United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
- United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging was initially established in 1961 as a temporary committee; it became a permanent committee in 1977. As a special committee, it has no legislative authority, but it studies issues related to older Americans, particularly Medicare and Social Security.[cite web | title=About the Aging Committee | work=U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging | url=http://aging.senate.gov/about.cfm | accessmonthday=October 14 | accessyear=2005] ]Prior to the passage of Medicare, the committee was studying health care insurance coverage for elderly American citizens. The committee conducts oversight of the Medicare program, Social Security and the Older Americans Act. Some of the issues that have been examined by the committee include unacceptable conditions in nursing homes, protection from age discrimination, and pricing practices for prescription drugs.["Ibid."] ]
=Members, 110th Congress=
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Gordon Smith of Oregon.
Chairman
The following is a limited list of Past Chairman:
*Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ), 1967-1971
*Frank Church (D-ID), 1971-1979
*Lawton Chiles (D-FL) 1979-1981
*H. John Heinz III (R-PA), 1981-1987
*John Melcher (D-MT), 1987-1989
*David Pryor (D-AR), 1989-1995
*William Cohen (R-ME), 1995-1997
*Charles Grassley (R-IA), 1997-2001
*John Breaux (D-LA), 2001[Pursuant to USBill|107|SRes|7 John Breaux served as chairman from January 3, 2001 until noon on January 20, 2001. Larry Craig served as chairman from noon on January 20, 2001 until June 6, 2001.] ]
*Larry Craig (R-ID), 2001
*John Breaux (D-LA), 2001-2003
*Larry Craig (R-ID), 2003-2005
*Gordon Smith (R-OR), 2005-2007
*Herb Kohl (D-WI), 2007-PresentExternal links
* [http://aging.senate.gov/ Committee Website]
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