United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs deals with oversight of United States veterans issues.

Members, 114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Chair Jerry Moran, Kansas John Boozman, Arkansas Dean Heller, Nevada Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Mike Rounds, South Dakota Thom Tillis, North Carolina Dan Sullivan, Alaska	Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, Ranking Member Patty Murray, Washington Sherrod Brown, Ohio Jon Tester, Montana Bernie Sanders, Vermont Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Joe Manchin, West Virginia

Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296 to 297

According to committee members' official online biographies, three of the fourteen members are veterans: Richard Blumenthal, Dan Sullivan and Johnny Isakson.

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1971–present

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	Name	Party	State	Years
Vance Hartke	Democratic	Indiana	1971–1977
Alan Cranston	Democratic	California	1977–1981
Alan K. Simpson	Republican	Wyoming	1981–1985
Frank Murkowski	Republican	Alaska	1985–1987
Alan Cranston	Democratic	California	1987–1993
Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	West Virginia	1993–1995
Alan K. Simpson	Republican	Wyoming	1995–1997
Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	1997–2001
Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	West Virginia	2001–2003
Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	2003–2005
Larry Craig	Republican	Idaho	2005–2007
Daniel Akaka	Democratic	Hawaii	2007–2011
Patty Murray	Democratic	Washington	2011–2013
Bernie Sanders	Independent	Vermont	2013–2015
Johnny Isakson	Republican	Georgia	2015-present

See also

• United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs

External links

• United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs