Eastern Washington state Senator Mark Schoesler has been appointed to the Seante Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee when the Legislature’s 2025 session begins next month.
Senator Mark Schoesler
The senator from Ritzville is a fifth-generation farmer who grows wheat, barley and fall peas and raises cattle. For many years, his Senate leadership responsibilities prevented him from serving on that committee. Schoesler stepped down as Senate Republican leader in November 2020 after eight years.
Schoesler will also continue his long streak of serving on the Senate Ways and Means Committee when the Legislature convenes Jan. 13 for 105 days. The 2025 session will mark the 21st straight year Schoesler has been a member of the budget-writing Ways and Means Committee since joining the Senate in 2005. He will again be the Ways and Means Committee’s lead Republican on the capital budget, which helps fund construction projects for state government buildings, state parks and colleges and universities.
Additionally, Schoesler will also continue serving on the recently renamed Senate Labor and Commerce Committee where he plans to advocate for regulatory reform and other issues that will benefit Washington’s job creators and working families.
Schoesler represents the 9th Legislative District, which covers all or part of Adams, Asotin, Franklin, Garfield, Spokane and Whitman counties.
