Port Washington, was appointed as the committee's vice-chair. Fitzgerald also appointed Dan Meyer, R-Eagle River, Dan LeMahieu, R-Cascade, John Nygren, R-Marinette, and Pat Strachota, R-West Bend.
LeMahieu said he asked to be appointed to the committee to be ""the tough voice, the voice of the taxpayers, putting people back to work, growing our economy and controlling state spending and taxes,"" according to a statement.
The committee reviews the state budget before it goes on to the state legislature. The 16-member committee is made up of eight representatives and eight senators.
Republicans will have 12 seats on the committee after they gained control of both the Assembly and Senate in last week's election.
Fitzgerald also named Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and state Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, co-chairs of the JFC Tuesday.
—Beth Pickhard
