Randy Kuhl has retained the same committee assignments that he held during his first term: Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Education and Labor. In addition, Kuhl was named a Deputy Minority Whip.
Deputy Whip is the lowest rung of the leadership ladder. The role of the whip is to "whip up" votes and to disseminate information among other members. According to the Congressional Research Service [pdf], when the Democrats were in the minority, they had a dozen Deputy Whips, led by six Senior Deputy Whips. When the Republicans were in the majority, they had 17 deputy whips and 49 assistant whips.