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.
Members, 113th Congress [edit]
The committee is chaired by Democrat Barbara Boxer of California, and the Ranking Member is Republican David Vitter of Louisiana.
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Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296
[edit] Subcommittees
| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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| Clean Air and Nuclear Safety | Tom Carper (D-DE) | Jeff Sessions (R-AL) |
| Green Jobs and the New Economy | Jeff Merkley (D-OR) | Roger Wicker (R-MS) |
| Oversight | Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) | James Inhofe (R-OK) |
| Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health | Tom Udall (D-NM) | Mike Crapo (R-ID) |
| Transportation and Infrastructure | Max Baucus (D-MT) | John Barrasso (R-WY) |
| Water and Wildlife | Ben Cardin (D-MD) | John Boozman (R-AR) |
Chairmen [edit]
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838-1857 [edit]
- 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
Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1857-1883 [edit]
- 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
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1883-1947 [edit]
- 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
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Works, 1947-1977 [edit]
- 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
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 1977-present [edit]
- 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
References [edit]
- ^ Bernie Sanders is an independent, but caucuses with Democrats.
External links [edit]
- U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works official website
- Public Works Agency - Public Works Industry Social Network including Municipal Contractors, Municipalities and Citizen Engagement
- Citizen Request - Idea platform to capture citizen request, concerns and ideas where others vote and projects get done based on citizen inputs
- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post
