There Is 1 Woman Leading a House Committee. Guess Whose Fault That Is?Kate Dries11/20/14 1:50pm4011EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThough the midterm elections were a slight disaster, some good did come out of them: over 100 women were elected to Congress, the highest number ever. But the number of women leading House Committees remains low: one.