"The last time Democrats were in charge of the House, the first iPad had just been released and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was fresh on everyone's minds.
Since then, there has been significant turnover, not the least of which was the 40-seat blue wave that propelled Democrats into the majority this Congress.
New chairmen and chairwomen are taking the gavels controlling the legislative and oversight agendas for the next two years, at least."
Source: E&E Daily, 01/09/2019