United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

The United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators,...

 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to health, education, labor, and pensions. Its jurisdiction extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules.

• Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare
• Aging
• Agricultural colleges
• Arts and humanities
• Biomedical research
  Biomedical research
  Biomedical research , in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research, applied research, or translational research conducted to aid and support the body of knowledge in the field of medicine...
  
   and development
• Child labor
  Child labor
  Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries...
  
  
• Convict labor
  Penal labour
  Penal labour or penal servitude is a form of unfree labour. The term may refer to several related situations: labour as a form of punishment, the prison system used as a means to secure labour, labour as a form of occupation of convicts, and labour camps used as a form of political intimidation.-...
  
   and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce
  Commerce Clause
  The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that the United States Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with the Native American tribes...
  
  
• Domestic activities of the American Red Cross
  American Red Cross
  The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States, and is the designated U.S...
  
  
• Equal employment opportunity
• Gallaudet University
  Gallaudet University
  Gallaudet University is a federally chartered, quasi-governmental university for the education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing, located in Washington, D.C...
  
  , Howard University
  Howard University
  Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
  , and St. Elizabeths Hospital
  St. Elizabeths Hospital
  St. Elizabeths [sic] Hospital, located in Washington, D.C., was the first large-scale, federally-run psychiatric hospital in the United States. It is known colloquially as "St. E's"....
  
   in Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...
  
  
• Individuals with disabilities
  Disability
  Disability is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities."...
  
  
• Labor standards and labor statistics
• Mediation
  Mediation
  Mediation, a form of alternative dispute resolution or "appropriate dispute resolution", aims to assist two disputants in reaching an agreement. The parties themselves determine the conditions of any settlements reached— rather than accepting something imposed by a third party...
  
   and arbitration
  Arbitration
  Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution , is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, wherein the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons , by whose decision they agree to be bound...
  
   of labor disputes
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress of the United States under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon, on December 29, 1970...
  
  
• Mine Safety and Health Administration
  Mine Safety and Health Administration
  The Mine Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce...
  
  
• Private pension
  Pension
  In general, a pension is an arrangement to provide people with an income when they are no longer earning a regular income from employment. It is a tax deferred savings vehicle that allows for the tax-free accumulation of a fund for later use as a retirement income...
  
   plans
• Public health
  Public health
  Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." It is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based...
  
  
• Railway labor and retirement
• Regulation of foreign laborers
  Foreign worker
  A foreign worker is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. The term migrant worker as discussed in the migrant worker page is used in a particular UN resolution as a synonym for "foreign worker"...
  
  
• Student loan
  Student loan
  Student loans are loans offered to students to assist in payment of the costs of professional education. These loans usually carry a lower interest rate than other loans and are usually issued by the government...
  
  s
• Wages and hours of labor, including the federal minimum wage
  Minimum wage in the United States
  , the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour. Many states and municipalities have minimum wages higher than this , but some U.S. territories are exempt...
  
  

The chairman of the committee is Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world. In the U.S...

 Tom Harkin

Tom Harkin

Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party...

 of Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of...

, and the Ranking Member

Ranking member

In United States politics, the term ranking member refers to the second-most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the majority party. Another, incorrect, usage refers to the most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the minority party...

 is Republican Mike Enzi

Mike Enzi

Michael Bradley "Mike" Enzi is the senior U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1996, Enzi was a businessman who at one time owned family shoe stores. He later became a politician on the state level, having served in the Wyoming Legislature for more than a decade. He...

 of Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the Western United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high elevation prairie region known as the High Plains. While the tenth largest...

.

The United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators,...

 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to health, education, labor, and pensions. Its jurisdiction extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules.

Jurisdictional areas

• Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare
• Aging
• Agricultural colleges
• Arts and humanities
• Biomedical research
  Biomedical research
  Biomedical research , in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research, applied research, or translational research conducted to aid and support the body of knowledge in the field of medicine...
  
   and development
• Child labor
  Child labor
  Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries...
  
  
• Convict labor
  Penal labour
  Penal labour or penal servitude is a form of unfree labour. The term may refer to several related situations: labour as a form of punishment, the prison system used as a means to secure labour, labour as a form of occupation of convicts, and labour camps used as a form of political intimidation.-...
  
   and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce
  Commerce Clause
  The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that the United States Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with the Native American tribes...
  
  
• Domestic activities of the American Red Cross
  American Red Cross
  The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States, and is the designated U.S...
  
  
• Equal employment opportunity
• Gallaudet University
  Gallaudet University
  Gallaudet University is a federally chartered, quasi-governmental university for the education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing, located in Washington, D.C...
  
  , Howard University
  Howard University
  Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
  , and St. Elizabeths Hospital
  St. Elizabeths Hospital
  St. Elizabeths [sic] Hospital, located in Washington, D.C., was the first large-scale, federally-run psychiatric hospital in the United States. It is known colloquially as "St. E's"....
  
   in Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...
  
  
• Individuals with disabilities
  Disability
  Disability is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities."...
  
  
• Labor standards and labor statistics
• Mediation
  Mediation
  Mediation, a form of alternative dispute resolution or "appropriate dispute resolution", aims to assist two disputants in reaching an agreement. The parties themselves determine the conditions of any settlements reached— rather than accepting something imposed by a third party...
  
   and arbitration
  Arbitration
  Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution , is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, wherein the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons , by whose decision they agree to be bound...
  
   of labor disputes
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress of the United States under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon, on December 29, 1970...
  
  
• Mine Safety and Health Administration
  Mine Safety and Health Administration
  The Mine Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce...
  
  
• Private pension
  Pension
  In general, a pension is an arrangement to provide people with an income when they are no longer earning a regular income from employment. It is a tax deferred savings vehicle that allows for the tax-free accumulation of a fund for later use as a retirement income...
  
   plans
• Public health
  Public health
  Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." It is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based...
  
  
• Railway labor and retirement
• Regulation of foreign laborers
  Foreign worker
  A foreign worker is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. The term migrant worker as discussed in the migrant worker page is used in a particular UN resolution as a synonym for "foreign worker"...
  
  
• Student loan
  Student loan
  Student loans are loans offered to students to assist in payment of the costs of professional education. These loans usually carry a lower interest rate than other loans and are usually issued by the government...
  
  s
• Wages and hours of labor, including the federal minimum wage
  Minimum wage in the United States
  , the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour. Many states and municipalities have minimum wages higher than this , but some U.S. territories are exempt...
  
  

Members, 111th Congress

The chairman of the committee is Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world. In the U.S...

 Tom Harkin

Tom Harkin

Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party...

 of Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of...

, and the Ranking Member

Ranking member

In United States politics, the term ranking member refers to the second-most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the majority party. Another, incorrect, usage refers to the most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the minority party...

 is Republican Mike Enzi

Mike Enzi

Michael Bradley "Mike" Enzi is the senior U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1996, Enzi was a businessman who at one time owned family shoe stores. He later became a politician on the state level, having served in the Wyoming Legislature for more than a decade. He...

 of Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the Western United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high elevation prairie region known as the High Plains. While the tenth largest...

. The Committee was chaired by Democrat Ted Kennedy

Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in November 1962, he was elected nine times and served for 46 years in the U.S. Senate. At the time of his death, he was the second most senior member of the Senate, and...

 of Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of...

 until his death on August 25, 2009. Under seniority rules, Acting Chairman Christopher Dodd

Christopher Dodd

Christopher John "Chris" Dodd is an American lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut....

 was next in line, but chose instead to remain chairman of the Senate Banking Committee

United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to: banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes,...

. Tom Harkin

Tom Harkin

Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party...

, next in line for seniority, assumed the chairmanship on September 9, 2009, vacating his post as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Majority

Minority

Tom Harkin Tom Harkin Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party... , Iowa, Chairman Chris Dodd, Connecticut Barbara Mikulski Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician of the Democratic Party, and the Senior Senator from the state of Maryland. She is Maryland's first female senator. She is currently the most senior female Senator, having served since 1987, and ranking 17th in seniority... , Maryland Jeff Bingaman Jeff Bingaman Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman, Jr. , is the senior U.S. Senator from New Mexico. He has been in the Senate since 1983 and is a member of the Democratic Party. Bingaman was Attorney General of New Mexico from 1978 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 1982, when he defeated Republican incumbent... , New Mexico Patty Murray Patty Murray Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray is the senior United States Senator from Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was first elected to the Senate in 1992, becoming Washington's first female U.S. senator. She is now the Senate Majority Conference Secretary, the fifth-highest rank in the... , Washington Jack Reed Jack Reed John Francis "Jack" Reed is the senior United States senator from Rhode Island and a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his election, Reed was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district from January 3, 1991 to... , Rhode Island Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is the junior United States Senator from Vermont, elected on November 7, 2006. Before becoming Senator, Sanders represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives for 16 years.Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist, but because... , Vermont Sherrod Brown Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell Brown is the junior United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party... , Ohio Bob Casey Bob Casey Bob Casey or Robert Casey may refer to:*Robert P. Casey , former governor of Pennsylvania*Bob Casey, Jr. , son of Robert P. Casey, Sr., current United States senator from Pennsylvania*Robert R... , Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Jeff Merkley Jeff Merkley Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley is the junior United States Senator from Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party, Merkley was a five-term member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly representing House District 47, located in eastern Multnomah County within the Portland city limits... , Oregon Al Franken Al Franken Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, that state's affiliate of the Democratic Party.... , Minnesota Michael Bennet Michael Bennet Michael Farrand Bennet is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Colorado.-Early life, family, and education:... , Colorado

Mike Enzi Mike Enzi Michael Bradley "Mike" Enzi is the senior U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1996, Enzi was a businessman who at one time owned family shoe stores. He later became a politician on the state level, having served in the Wyoming Legislature for more than a decade. He... , Wyoming, Ranking Member Judd Gregg Judd Gregg Judd Alan Gregg is a former Governor of New Hampshire and current United States Senator serving as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a businessman and attorney in Nashua before entering politics... , New Hampshire Lamar Alexander Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and Conference Chair of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H. W... , Tennessee Richard Burr Richard Burr Richard Mauze Burr is the senior United States Senator from North Carolina. A Republican, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for five terms, and was elected to represent North Carolina as a U.S. Senator in the 2004 election... , North Carolina Johnny Isakson Johnny Isakson John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson , is an American politician, who has been the Republican junior United States Senator from Georgia since 2005. Previously, he represented in the House from 1999 to 2005.-Background:... , Georgia John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.... , Arizona Orrin Hatch Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977.Hatch is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and Taxation and IRS Oversight... , Utah Lisa Murkowski Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann Murkowski is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska. Murkowski, a Republican, is the only woman ever elected to Congress from her state, in addition to being the first Senator born in Alaska.... , Alaska Tom Coburn Tom Coburn Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. , is an American politician, medical doctor, and ordained deacon. A member of the Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior U.S. Senator from Oklahoma.Coburn was elected to the U.S... , Oklahoma Pat Roberts Pat Roberts Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the junior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was formerly the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.-Newspaper background:... , Kansas

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Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Children and Families United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Children and Families The Senate Health Subcommittee on Children and Families is one of the three subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Health-Jurisdiction:The Subcommittee's jurisdiction includes Head Start, the Family Medical Leave Act, child care and child support, and other issues involving children, youth,...	Chris Dodd (D-CT)	Lamar Alexander Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and Conference Chair of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H. W...  (R-TN)
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety The Senate Health Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety is one of the three subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Health-Jurisdiction:...	Patty Murray Patty Murray Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray is the senior United States Senator from Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was first elected to the Senate in 1992, becoming Washington's first female U.S. senator. She is now the Senate Majority Conference Secretary, the fifth-highest rank in the...  (D-WA)	Johnny Isakson Johnny Isakson John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson , is an American politician, who has been the Republican junior United States Senator from Georgia since 2005. Previously, he represented in the House from 1999 to 2005.-Background:...  (R-GA)
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging The Senate Health Subcommittee on Retirement & Aging is one of the three subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Health-Jurisdiction:The Subcommittee has oversight over many issues including: Pensions, the Older Americans Act; elder abuse, neglect, and scams affecting seniors; long-term care...	Barbara Mikulski Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician of the Democratic Party, and the Senior Senator from the state of Maryland. She is Maryland's first female senator. She is currently the most senior female Senator, having served since 1987, and ranking 17th in seniority...  (D-MD)	Richard Burr Richard Burr Richard Mauze Burr is the senior United States Senator from North Carolina. A Republican, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for five terms, and was elected to represent North Carolina as a U.S. Senator in the 2004 election...  (R-NC)

Defunct subcommittees

The committee has had other notable subcommittees in the past, such as:

• the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor during the 1950s through 1970s.
• the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research during the 1970s.

Education and Labor, 1884–1947

• Frederick Sawyer (R-SC) 1870–1873
• James Flanagan
  James Flanagan
  James Flanagan may refer to:*James Flanagan , one-time Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary*James Flanagan , engineer and researcher for Rutgers University...
  
   (R-TX) 1873–1875
• John J. Patterson
  John J. Patterson
  John James Patterson was a businessman and United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Waterloo, Pennsylvania, he grew up there and attended the public schools, and then attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania...
  
   (R-SC) 1875–1877
• Ambrose Burnside
  Ambrose Burnside
  Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...
  
   (R-RI) 1877–1879
• James E. Bailey
  James E. Bailey
  James Edmund Bailey was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881.-Biography:...
  
   (D-TN) 1879–1881
• Henry W. Blair
  Henry W. Blair
  Henry William Blair was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Campton, he attended the common schools and private academies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Plymouth...
  
   (R-NH) 1881–1891
• Joseph M. Carey
  Joseph M. Carey
  Joseph Maull Carey was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who spent most of his political career in Wyoming before and after it achieved statehood....
  
   (R-WY) 1891–1893
• James Kyle
  James Kyle
  James Kyle is the name of:* James H. Kyle , American politician, United States Senator from South Dakota* James F. Kyle, Jr. , American politician, Tennessee state senator...
  
   (PO–SD) 1893–1895
• George Shoup (R-ID) 1895–1897
• James Kyle
  James Kyle
  James Kyle is the name of:* James H. Kyle , American politician, United States Senator from South Dakota* James F. Kyle, Jr. , American politician, Tennessee state senator...
  
   (PO–SD) 1897–1901
• Louis McComas (R-MD) 1901–1905
• Jonathan P. Dolliver
  Jonathan P. Dolliver
  Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver was a highly respected Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the twentieth century...
  
   (R-IA) 1905–1909
• William E. Borah (R-ID) 1909–1913
• Hoke Smith
  Hoke Smith
  Michael Hoke Smith was a white supremacist newspaper owner, United States Secretary of the Interior , Democratic Governor of Georgia , and a United States Senator from Georgia....
  
   (D-GA) 1913–1919
• William S. Kenyon (R-IA) 1919–1922
• William E. Borah (R-ID) 1922–1924
• Lawrence C. Phipps
  Lawrence C. Phipps
  Lawrence Cowle Phipps was a United States Senator representing Colorado from 1919 until 1931.Phipps was born in Amityville, Pennsylvania but grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he joined the Carnegie Steel Company as a clerk. His uncle, Henry Phipps, was the second largest shareholder in...
  
   (R-CO) 1924–1926
• James Couzens (R-MI) 1926–1929
• Jesse H. Metcalf
  Jesse H. Metcalf
  Jesse Houghton Metcalf was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Providence, he was educated in private schools there, studied textile manufacturing in Yorkshire, England, and engaged in textile manufacturing. In 1889 Metcalf received a large bequest from his father's business...
  
   (R-RI) 1929–1933
• David I. Walsh
  David I. Walsh
  David Ignatius Walsh was a United States politician from Massachusetts. He was a member of the Democratic Party.-Youth and education:...
  
   (D-MA) 1933–1937
• Hugo L. Black (D-AL) 1937
• Elbert D. Thomas
  Elbert D. Thomas
  Elbert Duncan Thomas was a Democratic Party politician from Utah. He represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1951.-Childhood and family:...
  
   (D-UT) 1937–1945
• James E. Murray (D-MT) 1945–1947

Labor and Public Welfare, 1947–1977

• Robert A. Taft (R-OH) 1947–1949
• Elbert D. Thomas
  Elbert D. Thomas
  Elbert Duncan Thomas was a Democratic Party politician from Utah. He represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1951.-Childhood and family:...
  
   (D-UT) 1949–1951
• James E. Murray (D-MT) 1951–1953
• H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) 1953–1955
• Lister Hill (D-AL) 1955–1969
• Ralph Yarborough
  Ralph Yarborough
  Ralph Webster Yarborough was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of his party in his many races for statewide office. As a U.S...
  
   (D-TX) 1969–1971
• Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1971–1977

Labor and Human Resources, 1979–1999

• Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1979–1981
• Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 1981–1987
• Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 1987–1995
• Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) 1995–1997
• James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 1997–1999

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999–present

• James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 1999–2001
• Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 2001
• James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 2001
• Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 2001–2003
• Judd Gregg
  Judd Gregg
  Judd Alan Gregg is a former Governor of New Hampshire and current United States Senator serving as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a businessman and attorney in Nashua before entering politics...
  
   (R-NH) 2003–2005
• Michael Enzi (R-WY) 2005–2007
• Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 2007–2009
• Tom Harkin
  Tom Harkin
  Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party...
  
  (D-IA) 2009–

External links

• Official Committee Page