Ransdell was chairman of the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Mississippi River and Its Tributaries (Sixty-sixth Congress).
During his tenure, Ransdell was responsible for overseeing the work of the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine from the Sixty-third to the Sixty-fifth Congresses, and also contributed to the work of the Committee on Mississippi River and Its Tributaries during the Sixty-sixth Congress.