In 2010, Mo Brooks was elected to represent Alabama's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Parker Griffith and was the first Republican to represent the district in more than 130 years. Brooks is on two United States congressional committees in the House. He is on the United States House Committee on Armed Services and the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. He is also on smaller committees that are part of these committees. They are called "subcommittees". They are the United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, and the United States House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.