Congressman Parker Griffith went to work at the nation’s Capitol as a Republican for the first time Tuesday.

Griffith will spend part of his day working with House Minority Leader John Boehner’s office about his new role in the House.

A steering committee will work the next week or two on new committee assignments for the Congressman who ditched the Democratic Party over the Christmas break.

A spokeswoman in Griffith’s office says he should know his new committee assignments by February.

Until then, Griffith will continue discussions on Health Care reform. Those discussions include signing on to a Sunshine Resolution which calls for C-SPAN to cover the conference committee meetings the Health Care Reform Bill.

Griffith switched to the Republican Party in December. “The Republican Party is a party I feel most comfortable with, that I can caucus with and help the 5th Congressional District,” Griffith said at the time he jumped parties.

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