- United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
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The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.
Members, 112th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Barbara Boxer of California, and the Ranking Member is Republican James Inhofe of Oklahoma.
Majority Minority - Barbara Boxer, California, Chairwoman
- Max Baucus, Montana
- Tom Carper, Delaware
- Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey
- Ben Cardin, Maryland
- Bernie Sanders, Vermont[1]
- Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
- Tom Udall, New Mexico
- Jeff Merkley, Oregon
- Kirsten Gillibrand, New York
- Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma, Ranking Member
- David Vitter, Louisiana
- John Barrasso, Wyoming
- Jeff Sessions, Alabama
- Mike Crapo, Idaho
- Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
- Mike Johanns, Nebraska
- John Boozman, Arkansas
Source: 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557
Subcommittees
Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Children's Health and Environmental Responsibility Tom Udall (D-NM) Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) John Barrasso (R-WY) Green Jobs and the New Economy Bernie Sanders (I-VT) John Boozman (R-AR) Oversight Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Mike Johanns (R-NE) Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Transportation and Infrastructure Max Baucus (D-MT) David Vitter (R-LA) Water and Wildlife Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) Jeff Sessions (R-AL) 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
- Nathan 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
- Robert C. Smith (R-NH) 1999-2001
- Harry Reid (D-NV) 2001
- Robert C. Smith (R-NH) 2001
- James Jeffords (I-VT) 2001-2003
- James Inhofe (R-OK) 2003-2007
- Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 2007-present
References
- ^ 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 at WhoRunsGov at The Washington Post
Categories:- Committees of the United States Senate
- Environment of the United States
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