United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Standing committee | |
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Active United States Senate 118th Congress | |
History | |
Formed | January 28, 1869 |
Leadership | |
Chair | Bernie Sanders (I) Since January 3, 2023 |
Ranking member | Bill Cassidy (R) Since January 3, 2023 |
Structure | |
Seats | 21 |
Political parties | Majority (11)
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Jurisdiction | |
Oversight authority | House Committee on Education and Labor |
Meeting place | |
428 Senate Dirksen Office Building, Washington, D.C. | |
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Rules | |
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction also extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules.
History
While currently known as the HELP Committee, the committee was originally founded on January 28, 1869, as the Committee on Education. Its name was changed to the Committee on Education and Labor on February 14, 1870, when petitions relating to labor were to its jurisdiction from the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The committee’s jurisdiction at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries focused largely on issues relating to federal employees’ working conditions and federal education aid. Prominent action considered by the committee in the 1910s and 1920s included the creation of a
In 1944, the jurisdiction of the
During the Administration of President
Jurisdictional areas
Under the Rule 25[2] of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following subject matters fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee:[3]
- Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare
- Aging
- Agricultural colleges
- Arts and humanities
- Biomedical researchand development
- Child labor
- Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce
- Domestic activities of the American Red Cross
- Equal employment opportunity
- Gallaudet University, Howard University, and St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.
- Individuals with disabilities
- Labor standards and labor statistics
- Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration, including the welfare of miners.
- Mine Safety and Health Administration
- Private pension plans
- Public health
- Railway labor and retirement
- Regulation of foreign laborers
- Student loans
- Wages and hours of labor, including the federal minimum wage
Members, 118th Congress
Majority[4] | Minority[5] |
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Subcommittees
Subcommittee Name | Chair[7] | Ranking Member[7] | ||
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Children and Families | Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) | Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) | ||
Employment and Workplace Safety | John Hickenlooper (D-CO) | Mike Braun (R-IN) | ||
Primary Health and Retirement Security | Ed Markey (D-MA) | Roger Marshall (R-KS)
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Historical members
110th Congress
Majority | Minority |
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Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Subcommittee on Children and Families | Chris Dodd (D-CT) | Lamar Alexander (R-TN) |
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety | Patty Murray (D-WA) | Johnny Isakson (R-GA) |
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
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Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) | Richard Burr (R-NC) |
111th Congress
The Committee was chaired by
Majority | Minority |
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Source: 2010 Congressional Record, Vol. 156, Page S6226 ,
Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Subcommittee on Children and Families | Chris Dodd (D-CT) | Lamar Alexander (R-TN) |
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety | Patty Murray (D-WA) | Johnny Isakson (R-GA) |
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
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Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) | Richard Burr (R-NC) |
112th Congress
Majority | Minority |
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Source: 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557
Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Subcommittee on Children and Families | Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) | Richard Burr (R-NC) |
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety | Patty Murray (D-WA) | Johnny Isakson (R-GA) |
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
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Bernie Sanders (I-VT)[6] | Rand Paul (R-KY) |
113th Congress
Majority | Minority |
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Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296 to 297
Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Children and Families | Kay Hagan (D-NC) | Michael Enzi (R-WY)
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Employment and Workplace Safety | Bob Casey (D-PA) | Johnny Isakson (R-GA) |
Primary Health and Aging
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Bernie Sanders (I-VT)[6] | Richard Burr (R-NC) |
114th Congress
Majority | Minority |
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Source [10]
Source: 2015 Congressional Record, Vol. 161, Page S67 to 68
Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Children and Families | Rand Paul (R-KY) | Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) |
Employment and Workplace Safety | Johnny Isakson (R-GA) | Al Franken (D-MN) |
Primary Health and Retirement Security | Mike Enzi (R-WY) | Bernie Sanders (I-VT)[6] |
115th Congress
Majority | Minority |
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116th Congress
Majority | Minority |
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Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Children and Families | Rand Paul (R-KY) | Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) |
Employment and Workplace Safety | Tim Scott (R-SC) | Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) |
Primary Health and Retirement Security | Mike Enzi (R-WY) | Bernie Sanders (I-VT)[6] |
117th Congress
Majority | Minority |
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Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Children and Families | Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) | Bill Cassidy (R-LA) |
Employment and Workplace Safety | John Hickenlooper (D-CO) | Mike Braun (R-IN) |
Primary Health and Retirement Security | Bernie Sanders (I-VT) | Susan Collins (R-ME) |
Defunct subcommittees
The committee has had other subcommittees in the past, such as:
- the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor during the 1950s through 1970s.
- the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research during the 1970s.
- the Subcommittee Investigating Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor, informally known as the "La Follette Civil Liberties Committee"
Chairpersons
Education 1869–1870
- Charles D. Drake (R-MO) 1869–1870
Education and Labor, 1870 – 1947
- Frederick Sawyer(R-SC) 1870–1873
- James W. Flanagan(R-TX) 1873–1875
- Orris S. Ferry (R-CT) 1875
- John J. Patterson (R-SC) 1875–1877
- Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) 1877–1879
- James E. Bailey (D-TN) 1879–1881
- Henry W. Blair (R-NH) 1881–1891
- Joseph M. Carey (R-WY) 1891–1893
- James H. Kyle (PO-SD) 1893–1895
- George Shoup(R-ID) 1895–1897
- James H. Kyle (PO-SD) 1897–1901
- Louis McComas(R-MD) 1901–1905
- Boies Penrose (R-PA) 1905
- Jonathan P. Dolliver (R-IA) 1905–1909
- William E. Borah(R-ID) 1909–1913
- Hoke Smith (D-GA) 1913–1919
- William S. Kenyon (R-IA) 1919–1922
- William E. Borah(R-ID) 1922–1924
- Lawrence C. Phipps (R-CO) 1924–1926
- James Couzens (R-MI) 1926–1929
- Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI) 1929–1933
- David I. Walsh (D-MA) 1933–1937
- Hugo L. Black(D-AL) 1937
- Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) 1937–1945
- James E. Murray (D-MT) 1945–1947
Labor and Public Welfare, 1947–1977
- Robert A. Taft (R-OH) 1947–1949
- Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) 1949–1951
- James E. Murray (D-MT) 1951–1953
- H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) 1953–1955
- Lister Hill(D-AL) 1955–1969
- Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) 1969–1971
- Harrison A. Williams, Jr.(D-NJ) 1971–1977
Human Resources, 1977–1979
- Harrison A. Williams, Jr.(D-NJ) 1977–1979
Labor and Human Resources, 1979–1999
- Harrison A. Williams, Jr.(D-NJ) 1979–1981
- Orrin G. Hatch(R-UT) 1981–1987
- Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 1987–1995
- Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) 1995–1997
- James M. Jeffords(R-VT) 1997–1999
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 1999–present
- James M. Jeffords(R-VT) 1999–2001
- Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2001
- James M. Jeffords(R-VT) 2001
- Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2001–2003
- Judd Gregg (R-NH) 2003–2005
- Michael Enzi(R-WY) 2005–2007
- Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2007–2009
- Chris Dodd (D-CT) 2009, acting
- Tom Harkin (D-IA) 2009–2015
- Lamar Alexander (R-TN) 2015–2021
- Patty Murray (D-WA) 2021–2023
- Bernie Sanders (I-VT)[6] 2023–present
See also
- List of current United States Senate committees
- Health education
References
- ^ "U.S. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. 1/19/1999- Organization Authority Record". National Archives.
- ^ "Rule XXV - Standing Committees" (PDF). govinfo.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "About". help.senate.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ S.Res. 30 (118th Congress)
- ^ S.Res. 31 (118th Congress)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.
- ^ a b "Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee - Subcommittees, 118th Congress". Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ Paul Kane, Ben Pershing. "Dodd Decides Against Taking Over Senate Health Committee". Washington Post.
- ^ "Life after Ted Kennedy: all eyes on Chris Dodd - politico.com". Politico. September 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions". senate.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "RULES OF PROCEDURE" (PDF). govinfo.gov. 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
External links
- Official Committee Page (Archive)
- Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.