Currently, Ann-Margaret is the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and sits on the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight, House Committee on Operations, Facilities and Building Security, and the House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling. She has previously served as the First Division Chair of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses, and House Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, as well as a member of several other committees. In addition, she is the House Chair of the Tech Hub Caucus and serves on the Gaming Policy Advisory Committee. In all of these roles, she has been a dedicated and persistent advocate on behalf of the people of Cape Ann.
Throughout the 5th Essex District, Essex, Rockport and Gloucester, is a history of farming and horse breeding, horse riding and horse stables. As a part of Ann-Margaret’s commitment to fishermen and farmers, she worked closely with House Leadership as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Agriculture to carve out a special section in the casino bill to serve as an incentive to breed more Massachusetts horses and as a result providing increased income to Massachusetts farms.