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

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The United States Senate 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.

Contents 1 Jurisdictional areas 2 Members, 111th Congress 3 Subcommittees 3.1 Defunct subcommittees 4 Chairmen 4.1 Education 1869–1870 4.2 Education and Labor, 1884–1947 4.3 Labor and Public Welfare, 1947–1977 4.4 Human Resources, 1977–1979 4.5 Labor and Human Resources, 1979–1999 4.6 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999–present 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Jurisdictional areas

• Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare
• Aging
• Agricultural colleges
• Arts and humanities
• Biomedical research and development
• Child labor
• Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce
• Domestic activities of the American Red Cross
• Equal employment opportunity
• Gallaudet University, Howard University, and St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.
• Individuals with disabilities
• Labor standards and labor statistics
• Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Mine Safety and Health Administration
• Private pension plans
• Public health
• Railway labor and retirement
• Regulation of foreign laborers
• Student loans
• Wages and hours of labor, including the federal minimum wage

[edit] Members, 111th Congress

The chairman of the committee is Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa,^[1] and the Ranking Member is Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming. The Committee was chaired by Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts until his death on August 25, 2009. Under seniority rules, Acting Chairman Christopher Dodd was next in line, but chose instead to remain chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.^[2] Tom Harkin, next in line for seniority, assumed the chairmanship on September 9, 2009,^[1] vacating his post as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.^[3]

Majority	Minority
Tom Harkin, Iowa, Chairman Chris Dodd, Connecticut Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Patty Murray, Washington Jack Reed, Rhode Island Bernie Sanders[4], Vermont Sherrod Brown, Ohio Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Jeff Merkley, Oregon Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado	Mike Enzi, Wyoming, Ranking Member Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia John McCain, Arizona Orrin Hatch, Utah Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Pat Roberts, Kansas

Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S730 , S9910

[edit] Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Children and Families	Chris Dodd (D-CT)	Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety	Patty Murray (D-WA)	Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging	Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)	Richard Burr (R-NC)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Chairmen

[edit] Education 1869–1870

• Charles D. Drake (R-MO) 1869–1870

[edit] Education and Labor, 1884–1947

• Frederick Sawyer (R-SC) 1870–1873
• James Flanagan (R-TX) 1873–1875
• John J. Patterson (R-SC) 1875–1877
• Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) 1877–1879
• James E. Bailey (D-TN) 1879–1881
• Henry W. Blair (R-NH) 1881–1891
• Joseph M. Carey (R-WY) 1891–1893
• James Kyle (PO–SD) 1893–1895
• George Shoup (R-ID) 1895–1897
• James Kyle (PO–SD) 1897–1901
• Louis McComas (R-MD) 1901–1905
• Jonathan P. Dolliver (R-IA) 1905–1909
• William E. Borah (R-ID) 1909–1913
• Hoke Smith (D-GA) 1913–1919
• William S. Kenyon (R-IA) 1919–1922
• William E. Borah (R-ID) 1922–1924
• Lawrence C. Phipps (R-CO) 1924–1926
• James Couzens (R-MI) 1926–1929
• Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI) 1929–1933
• David I. Walsh (D-MA) 1933–1937
• Hugo L. Black (D-AL) 1937
• Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) 1937–1945
• James E. Murray (D-MT) 1945–1947

[edit] Labor and Public Welfare, 1947–1977

• Robert A. Taft (R-OH) 1947–1949
• Elbert D. Thomas (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 (D-TX) 1969–1971
• Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1971–1977

[edit] Human Resources, 1977–1979

• Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1977–1979

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 (R-NH) 2003–2005
• Michael Enzi (R-WY) 2005–2007
• Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 2007–2009
• Tom Harkin (D-IA) 2009–

[edit] See also

• Health education

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Committee Page

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