In the 118th Congress, the chairman of the committee is Republican Jim Jordan of Ohio, and the ranking minority member is Democrat Jerry Nadler of New York.

In the 115th Congress, the chairman of the committee was Republican Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, and the ranking minority member was initially Democrat John Conyers of Michigan.

On November 26, 2017, Conyers stepped down from his position as ranking member, while he faced an ethics investigation.

Doug Collins, a Republican from Georgia's 9th congressional district, became ranking member and served from 2019 to 2020.

In early 2020, Collins stepped down from his leadership position when he became a candidate in the 2020 special election held to replace retiring U.S.

Under House Republican rules, members must relinquish leadership positions if they launch a bid for another office.

[3] Collins was succeeded as ranking member by Jordan, who represents Ohio's 4th congressional district, but who has never taken a bar examination or practiced law.

[13] Chairman: John Conyers (D-MI); Ranking member: Steve Chabot (R-OH) The Antitrust Task Force during the 110th Congress was established February 28, 2007, as a temporary subcommittee to examine the pending merger between XM Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

House Rules limit each full committee to just five subcommittees, and any task force, special subcommittee, or other subunit of a standing committee that is established for a cumulative period longer than six months in a Congress counts against that total.

[18] The responsibilities of the Task Force were expanded to include the case of Judge Samuel B. Kent,[19] leading to hearings[20] and his subsequent impeachment by the full House of Representatives.