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.

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[edit] Jurisdictional areas

[edit] Members, 111th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. The Ranking Minority Member is Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming.

Majority Minority

Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S729–730

[edit] Subcommittees

These are subcommittees for the 110th Congress.

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:

[edit] Chairmen

[edit] Education 1869-1870

[edit] Education and Labor, 1884-1947

[edit] Labor and Public Welfare, 1947-1977

[edit] Human Resources, 1977-1979

[edit] Labor and Human Resources, 1979-1999

[edit] Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999-present

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sanders is an independent, but caucuses with the Democrats and counts as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments.
  2. ^ 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S5168

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