The Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development is one of five subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
[edit] Jurisdiction
The Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development is the primary oversight committee for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The subcommittee oversees urban mass transit systems and general urban affairs and development issues, HUD community development programs; the Federal Housing Administration; the Rural Housing Service; and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, federal corporations that help Americans with the costs of homeownership. The subcommittee also oversees all issues related to public and private housing, senior housing, nursing home construction, and Indian housing issues.
[edit] Members, 112th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Robert Menendez of New Jersey, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Jim DeMint of South Carolina.
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- Robert Menendez, New Jersey, Chairman
- Jack Reed, Rhode Island
- Chuck Schumer, New York
- Daniel Akaka, Hawaii
- Sherrod Brown, Ohio
- Jon Tester, Montana
- Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
- Jeff Merkley, Oregon
- Michael Bennet, Colorado
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[edit] See also
U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
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