United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.

Members, 114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma, Chair David Vitter, Louisiana John Barrasso, Wyoming Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Mike Crapo, Idaho John Boozman, Arkansas Jeff Sessions, Alabama Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Mike Rounds, South Dakota Dan Sullivan, Alaska	Barbara Boxer, California, Ranking Member Tom Carper, Delaware Ben Cardin, Maryland Bernie Sanders, Vermont[1] Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Jeff Merkley, Oregon Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Cory Booker, New Jersey Ed Markey, Massachusetts

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

Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Clean Air and Nuclear Safety	Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)	Tom Carper (D-DE)
Fisheries, Water and Wildlife	Dan Sullivan (R-AK)	Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight	Mike Rounds (R-SD)	Ed Markey (D-MA)
Transportation and Infrastructure	David Vitter (R-LA)	Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

Chairmen

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838–1857

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Francis E. Warren (R-WY) 1905
• Nathan B. 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

• 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

• 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
• Bob Smith (R-NH) 1999–2001
• Harry Reid (D-NV) 2001
• Bob Smith (R-NH) 2001
• James Jeffords (I-VT) 2001–2003
• James Inhofe (R-OK) 2003–2007
• Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 2007–2015
• James Inhofe (R-OK) 2015-present

References

1. Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.

External links

• 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