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
- 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, 112th Congress
The chairman of the committee is Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa, and the Ranking Member is Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming.
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Source: 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557
[edit] Subcommittees
| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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| Subcommittee on Children and Families | Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) | Richard Burr (R-NC) |
| Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety | Patty Murray (D-WA) | Johnny Isakson (R-GA) |
| Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging | Bernie Sanders (I-VT) | Rand Paul (R-KY) |
[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
- Kari M. Knutson (R-MO) 1869–1870
[edit] Education and Labor, 1884–1947
- Frederick Sawyer (R-SC) 1870–1873
- James W. 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 H. Kyle (PO–SD) 1893–1895
- George Shoup (R-ID) 1895–1897
- James H. 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–present
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Sanders is an independent, but caucuses with the Democrats and counts as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments.
[edit] External links
- Official Committee Page
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee member profiles at WhoRunsGov at The Washington Post