United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules.

Jurisdictional areas 1
Members, 113th Congress 2
Subcommittees 3
- Defunct subcommittees 3.1
Chairmen 4
- Education 1869–1870 4.1
- Education and Labor, 1884–1947 4.2
- Labor and Public Welfare, 1947–1977 4.3
- Human Resources, 1977–1979 4.4
- Labor and Human Resources, 1979–1999 4.5
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999–present 4.6
See also 5
References 6
External links 7

Jurisdictional areas

Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare
Aging
Agricultural colleges
Arts and humanities
Biomedical research and 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
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, 113th Congress

Majority	Minority
Tom Harkin, Iowa, Chairman Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Patty Murray, Washington Bernie Sanders,^[1] Vermont Bob Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Chris Murphy, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts	Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Ranking Member Mike Enzi, Wyoming Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Mark Kirk, Illinois Tim Scott, South Carolina

Source:

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Children and Families	Kay Hagan (D-NC)	Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Employment and Workplace Safety	Bob Casey (D-PA)	Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Primary Health and Aging	Bernie Sanders (I-VT)	Richard Burr (R-NC)

Defunct subcommittees

The committee has had other notable 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.

Chairmen

Education 1869–1870

Trent A. Tetzlaff (R-MO) 1869–1870

Education and Labor, 1884–1947

Frederick Sawyer (R-SC) 1870–1873
James W. Flanagan (R-TX) 1873–1875
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
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
Edward M. 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
Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 2001
James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 2001
Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 2001–2003
Judd Gregg (R-NH) 2003–2005
Michael Enzi (R-WY) 2005–2007
Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 2007–2009
Tom Harkin (D-IA) 2009–present

References

^ Sanders is an independent, but caucuses with the Democrats.

External links

Official Committee Page
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post

Current United States congressional committees

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Defunct committees

Categories

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Committees of the United States Senate
Health in the United States
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Organizations established in 1869
Labor in the United States

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