House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has favored one Memphis congressman, the 9th Districtย’s Steve Cohen, with his choice of committees (Judiciary and Transportation), has now conferred a signal honor on another, the 8th Districtย’s John Tanner, whom she has named chairman of the House-appointed U,.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which next meets in Brussels in February. Tanner represents north Shelby County and much of Frayser and Raleigh.