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^[1] 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

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

2007 Walter Reed Hospital oversight issue

Main article: Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal

This senate committee came under scrutiny when its oversight role over Walter Reed Army Hospital was questioned following discoveries of negligent maintenance of certain facilities. The scrutiny escalated as individual members have been questioned on their individual negligence in overseeing this veterans' hospital.^[2]

References

↑ Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.
↑ Chicago Sun Times, Squabbles, no clear winner (Democratic candidate presidential debate), June 4, 2007

External links

United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Narcotics (Caucus) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Defunct committees

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, February 12, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.