U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, who represents Alabama's Seventh Congressional District, became the first Black woman to serve in the ...
Rep. Sewell has served as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee since 2017. It is the oldest committee in the United ...
Before Sewell was selected Wednesday, no Black woman held a leadership position on the Ways and Means Committee in the panel's 236-year history.
Alabama’s congressional delegation grabbed key committee assignments on Tuesday.