- United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
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The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate in charge of all senate matters related to the following subjects:
- Coast Guard
- Coastal zone management
- Communications
- "Green" Technologies and Practices
- Highway safety
- Inland waterways, except construction
- Interstate commerce
- Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation
- Marine fisheries
- Merchant marine and navigation
- Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences
- Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities
- Panama Canal and other interoceanic canals
- Regulation of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing
- Regulation of interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation
- Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy
- Sports
- Standards and measurement
- Transportation
- Transportation and commerce aspects of Continental Shelf lands
It also studies and reviews matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs, and reports on those findings.
Members, 112th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and the Ranking Member is Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas.
Majority Minority - Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia, Chairman
- Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
- John Kerry, Massachusetts
- Barbara Boxer, California
- Bill Nelson, Florida
- Maria Cantwell, Washington
- Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey
- Mark Pryor, Arkansas
- Claire McCaskill, Missouri
- Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Tom Udall, New Mexico
- Mark Warner, Virginia
- Mark Begich, Alaska
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, Ranking Member
- Olympia Snowe, Maine
- Jim DeMint, South Carolina
- John Thune, South Dakota
- Roger Wicker, Mississippi
- Johnny Isakson, Georgia
- Roy Blunt, Missouri
- John Boozman, Arkansas
- Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania
- Marco Rubio, Florida
- Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire
- Dean Heller, Nevada
Source: 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557
Subcommittees
Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Jim DeMint (R-SC) Communications, Technology, and the Internet John Kerry (D-MA) John Ensign (R-NV) Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance Mark Pryor (D-AR) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Mark Begich (D-AK) Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Science and Space Bill Nelson (D-FL) John Boozman (R-AR) Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) John Thune (R-SD) History
The original progenitors of this committee were:
- United States Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (1816–1825)
- United States Senate Committee on Commerce (1825–1946, 1961–1977)
- United States Senate Committee on Manufactures (1825–1855, 1864–1946)
- United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce (1885–1946)
- United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals (1899–1946)
- United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1946–1961)
- United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (1958–1977)
Chairmen
Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1816–1825
Chairman Party State Years William Hunter Federalist Rhode Island 1816–1817 Nathan Sanford Democratic-Republican New York 1817–1820 Mahlon Dickerson Democratic Republican New Jersey 1820–1825 Committee on Commerce, 1825–1947
Chairman Party State Years James Lloyd National Republican Massachusetts 1825–1826 Josiah Johnston National Republican Louisiana 1826–1827 Levi Woodbury Democratic New Hampshire 1827–1831 John Forsyth Democratic Georgia 1831–1832 William R. King Democratic Alabama 1832–1833 Nathaniel Silsbee Whig Massachusetts 1833–1835 John Davis Whig Massachusetts 1835–1836 William R. King Democratic Alabama 1836–1841 Jabez Huntington Whig Connecticut 1841–1845 William Haywood Democratic North Carolina 1845–1846 John Dix Democratic New York 1846–1849 Hannibal Hamlin Democratic Maine 1849–1856 Henry Dodge Democratic Wisconsin 1856–1857 Clement Claiborne Clay Democratic Alabama 1857–1861 Zachariah Chandler Republican Michigan 1861–1875 Roscoe Conkling Republican New York 1875–1879 John B. Gordon Democratic Georgia 1879–1880 Matt Ransom Democratic North Carolina 1880–1881 Samuel J. R. McMillan Republican Maine 1881–1887 William P. Frye Republican Maine 1887–1893 Matt Ransom Democratic North Carolina 1893–1895 William P. Frye Republican Maine 1895–1911 Knute Nelson Republican North Dakota 1911–1913 James P. Clarke Democratic Arkansas 1913–1916 Duncan U. Fletcher Democratic Florida 1916–1919 Wesley L. Jones Republican Washington 1919–1930 Hiram W. Johnson Republican California 1930–1933 Hubert D. Stephens Democratic Mississippi 1933–1935 Royal S. Copeland Democratic New York 1935–1939 Josiah W. Bailey Democratic North Carolina 1939–1947 Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1887–1947
Chairman Party State Years Shelby M. Cullom Republican Illinois 1887–1893 Matthew Butler Democratic South Carolina 1893–1895 Shelby M. Cullom Republican Illinois 1895–1901 Stephen Elkins Republican West Virginia 1901–1911 Moses E. Clapp Republican Minnesota 1911–1913 Francis G. Newlands Democratic Nevada 1913–1917 Ellison D. Smith Democratic South Carolina 1917–1919 Albert B. Cummins Republican Iowa 1919–1924 Ellison D. Smith Democratic South Carolina 1924–1925 James E. Watson Republican Indiana 1925–1928 James Couzens Republican Michigan 1928–1933 Clarence C. Dill Democratic Washington 1933–1935 Burton K. Wheeler Democratic Montana 1935–1947 Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1947–1961
Chairman Party State Years Wallace H. White, Jr. Republican Maine 1947–1949 Edwin C. Johnson Democratic Colorado 1949–1953 Charles W. Tobey Republican New Hampshire 1953 John W. Bricker Republican Ohio 1953–1955 Warren G. Magnuson Democratic Washington 1955–1961 Committee on Commerce, 1961–1977
Chairman Party State Years Warren G. Magnuson Democratic Washington 1961–1977 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1977-present
Chairman Party State Years Warren G. Magnuson Democratic Washington 1977–1978 Howard W. Cannon Democratic Nevada 1978–1981 Bob Packwood Republican Oregon 1981–1985 John Danforth Republican Missouri 1985–1987 Ernest F. Hollings Democratic South Carolina 1987–1995 Larry Pressler Republican South Dakota 1995–1997 John McCain Republican Arizona 1997–2001 Ernest F. Hollings Democratic South Carolina 2001 John McCain Republican Arizona 2001 Ernest F. Hollings Democratic South Carolina 2001–2003 John McCain Republican Arizona 2003–2005 Ted Stevens Republican Alaska 2005–2007 Daniel K. Inouye Democratic Hawaii 2007–2009 Jay Rockefeller Democratic West Virginia 2009-present External links
- Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation website
- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee member profiles at WhoRunsGov at The Washington Post
Categories:- Committees of the United States Senate
- Economy of the United States
- Science and technology in the United States
- Transportation in the United States
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