United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules.

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

Members, 114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Chair Mike Enzi, Wyoming Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Susan Collins, Maine Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Mark Kirk, Illinois Tim Scott, South Carolina Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Bill Cassidy, Louisiana	Patty Murray, Washington, Ranking Member Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Bernie Sanders,^[1] Vermont Bob Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Chris Murphy, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts

Source:

Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Children and Families	Rand Paul (R-KY)	Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
Employment and Workplace Safety	Johnny Isakson (R-GA)	Al Franken (D-MN)
Primary Health and Retirement Security	Mike Enzi (R-WY)	Bernie Sanders (I-VT)^[1]

Historical members

Members, 110th Congress

Majority
	Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts, Chairman
	Chris Dodd, Connecticut, Vice Chairman
	Tom Harkin, Iowa
	Barbara Mikulski, Maryland
	Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico
	Patty Murray, Washington
	Jack Reed, Rhode Island
	Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York
	Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[1]
	Sherrod Brown, Ohio
	Barack Obama, Illinois, until November 2008

Minority
	Mike Enzi, Wyoming, Ranking Minority Member
	Judd Gregg, New Hampshire
	Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
	Richard Burr, North Carolina
	Johnny Isakson, Georgia
	Lisa Murkowski, Alaska
	Orrin Hatch, Utah
	Pat Roberts, Kansas
	Wayne Allard, Colorado
	Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Children and Families	Chris Dodd (D-CT)	Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety	Patty Murray (D-WA)	Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging	Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)	Richard Burr (R-NC)

Members, 111th Congress

The Committee was chaired by Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts until his death on August 25, 2009. Under seniority rules, Acting Chairman Christopher Dodd was next in line, but chose instead to remain chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.^[2] Tom Harkin, next in line for seniority, assumed the chairmanship on September 9, 2009, vacating his post as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.^[3]

Majority	Minority
Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts, Chair, until August 25, 2009 Tom Harkin, Iowa, Chairman, from September 9, 2009 Chris Dodd, Connecticut, Acting chair, August 25, 2009 – September 9, 2009 Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Patty Murray, Washington Jack Reed, Rhode Island Bernie Sanders,^[1] Vermont Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Jeff Merkley, Oregon Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Carte Goodwin, West Virginia, July 2011 – November 2011 Joe Manchin, West Virginia, from November 2011	Mike Enzi, Wyoming, Ranking Member Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia John McCain, Arizona Orrin Hatch, Utah Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Pat Roberts, Kansas

Source: 2010 Congressional Record, Vol. 156, Page S6226 ,

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Children and Families	Chris Dodd (D-CT)	Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety	Patty Murray (D-WA)	Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging	Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)	Richard Burr (R-NC)

Members, 112th Congress

The chairman of the committee is Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa, and the Ranking Member is Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming.

Majority	Minority
Tom Harkin, Iowa, Chairman Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Patty Murray, Washington Bernie Sanders,^[1] Vermont Bob Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Jeff Merkley, Oregon Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut	Mike Enzi, Wyoming, Ranking Member Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Orrin Hatch, Utah John McCain, Arizona Pat Roberts, Kansas Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Mark Kirk, Illinois

Source: 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
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)^[1]	Rand Paul (R-KY)

Members, 113th Congress

Majority	Minority
Patty Murray, Washington, Ranking Member Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Tom Harkin, Iowa Bernie Sanders,^[1] Vermont Bob Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Chris Murphy, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts	Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Chair Mike Enzi, Wyoming Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Mark Kirk, Illinois Tim Scott, South Carolina

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

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Children and Families	Kay Hagan (D-NC)	Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Employment and Workplace Safety	Bob Casey (D-PA)	Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Primary Health and Aging	Bernie Sanders (I-VT)^[1]	Richard Burr (R-NC)

Defunct subcommittees

The committee has had other 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.
the Subcommittee Investigating Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor, informally known as the "La Follette Civil Liberties Committee"

Chairmen

Education 1869–1870

Charles D. Drake (R-MO) 1869–1870

Education and Labor, 1870 – 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
Boies Penrose (R-PA) 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

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

Human Resources, 1977–1979

Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1977–1979

Labor and Human Resources, 1979–1999

Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1979–1981
Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 1981–1987
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 1987–1995
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) 1995–1997
James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 1997–1999

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999–present

James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 1999–2001
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2001
James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 2001
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2001–2003
Judd Gregg (R-NH) 2003–2005
Michael Enzi (R-WY) 2005–2007
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2007–2009
Tom Harkin (D-IA) 2009–2014
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) 2015–present

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with the Democrats and counts as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments.
↑ Paul Kane, Ben Pershing. "Dodd Decides Against Taking Over Senate Health Committee". Washington Post.
↑ "Life after Ted Kennedy: all eyes on Chris Dodd - politico.com". Retrieved February 19, 2010.

External links

Official Committee Page
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post

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