United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

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The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.

Contents 1 Members, 111th Congress 2 Subcommittees 3 Chairmen 3.1 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838-1857 3.2 Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1857-1883 3.3 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1883-1947 3.4 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Works, 1947-1977 3.5 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 1977-present 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Members, 111th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Barbara Boxer of California, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican James Inhofe of Oklahoma.

Majority	Minority
Barbara Boxer, California, Chairwoman Max Baucus, Montana Tom Carper, Delaware Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey Ben Cardin, Maryland Bernie Sanders, Vermont[1] Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Tom Udall, New Mexico Jeff Merkley, Oregon Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania	Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma, Ranking Member George Voinovich, Ohio David Vitter, Louisiana John Barrasso, Wyoming Mike Crapo, Idaho Kit Bond, Missouri Lamar Alexander, Tennessee

Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S5168

[edit] Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Minority Member
Children's Health	Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)	Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Clean Air and Nuclear Safety	Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)	David Vitter (R-LA)
Green Jobs and the New Economy	Bernie Sanders (I-VT)	Kit Bond (R-MO)
Oversight	Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)	John Barrasso (R-WY)
Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health	Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)	James Inhofe (R-OK)
Transportation and Infrastructure	Max Baucus (D-MT)	George Voinovich (R-OH)
Water and Wildlife	Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)	Mike Crapo (R-ID)

[edit] Chairmen

[edit] Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838-1857

• William S. Fulton (D-AR) 1838-1841
• John Leeds Kerr (W-MD) 1841-1842
• William L. Dayton (W-NJ) 1842-1845
• Simon Cameron (D-PA) 1845-1846
• Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1846-1847
• Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) 1847-1851
• James Whitcomb (D-IN) 1851-1852
• Charles James (D-RI) 1852-1853
• James Bayard (D-DE) 1853-1857

[edit] Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1857-1883

• Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1857-1861
• Solomon Foot (R-VT) 1861-1866
• B. Gratz Brown (R-MO) 1866-1867
• William P. Fessenden (R-ME) 1867-1869
• Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) 1869-1878
• Henry Dawes (R-MA) 1878-1879
• Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 1879-1881
• Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) 1881-1883

[edit] Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1883-1947

• William Mahone (R-VA) 1883-1887
• Leland Stanford (R-CA) 1887-1893
• George Vest (D-MO) 1893-1895
• Matthew S. Quay (R-PA) 1895-1899
• Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN) 1899-1905
• Nathan Scott (R-WV) 1905-1911
• George Sutherland (R-UT) 1911-1913
• Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) 1913-1918
• James A. Reed (D-MO) 1918-1919
• Bert M. Fernald (R-ME) 1919-1926
• Irvine L. Lenroot (R-WI) 1926-1927
• Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) 1927-1933
• Tom Connally (D-TX) 1933-1942
• Francis Maloney (D-CT) 1942-1945
• Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) 1945-1947

[edit] Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Works, 1947-1977

• Chapman Revercomb (R-WV) 1947-1949
• Dennis Chavez (D-NM) 1949-1953
• Edward Martin (R-PA) 1953-1955
• Dennis Chavez (D-NM) 1955-1962
• Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) 1962-1966
• Jennings Randolph (D-WV) 1966-1977

[edit] Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 1977-present

• Jennings Randolph (D-WV) 1977-1981
• Robert T. Stafford (R-VT) 1981-1987
• Quentin N. Burdick (D-ND) 1987-1992
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) 1992-1993
• Max Baucus (D-MT) 1993-1995
• John H. Chafee (R-RI) 1995-1999
• Robert C. Smith (R-NH) 1999-2001
• Harry Reid (D-NV) 2001
• Robert C. Smith (R-NH) 2001
• James Jeffords (I-VT) 2001-2003
• James Inhofe (R-OK) 2003-2007
• Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 2007-present

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works official website

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