- United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to the Department of Homeland Security and other homeland security concerns, as well as the functioning of the government itself, including the National Archives, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, the Census, the federal civil service, the affairs of the District of Columbia, and the United States Postal Service. The committee's name was formerly the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, prior to homeland security being added to its responsibilities.
Contents
Members, 112th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Independent Democrat Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Ranking Member is Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Majority Minority - Joe Lieberman, Connecticut, Chairman[1]
- Carl Levin, Michigan
- Daniel Akaka, Hawaii
- Thomas R. Carper, Delaware
- Mark Pryor, Arkansas
- Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
- Claire McCaskill, Missouri
- Jon Tester, Montana
- Mark Begich, Alaska
- Susan Collins, Maine, Ranking Member
- Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
- Scott Brown, Massachusetts
- John McCain, Arizona
- Ron Johnson, Wisconsin
- Rob Portman, Ohio
- Rand Paul, Kentucky
- Jerry Moran, Kansas
Source: 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557
Subcommittees
Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Contracting Oversight (Ad Hoc) Claire McCaskill (D-MO) Rob Portman (R-OH) Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs (Ad Hoc) Mark Pryor (D-AR) Rand Paul (R-KY) Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security Thomas Carper (D-DE) Scott Brown (R-MA) Investigations (Permanent) Carl Levin (D-MI) Tom Coburn (R-OK) Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia Daniel Akaka (D-HI) Ron Johnson (R-WI) Chairmen
Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, 1921-1952
- Medill McCormick (R-Ill.) 1921-1925
- David A. Reed (R-Pa.) 1925-1927
- Frederic M. Sackett (R-Ky.) 1927-1930
- Guy D. Goff (R-W.Va.) 1930-1931
- Frederick Steiwer (R-Ore.) 1931-1933
- J. Hamilton Lewis (D-Ill.) 1933-1939
- Frederick Van Nuys (D-Ind.) 1939-1942
- Lister Hill (D-Ala.) 1942-1947
- George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) 1947-1949
- John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1949-1952
Committee on Government Operations, 1952-1977
- John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1952-1953
- Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) 1953-1955
- John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1955-1972
- Samuel J. Ervin Jr. (D-N.C.) 1972-1974
- Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-Conn.) 1974-1977
Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1977-2005
- Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-Conn.) 1977-1981
- William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1981-1987
- John H. Glenn Jr. (D-Ohio) 1987-1995
- William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1995
- Theodore F. Stevens (R-Alaska) 1995-1997
- Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 1997-2001
- Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) 2001
- Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 2001
- Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) 2001-2003
- Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2003-2005
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 2005-present
- Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2005-2007
- Joseph I. Lieberman (I/D-Conn.) 2007–present
References
- ^ Joe Lieberman is an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, and counts as a Democrat for committee purposes.
External links
Categories:- Committees of the United States Senate
- Disaster preparedness in the United States
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