Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 7 since 2023
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: New Jersey Senate 21st District from 2003 to 2022, serving as minority leader from 2008 to 2022
District:  includes all of Hunterdon and Warren Counties; and parts of Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties
Upcoming Election: Running for reelection to House seat NJ o7.

Kean is the son of former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean. Kean was an aide to former Congressman Bob Franks and a special assistant at the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the George H. W. Bush administration. He has also been a volunteer firefighter and a volunteer emergency medical technician.

The Committee on Financial Services, also referred to as the House Banking Committee, oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking and housing industries. The Financial Services Committee also oversees the work of the Federal Reserve, the United States Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other financial services regulators.

Senate counterpart: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Subcommittees:

• Capital Markets
• Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion
• Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy
• Housing and Insurance
• National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions

Chair: Patrick McHenry, North Carolina (R)
Ranking Member: Maxine Waters, California (D)

Majority Staff Director: Matt Hoffmann
Minority Staff Director: Charla Ouertatani
Meeting Location: 2129 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-7502

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