Rep. Epps named Chairman of House Small Business Development Committee

ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Representative Bubber Epps (R-Dry Branch) is the new Chairman of House Small Business Development Committee.

The Georgia House of Representatives’ Committee on Assignments named Epps as the chairman on Wednesday. He will also serve as the Secretary of the Transportation Committee and as a member on the Agriculture & Consumer Affairs, Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, Insurance, Motor Vehicles, and Nature Resources & Environment committees.

“I am honored to have been chosen for this appointment by the Speaker and the members of the Committee on Assignments,” Epps said in a statement. “I take seriously the opportunity that has been entrusted to me, and I look forward to joining my colleagues and fellow chairmen in supporting the Speaker and continuing to move the great State of Georgia forward.”