Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Office: SR-328A 20510-6000

Phone: 224-2035

Web: http://agriculture.senate.gov

Staff Director: Mark B. Halverson

Minority Staff Director: Martha Scott Poindexter

Jurisdiction: (1) agricultural economics and agricultural research; (2) agricultural extension services and agricultural experiment stations; (3) agricultural production, agricultural marketing, and stabilization of prices; (4) agriculture and agricultural commodities; (5) animal industry and animal diseases; (6) crop insurance and soil conservation; (7) farm credit and farm security; (8) food from fresh waters; (9) food stamp programs; (10) forestry and forest reserves and wilderness areas other than those created from the public domain; (11) home economics; (12) human nutrition; (13) inspection of livestock, meat, and agricultural products and commodities; (14) pests and pesticides; (15) plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering; (16) rural development, rural electrification, and watersheds; (17) school nutrition programs. The committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to food, nutrition, and hunger, both in the United States and in foreign countries, and rural affairs. Party Ratio: D 12-R 9

Subcommittees

Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health

Office: SR-328A Phone: 224-2035

Max S. Baucus (Chair), Kent Conrad, Debbie Stabenow, E. Benjamin Nelson, E. Benjamin Nelson, Robert P. Casey

Mitch McConnell (Ranking Minority Member), Pat Roberts, John Thune

Energy, Science, and Technology

Office: SR-328A Phone: 224-2035

Kent Conrad (Chair), E. Benjamin Nelson, Sherrod Brown, Robert P. Casey, Amy Klobuchar

John Thune (Ranking Minority Member), Richard G. Lugar, Charles E. Grassley

Nutrition and Food Assistance, Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, and General Legislation

Office: SR-328A Phone: 224-2035

Patrick Leahy (Chair), Blanche L. Lincoln, Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown, Robert P. Casey, Amy Klobuchar Richard G. Lugar (Ranking Minority Member), Thad Cochran, Mitch McConnell

Production, Income Protection and Price Support

Office: SR-328A Phone: 224-2035

Blanche L. Lincoln (Chair), Patrick Leahy, Kent Conrad, Max S. Baucus, Sherrod Brown, Amy Klobuchar

Pat Roberts (Ranking Minority Member), Thad Cochran, John Thune, Charles E. Grassley

Rural Revitalization, Conservation, and Forestry and Credit

Office: SR-328A Phone: 224-2035

Debbie Stabenow (Chair), Patrick Leahy, Max S. Baucus, Blanche L. Lincoln, E. Benjamin Nelson

Richard G. Lugar (Ranking Minority Member), Thad Cochran, Mitch McConnell

Appropriations

Office: S-131 CAP 20510-6025

Phone: 224-7363

Web: http://apropriations.senate.gov

Staff Director: Charles J. Houy

Minority Staff Director: Bruce M. Evans 224-7257 S-146A CAP

Jurisdiction: (1) appropriation of the revenue for the support of the government, except as provided in subparagraph (e); (2) rescission of appropriations contained in appropriation acts (referred to in section 105 of title 1, United States Code); (3) the amount of new spending authority described in section 401 (c) (2) (A) and (B) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which is to be effective for a fiscal year; (4) new spending authority described in section 401 (c) (2) (C) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 provided in bills and resolutions referred to the committee under section 401 (b) (2) of that Act.

Party Ratio: D 18-R 12

Subcommittees

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

Office: SD-129 Phone: 224-8090

Herb Kohl (Chair), Tom Harkin, Byron L. Dorgan, Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Tim Johnson, E. Benjamin Nelson, Jack Reed, Mark Pryor

Sam Brownback (Ranking Minority Member), Robert F. Bennett, Thad Cochran, Christopher S. Bond, Mitch McConnell, Susan M. Collins

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Office: SD-144 Phone: 224-5202

Barbara A. Mikulski (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, Patrick Leahy, Herb Kohl, Byron L. Dorgan, Dianne Feinstein, Jack Reed, Frank R. Lautenberg, E. Benjamin Nelson, Mark Pryor

Richard C. Shelby (Ranking Minority Member), Judd Gregg, Mitch McConnell, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sam Brownback, Lamar Alexander, George V. Voinovich, Lisa Murkowski

Defense

Office: SD-119 Phone: 224-6688

Daniel K. Inouye (Chair), Robert C. Byrd, Patrick Leahy, Tom Harkin, Byron L. Dorgan, Richard J. Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara A. Mikulski, Herb Kohl, Patty Murray

Thad Cochran (Ranking Minority Member), Christopher S. Bond, Mitch McConnell, Richard C. Shelby, Judd Gregg, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Robert F. Bennett

Energy and Water Development

Office: SD-186 Phone: 224-8119

Byron L. Dorgan (Chair), Robert C. Byrd, Patty Murray, Dianne Feinstein, Tim Johnson, Mary L. Landrieu, Jack Reed, Frank R. Lautenberg, Tom Harkin, Jon Tester

Robert F. Bennett (Ranking Minority Member), Thad Cochran, Mitch McConnell, Christopher S. Bond, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard C. Shelby, Lamar Alexander, George V. Voinovich

Financial Services and General Government

Office: SD-184 Phone: 224-1133

Richard J. Durbin (Chair), Mary L. Landrieu, Frank R. Lautenberg, E. Benjamin Nelson, Jon Tester

Susan M. Collins (Ranking Minority Member), Christopher S. Bond, Lisa Murkowski

Homeland Security

Office: 131 CAP Phone: 224-8244

Robert C. Byrd (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, Patrick Leahy, Barbara A. Mikulski, Herb Kohl, Patty Murray, Mary L. Landrieu, Frank R. Lautenberg, Jon Tester

George V. Voinovich (Ranking Minority Member), Thad Cochran, Judd Gregg, Richard C. Shelby, Sam Brownback

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Office: SD-131 Phone: 228-0774

Dianne Feinstein (Chair), Robert C. Byrd, Patrick Leahy, Byron L. Dorgan, Barbara A. Mikulski, Herb Kohl, Tim Johnson, Jack Reed, E. Benjamin Nelson, Jon Tester Lamar Alexander (Ranking Minority Member), Thad Cochran, Robert F. Bennett, Judd Gregg, Lisa Murkowski, Susan M. Collins, George V. Voinovich

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Office: SD-131 Phone: 224-9145

Tom Harkin (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, Herb Kohl, Patty Murray, Mary L. Landrieu, Richard J. Durbin, Jack Reed, Mark Pryor

Thad Cochran (Ranking Minority Member), Judd Gregg, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard C. Shelby, Lamar Alexander

[Page 806]Legislative Branch

Office: SD-135 Phone: 224-3477

E. Benjamin Nelson (Chair), Mark Pryor, Jon Tester Lisa Murkowski (Ranking Minority Member)

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

Office: SD-125 Phone: 224-8224

Tim Johnson (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, Mary L. Landrieu, Robert C. Byrd, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, E. Benjamin Nelson, Mark Pryor

Kay Bailey Hutchison (Ranking Minority Member), Sam Brownback, Mitch McConnell, Susan M. Collins, Lamar Alexander, Lisa Murkowski

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Office: SD-127 Phone: 224-7284

Patrick Leahy (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, Tom Harkin, Barbara A. Mikulski, Richard J. Durbin, Tim Johnson, Mary L. Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg

Judd Gregg (Ranking Minority Member), Mitch McConnell, Robert F. Bennett, Christopher S. Bond, Sam Brownback

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Office: SD-133 Phone: 224-7281

Patty Murray (Chair), Robert C. Byrd, Barbara A. Mikulski, Herb Kohl, Richard J. Durbin, Byron L. Dorgan, Patrick Leahy, Tom Harkin, Dianne Feinstein, Tim Johnson, Frank R. Lautenberg

Christopher S. Bond (Ranking Minority Member), Richard C. Shelby, Robert F. Bennett, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sam Brownback, Lamar Alexander, Susan M. Collins, George V. Voinovich

Armed Services

Office: SR-228 20510-6050

Phone: 224-3871

Web: http://armed-services.senate.gov

Staff Director: Richard D. DeBobes

Minority Staff Director: Joseph W. Bowab 224-4928

Jurisdiction: (1) aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations; (2) common defense; (3) Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally; (4) military research and development; (5) national security aspects of nuclear energy; (6) naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska; (7) pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the armed forces, including overseas education of civilian and military dependents; (8) Selective Service System; (9) strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense. The committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to the common defense policy of the United States.

Party Ratio: D 15-R 11

Subcommittees

Airland

Office: SR-228 Phone: 224-3871

Joseph I. Lieberman (Chair), Evan Bayh, James H. Webb, Claire McCaskill, Kay Hagan, Mark Begich, Roland W. Burris

John Thune (Ranking Minority Member), James M. Inhofe, Jeff Sessions, Saxby Chambliss, Richard M. Burr

Emerging Threats and Capabilities

Office: SR-228 Phone: 224-3871

Jack Reed (Chair), Edward M. Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, Bill Nelson, E. Benjamin Nelson, Evan Bayh, Mark Udall

Roger F. Wicker (Ranking Minority Member), Lindsey O. Graham, Mel Martinez, Richard M. Burr, Susan M. Collins

Personnel

Office: SR-228 Phone: 224-3871

E. Benjamin Nelson (Chair), Edward M. Kennedy, Joseph I. Lieberman, Daniel K. Akaka, James H. Webb, Claire McCaskill, Kay Hagan, Mark Begich, Roland W. Burris

Lindsey O. Graham (Ranking Minority Member), Saxby Chambliss, John Thune, Mel Martinez, Roger F. Wicker, David Vitter, Susan M. Collins

Readiness and Management Support

Office: SR-228 Phone: 224-3871

Evan Bayh (Chair), Robert C. Byrd, Daniel K. Akaka, Claire McCaskill, Mark Udall, Roland W. Burris

Richard M. Burr (Ranking Minority Member), James M. Inhofe, Saxby Chambliss, John Thune

Seapower

Office: SR-228 Phone: 224-3871

Edward M. Kennedy (Chair), Joseph I. Lieberman, Jack Reed, Daniel K. Akaka, Bill Nelson, James H. Webb, Kay Hagan

Mel Martinez (Ranking Minority Member), Jeff Sessions, Roger F. Wicker, David Vitter, Susan M. Collins

[Page 807]Strategic Forces

Office: SR-228 Phone: 224-3871

Bill Nelson (Chair), Robert C. Byrd, Jack Reed, E. Benjamin Nelson, Mark Udall, Mark Begich

Jeff Sessions (Ranking Minority Member), James M. Inhofe, Lindsey O. Graham, David Vitter

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Office: SD-534 20510-6075

Phone: 224-7391

Fax: 224-5137

Web: http://banking.senate.gov

Staff Director (Acting): Colin P.J. McGinnis

Minority Staff Director: William D. Duhnke

Jurisdiction: (1) banks, banking, and financial institutions; (2) financial aid to commerce and industry; (3) deposit insurance; (4) public and private housing; (5) federal monetary policy (including the Federal Reserve System); (6) money and credit, including currency and coinage; (7) issuance and redemption of notes; (8) commodity price controls; (9) rent controls; (10) urban development and urban mass transit; (11) economic stabilization and defense production; (12) export controls; (13) export and foreign trade promotion; (14) nursing home construction; (15) renegotiation of government contracts. In addition, the committee is mandated to study and review all matters relating to international economic policy as it affects U.S. monetary affairs, credit, and financial institutions, economic growth, and urban affairs.

Party Ratio: D 13-R 10

Subcommittees

Economic Policy

Office: SR-455 Phone: 224-2315

Sherrod Brown (Chair), Jon Tester, Jeff Merkley, Christopher J. Dodd

Jim DeMint

Financial Institutions

Office: SH-136 Phone: 224-5842

Tim Johnson (Chair), Jack Reed, Charles E. Schumer, Evan Bayh, Robert Menendez, Daniel K. Akaka, Jon Tester, Herb Kohl, Jeff Merkley, Michael F. Bennet

Michael D. Crapo (Ranking Minority Member), Robert F. Bennett, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim Bunning, Mel Martinez, Bob Corker, Jim DeMint

Housing, Transportation, and Community Development

Office: SH-317 Phone: 224-4744

Robert Menendez (Chair), Tim Johnson, Jack Reed, Charles E. Schumer, Daniel K. Akaka, Sherrod Brown, Jon Tester, Herb Kohl, Mark Warner, Jeff Merkley

David Vitter (Ranking Minority Member), Kay Bailey Hutchison, Robert F. Bennett, Mike Johanns, Michael D. Crapo, Mel Martinez, Jim DeMint

Securities, Insurance, and Investment

Office: SH-728 Phone: 224-4642

Jack Reed (Chair), Tim Johnson, Charles E. Schumer, Evan Bayh, Robert Menendez, Daniel K. Akaka, Sherrod Brown, Mark Warner, Michael F. Bennet, Christopher J. Dodd

Jim Bunning (Ranking Minority Member), Mel Martinez, Robert F. Bennett, Michael D. Crapo, David Vitter, Mike Johanns, Bob Corker

Security and International Trade and Finance

Office: SR-131 Phone: 224-5623

Evan Bayh (Chair), Herb Kohl, Mark Warner, Michael F. Bennet, Christopher J. Dodd

Bob Corker (Ranking Minority Member), Mike Johanns

Budget

Office: SD-624 20510-6100

Phone: 224-0642

Fax: 228-2007

Web: http://budget.senate.gov

Staff Director: Mary A. Naylor 224-0862

Minority Staff Director: Cheryl J. Reidy 224-0856

Jurisdiction: (1) all concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in Section 3 (a) (4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and all other matters required to be referred to that committee under Titles III and IV of that Act, and messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating thereto. (2) The committee shall have the duty (A) to report the matters required to be reported by it under Titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; (B) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies to the Senate on a recurring basis; (C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and to report the results of such studies to the Senate on a recurring basis; and (D) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties.

Party Ratio: D 13-R 10

Kent Conrad, N.D., Chair

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Office: SR-254 20510-6125

Phone: 224-0411 Fax: 228-0303

Web: http://commerce.senate.gov

Staff Director: Ellen Doneski 224-0411

Minority Staff Director: Christine Kurth 224-1251 SD-560

Jurisdiction: (1) United States Coast Guard (Homeland Security); (2) coastal zone management; (3) communications; (4) highway safety; (5) inland waterways, except construction; (6) interstate commerce; (7) marine and ocean navigation, marine and ocean safety, and marine and ocean transportation, including navigational aspects of deepwater ports; (8) marine fisheries; (9) United States Merchant Marine and navigation; (10) non-military aeronautical and space sciences; (11) oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities; (12) Panama Canal and interoceanic canals generally, except as provided in subparagraph (c); (13) regulation of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing; (14) regulation of interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation; (15) science research, development, and policy, engineering research, development, and policy, and technology research, development, and policy; (16) sports; (17) standards and measurement; (18) transportation; (19) transportation and commerce aspects of Outer Continental Shelf land. The committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs.

Party Ratio: D 14-R 11

Subcommittees

Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security

Office: SH-427 Phone: 224-9000

Byron L. Dorgan (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, John F. Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Bill Nelson, Maria Cantwell, Frank R. Lautenberg, Mark Pryor, Claire McCaskill, Amy Klobuchar, Mark Warner, Mark Begich

Jim DeMint (Ranking Minority Member), Olympia J. Snowe, John Ensign, John Thune, Roger F. Wicker, Johnny Isakson, David Vitter, Sam Brownback, Mel Martinez, Mike Johanns

Communications, Technology, and the Internet

Office: SH-427 Phone: 224-0415

John F. Kerry (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, Byron L. Dorgan, Bill Nelson, Maria Cantwell, Frank R. Lautenberg, Mark Pryor, Claire McCaskill, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Udall, Mark Warner, Mark Begich

John Ensign (Ranking Minority Member), Olympia J. Snowe, Jim DeMint, John Thune, Roger F. Wicker, Johnny Isakson, David Vitter, Sam Brownback, Mel Martinez, Mike Johanns

Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion

Office: SH-428 Phone: 224-1270

Amy Klobuchar (Chair), John F. Kerry, Byron L. Dorgan, Claire McCaskill, Tom Udall, Mark Warner, Mark Begich

Mel Martinez (Ranking Minority Member), John Ensign, Jim DeMint, John Thune, Sam Brownback, Mike Johanns

Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance

Office: SH-428 Phone: 224-1270

Mark Pryor (Chair), Byron L. Dorgan, Barbara Boxer, Bill Nelson, Claire McCaskill, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Udall

Roger F. Wicker (Ranking Minority Member), Olympia J. Snowe, Jim DeMint, John Thune, Johnny Isakson, David Vitter

Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard

Office: SD-425 Phone: 224-4912

Maria Cantwell (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, John F. Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Frank R. Lautenberg, Mark Begich

Olympia J. Snowe (Ranking Minority Member), Roger F. Wicker, Johnny Isakson, David Vitter, Mel Martinez

Science and Space

Office: SH-427 Phone: 224-0415

Bill Nelson (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, John F. Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Mark Pryor, Tom Udall, Mark Warner

David Vitter (Ranking Minority Member), Olympia J. Snowe, John Ensign, John Thune, Johnny Isakson, Mike Johanns

[Page 809]Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security

Office: SH-427 Phone: 224-9000

Frank R. Lautenberg (Chair), Daniel K. Inouye, John F. Kerry, Byron L. Dorgan, Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Mark Pryor, Tom Udall, Mark Warner, Mark Begich

John Thune (Ranking Minority Member), Olympia J. Snowe, John Ensign, Jim DeMint, Roger F. Wicker, Johnny Isakson, David Vitter, Sam Brownback, Mike Johanns

Energy and Natural Resources

Office: SD-304 20510-6150

Phone: 224-4971

Fax: 224-6163

Web: http://energy.senate.gov/public/

Staff Director: Robert M. Simon

Minority Staff Director: McKie Campbell

Jurisdiction: (1) coal production, distribution, and utilization; (2) energy policy; (3) energy regulation and energy conservation; (4) energy related aspects of deepwater ports; (5) energy research and development; (6) extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer Continental Shelf lands; (7) hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation; (8) mining education and research; (9) mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and mineral conservation; (10) national parks, recreation areas, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic sites, military parks and battlefields, and on the public domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest; (11) naval petroleum reserves in Alaska; (12) non-military development of nuclear energy; (13) oil and gas production and distribution; (14) public lands and forests, including farming and grazing thereon, and mineral extraction therefrom; (15) solar energy systems; (16) territorial possessions of the United States, including trusteeships; international energy affairs and emergency preparedness; nuclear waste policy; privatization of federal assets; Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil or gas pipeline transportation systems within Alaska; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971; Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980; Antarctic research and energy development; Arctic research and energy development; Native Hawaiian matters. The Committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to energy and resources development.

Party Ratio: D 13-R 10

Subcommittees

Energy

Office: SD-304 Phone: 224-4971

Maria Cantwell (Chair), Byron L. Dorgan, Ron Wyden, Mary L. Landrieu, Robert Menendez, Bernard Sanders, Evan Bayh, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Jeanne Shaheen

James E. Risch (Ranking Minority Member), Richard M. Burr, John Barrasso, Sam Brownback, Robert F. Bennett, Jim Bunning, Jeff Sessions, Bob Corker

National Parks

Office: SD-304 Phone: 224-4971

Mark Udall (Chair), Byron L. Dorgan, Mary L. Landrieu, Robert Menendez, Blanche L. Lincoln, Bernard Sanders, Evan Bayh, Debbie Stabenow

Richard M. Burr (Ranking Minority Member), John Barrasso, Sam Brownback, John McCain, Jim Bunning, Bob Corker

Public Lands and Forests

Office: SD-304 Phone: 224-4971

Ron Wyden (Chair), Tim Johnson, Mary L. Landrieu, Maria Cantwell, Robert Menendez, Blanche L. Lincoln, Mark Udall, Jeanne Shaheen

John Barrasso (Ranking Minority Member), James E. Risch, John McCain, Robert F. Bennett, Jeff Sessions, Bob Corker

Water and Power

Office: SD-304 Phone: 224-4971

Tim Johnson (Chair), Byron L. Dorgan, Ron Wyden, Maria Cantwell, Ken Salazar, Blanche L. Lincoln, Jon Tester

Debbie Stabenow (Ranking Minority Member), Byron L. Dorgan, Tim Johnson, Maria Cantwell, Blanche L. Lincoln, Bernard Sanders, Evan Bayh, Jeanne Shaheen

Environment and Public Works

Office: SD-410 20510-6175 Phone: 224-8832

Web: http://epw.senate.gov/public

Staff Director: Bettina Poirier

Minority Staff Director: Ruth H. Van Mark 224-6176 SD-415

Jurisdiction: (1) air pollution; (2) construction and maintenance of highways; (3) environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands; (4) environmental effects of toxic substances, other than pesticides; (5) environmental policy; (6) environmental research and development; (7) fisheries and wildlife; (8) flood [Page 810]control and improvements of rivers and harbors, including environmental aspects of deepwater ports; (9) noise pollution; (10) non-military environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy; (11) ocean dumping; (12) public buildings and improved grounds of the United States generally, including Federal buildings in the District of Columbia; (13) public works, bridges, and dams; (14) regional economic development; (15) solid waste disposal and recycling; (16) water pollution; (17) water resources. The committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental protection and resource utilization and conservation.

Party Ratio: D 12-R 7

Subcommittees

Children's Health

Office: SD-410 Phone: 224-8832

Amy Klobuchar (Chair), Tom Udall, Jeff Merkley

Lamar Alexander (Ranking Minority Member),

Clean Air and Nuclear Safety

Office: SD-410 Phone: 224-8832

Thomas R. Carper (Chair), Max S. Baucus, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bernard Sanders, Jeff Merkley

David Vitter (Ranking Minority Member), George V. Voinovich, Christopher S. Bond

Green Jobs and the New Economy

Office: SD-410 Phone: 224-8832

Bernard Sanders (Chair), Thomas R. Carper, Kirsten Gillibrand

Christopher S. Bond (Ranking Minority Member), George V. Voinovich

Oversight

Office: SD-410 Phone: 224-8832

Sheldon Whitehouse (Chair), Tom Udall, Kirsten Gillibrand

John Barrasso (Ranking Minority Member), David Vitter

Transportation and Infrastructure

Office: SD-410 Phone: 224-8832

Max S. Baucus (Chair), Thomas R. Carper, Frank Lautenberg, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bernard Sanders, Amy Klobuchar

George V. Voinovich (Ranking Minority Member), David Vitter, John Barrasso

Water and Wildlife

Office: SD-410 Phone: 224-8832

Benjamin L. Cardin (Chair), Frank Lautenberg, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tom Udall, Jeff Merkley

Michael D. Crapo (Ranking Minority Member), John Barrasso, Lamar Alexander

FINANCE

Office: SD-219 20510-6200

Phone: 224-4515

Web: http://finance.senate.gov

Staff Director: Russell W. Sullivan

Minority Staff Director: Kolan L. Davis

Jurisdiction: (1) bonded debt of the United States, except as provided in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; (2) customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery; (3) deposit of public moneys; (4) general revenue sharing; (5) health programs under the Social Security Act and health programs financed by a specific tax or trust fund; (6) Social Security; (7) reciprocal trade agreements; (8) revenue measures generally, except as provided in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; (9) revenue measures relating to the insular possessions; (10) tariffs and import quotas, and matters related thereto; (11) transportation of dutiable goods.

Party Ratio: D 13-R 10

Subcommittees

Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure

Office: SD-219 Phone: 224-4515

Jeff Bingaman (Chair), Kent Conrad, John F. Kerry, Blanche Lincoln, Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, Bill Nelson, Thomas R. Carper

[Page 811]Jim Bunning, Michael D. Crapo, John Cornyn, Orrin G. Hatch, Michael B. Enzi

Health Care

Office: SD-219 Phone: 224-4515

John D. Rockefeller (Chair), Jeff Bingaman, John F. Kerry, Blanche L. Lincoln, Ron Wyden, Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, Bill Nelson, Robert Menendez, Thomas R. Carper

Orrin G. Hatch (Ranking Minority Member), Olympia J. Snowe, John Ensign, Michael B. Enzi, John Cornyn, Jon Kyl, Jim Bunning, Michael D. Crapo

International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness

Office: SD-219 Phone: 224-4515

Ron Wyden (Chair), John D. Rockefeller, Jeff Bingaman, John F. Kerry, Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, Robert Menendez

Michael D. Crapo (Ranking Minority Member), Olympia J. Snowe, Jim Bunning, Pat Roberts

Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy

Office: SD-219 Phone: 224-4515

Blanche L. Lincoln (Chair), John D. Rockefeller, Kent Conrad, Charles E. Schumer, Bill Nelson

Pat Roberts (Ranking Minority Member), Jon Kyl, John Ensign

Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-Term Growth

Office: SD-219 Phone: 224-4515

Kent Conrad (Chair), Max S. Baucus, John D. Rockefeller IV, Ron Wyden, Charles E. Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, Robert Menendez, Thomas R. Carper

Jon Kyl (Ranking Minority Member), Orrin G. Hatch, Olympia J. Snowe, Pat Roberts, John Ensign, Michael B. Enzi, John Cornyn

Foreign Relations

Office: SD-446 20510-6225 Phone: 224-4651

Web: http://foreign.senate.gov

Staff Director: David McKean

Minority Staff Director: Kenneth A. Myers Jr. 224-6797 SD-450

Jurisdiction: (1) acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations in foreign countries; (2) boundaries of the United States; (3) diplomatic service; (4) foreign economic, military, technical, and humanitarian assistance; (5) foreign loans; (6) international activities of the American National Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; (7) international aspects of nuclear energy, including nuclear transfer policy; (8) international conferences and congresses; (9) international law as it relates to foreign policy; (10) International Monetary Fund and other international organizations established primarily for international monetary purposes (except that, at the request of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, any proposed legislation relating to such subjects reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations shall be referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs); (11) intervention abroad and declarations of war; (12) measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to safeguard United States business interests abroad; (13) national security and international aspects of trusteeships of the United States; (14) oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs as they relate to foreign policy; (15) protection of United States citizens abroad and expatriation; (16) relations of the United States with foreign nations generally; (17) treaties, conventions, and international agreements, and executive agreements, except reciprocal trade agreements; (18) the United Nations and its affiliated organizations; (19) World Bank group, the regional development banks, and other international organizations established primarily for development assistance purposes. The committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to national security policy, foreign policy, and international economic policy as they relate to the foreign policy of the United States, and matters relating to food, hunger and nutrition in foreign countries.

Party Ratio: D 11-R 8

Subcommittees

African Affairs

Office: SD-439 Phone: 224-4651

Russell D. Feingold (Chair), Benjamin L. Cardin, James H. Webb, Ted Kaufman, Jeanne Shaheen

Johnny Isakson (Ranking Minority Member), Jim DeMint, Bob Corker, James E. Risch

East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Office: SD-439 Phone: 224-4651

James H. Webb (Chair), Christopher J. Dodd, Russell D. Feingold, Barbara Boxer, Robert P. Casey, Kirsten Gillibrand

Lisa Murkowski (Ranking Minority Member), John Barrasso, Roger F. Wicker, Vacancy

European Affairs

Office: SD-439 Phone: 224-4651

[Page 812]Jeanne Shaheen (Chair), Christopher J. Dodd, Robert Menendez, Robert P. Casey, James H. Webb, Ted Kaufman

Jim DeMint (Ranking Minority Member), James E. Risch, Bob Corker, Roger F. Wicker

International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection

Office: SD-439 Phone: 224-4651

Robert Menendez (Chair), Barbara Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Robert P. Casey, Jeanne Shaheen, Kirsten Gillibrand

Bob Corker (Ranking Minority Member), Roger F. Wicker, Jim DeMint, Vacancy

International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues

Office: SD-439 Phone: 224-4651

Barbara Boxer (Chair), Russell D. Feingold, Robert Menendez, Ted Kaufman, Jeanne Shaheen, Kirsten Gillibrand

Roger F. Wicker (Ranking Minority Member), Jim DeMint, John Barrasso, Vacancy

Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs

Office: SD-439 Phone: 224-4651

Robert P. Casey (Chair), Christopher J. Dodd, Russell D. Feingold, Barbara Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Ted Kaufman

James E. Risch (Ranking Minority Member), Bob Corker, John Barrasso, Johnny Isakson

Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs

Office: SD-439 Phone: 224-4651

Christopher J. Dodd (Chair), Robert Menendez, James H. Webb, Benjamin L. Cardin, Kirsten Gillibrand

John Barrasso (Ranking Minority Member), Johnny Isakson, James E. Risch, Vacancy

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Office: SD-644 20510-6300 Phone: 224-5375

Web: http://help.senate.gov

E-mail: help_comments@help.senate.gov

Chief of Staff: J. Michael Myers

Minority Staff Director: Frank J. Macchiarola 224-6770 SH-835

Jurisdiction: (1) measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare; (2) aging; (3) agricultural colleges; (4) arts and humanities; (5) biomedical research and development, including cloning and stem cell research; (6) dietary supplements and non-prescription drugs; (7) Project Bioshield initiative (funding for research and production of vaccines against smallpox, anthrax and botulism toxin); (8) managed care; (9) medical privacy regulation; (10) patients' rights; (11) child labor; (12) convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce; (13) domestic activities of the American National Red Cross; (14) equal employment opportunity; (15) Gallaudet University (Washington, D.C.), Howard University (Washington, D.C.), and St. Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.); (16) handicapped individuals; (17) labor standards and labor statistics; (18) mediation and arbitration of labor disputes; (19) occupational safety and health, including the welfare of miners; (20) private pension plans; (21) public health; (22) railway labor and railway retirement; (23) regulation of foreign laborers; (24) student loans; (25) wages and hours of labor. The committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, education, and training, and public welfare.

Party Ratio: D 13-R 10

Subcommittees

Children and Families

Office: SH-404B Phone: 224-5630

Christopher J. Dodd (Chair), Jeff Bingaman, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Bernard Sanders, Vacancy, Vacancy

Lamar Alexander (Ranking Minority Member), Judd Gregg, Lisa Murkowski, Orrin G. Hatch, Pat Roberts, Vacancy

Employment and Workplace Safety

Office: SH-113 Phone: 224-2621

Patty Murray (Chair), Christopher J. Dodd, Tom Harkin, Barbara A. Mikulski, Sherrod Brown, Vacancy, Vacancy

Johnny Isakson (Ranking Minority Member), Richard M. Burr, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Roberts, Tom Coburn, Vacancy

Retirement and Aging

Office: SD-424 Phone: 224-9243

Barbara A. Mikulski (Chair), Tom Harkin, Jeff Bingaman, Jack Reed, Bernard Sanders, Sherrod Brown

Richard M. Burr (Ranking Minority Member), Judd Gregg, Lamar Alexander, Johnny Isakson, Orrin G. Hatch

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Office: SD-340 20510-6300

Phone: 224-2627 Fax: 224-4469

Web: http://hsgac.senate.gov

Staff Director: Michael L. Alexander

Minority Staff Director: Brandon L. Milhorn 224-4751 SD-344

Jurisdiction: (1) Department of Homeland Security, except matters relating to: the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or the Secret Service; and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service; or the immigration functions of the United States Customs and Border Protection or the United States Immigration and Custom Enforcement or the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security; and the following functions performed by any employee of the Department of Homeland Security: any customs revenue function, including any function provided for in Section 415 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; any commercial function or commercial operation of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection or Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including matters relating to trade facilitation and trade regulation; or any other function related to the above items that was exercised by the United States Customs Service on the day before the effective date of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; (2) archives of the United States; (3) budget and accounting measures, other than appropriations, except as provided in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; (4) census and collection of statistics, including economic and social statistics; (5) congressional organization, except for any part of the matter that amends the rules or orders of the Senate; (6) federal civil service; (7) government information; (8) intergovernmental relations; (9) municipal affairs of the District of Columbia, except appropriations therefor; (10) organization and management of United States nuclear export policy; (11) organization and reorganization of the executive branch of the Government; (12) United States Postal Service; (13) status of officers and employees of the United States, including their classification, compensation, and benefits. The committee shall have the duty of (A) receiving and examining reports of the Comptroller General of the United States and of submitting such recommendations to the Senate as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the subject matter of such reports; (B) studying the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the Government; (C) evaluating laws enacted to effect the reorganization of the legislative and executive branches of the Government; and (D) studying the intergovernmental relationships between the United States and the states and municipalities, and between the United States and international organizations of which the United States is a member.

Party Ratio: D 10-R 7

Subcommittees

Permanent Investigations

Office: SR-199 Phone: 224-9505

Carl Levin (Chair), Thomas R. Carper, Mark Pryor, Claire McCaskill, Jon Tester, Michael F. Bennet

Tom Coburn (Ranking Minority Member), Susan M. Collins, John McCain, John Ensign

Contracting Oversight

Claire McCaskill, Carl Levin, Thomas R. Carper, Mark Pryor, Jon Tester

Susan M. Collins, Tom Coburn, John McCain

Disaster Recovery

Office: SH-605 Phone: 224-2627

Mary L. Landrieu (Chair), Claire McCaskill, Roland W. Burris

Lindsey O. Graham

Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security

Office: SH-432 Phone: 224-4551

Thomas R. Carper (Chair), Carl Levin, Daniel K. Akaka, Mark Pryor, Claire McCaskill, Roland W. Burris

John McCain (Ranking Minority Member), Tom Coburn, George V. Voinovich, John Ensign

Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

Office: SH-605 Phone: 224-5538

Daniel K. Akaka (Chair), Carl Levin, Mary L. Landrieu, Roland W. Burris, Michael F. Bennet

George V. Voinovich (Ranking Minority Member), Lindsey O. Graham

State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration

Office: SH-613 Phone: 224-2627

Mark Pryor (Chair), Daniel K. Akaka, Mary L. Landrieu, Jon Tester, Michael F. Bennet

John Ensign (Ranking Minority Member), George V. Voinovich, Lindsey O. Graham

Indian Affairs

Office: SH-838 20510-6450

Phone: 224-2251

Web: http://indian.senate.gov

Staff Director: Allison Binney

Minority Staff Director: David Mullon Jr.

Jurisdiction: (1) all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs shall be referred to the committee; (2) study any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of Indians, including but not limited to, Indian land management and trust responsibilities, Indian education, Indian health, special services, and Indian loan programs, the National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, the National Indian Gaming Commission, and Indian claims against the United States.

Party Ratio: D 9-R 6

Judiciary

Office: SD-224 20510-6275

Phone: 224-7703 Fax: 224-9516

Web: http://judiciary.senate.gov

Staff Director: Bruce A. Cohen

Minority Staff Director: Stephanie Middleton 224-5225 SD-152

Jurisdiction: (1) apportionment of Representatives; (2) bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting; (3) civil liberties; (4) constitutional amendments; (5) federal courts and federal judges; (6) government information; (7) presidential succession; (8) continuity of congressional representation; (9) holidays and celebrations; (10) immigration and naturalization; (11) interstate compacts generally; (12) judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, generally; (13) local courts in United States territories and possessions; (14) measures relating to claims against the United States; (15) national penitentiaries; (16) United States Patent and Trademark Office (Commerce); (17) patents, copyrights, and trademarks; (18) protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies; (19) revision and codification of the statutes of the United States; (20) state and territorial boundary lines.

Party Ratio: D 12-R 7

Administrative Oversight and the Courts

Office: SD-161 Phone: 224-8352

Sheldon Whitehouse (Chair), Dianne Feinstein, Russell D. Feingold, Charles E. Schumer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Ted Kaufman

Jeff Sessions (Ranking Minority Member), Charles E. Grassley, Jon Kyl, Lindsey O. Graham

Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Office: SH-308 Phone: 224-3406

Herb Kohl (Chair), Charles E. Schumer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden, Amy Klobuchar, Ted Kaufman

Orrin G. Hatch (Ranking Minority Member), Charles E. Grassley, John Cornyn

The Constitution

Office: SH-807 Phone: 224-5573

Russell D. Feingold (Chair), Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ted Kaufman

Tom Coburn (Ranking Minority Member), Lindsey O. Graham, John Cornyn

Crime and Drugs

Office: SH-305 Phone: 224-0558

Arlen Specter (Chair), Herb Kohl, Richard J. Durbin Dianne Feinstein, Russell D. Feingold, Charles E. Schumer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Amy Klobuchar, Ted Kaufman

Lindsey O. Graham (Ranking Minority Member), Orrin G. Hatch, Charles E. Grassley, Jeff Sessions, Tom Coburn

Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security

Office: SD-520 Phone: 224-7878

Charles E. Schumer (Chair), Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden

John Cornyn (Ranking Minority Member), Charles E. Grassley, Jon Kyl, Jeff Sessions

Terrorism and Homeland Security

Office: SH-815 Phone: 224-4933

Benjamin L. Cardin (Chair), Herb Kohl, Dianne Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Ron Wyden, Ted Kaufman

Jon Kyl (Ranking Minority Member), Orrin G. Hatch, Jeff Sessions, John Cornyn, Tom Coburn

Rules and Administration

Office: SR-305 20510-6325

Phone: 224-6352

Web: http://rules.senate.gov

Staff Director: Jean Bordewich

Minority Staff Director: Mary Suit Jones SR-479

Jurisdiction: (1) administration of the Senate office buildings and the Senate wing of the United States Capitol, including the assignment of office space for Senators and Senate Committees; (2) Senate organization relative to rules and procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, including Senate floor rules and Senate gallery rules; (3) corrupt practices; (4) related provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 and the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; campaign finance reform; lobbying; (5) credentials and qualifications of Members of the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible offices; (6) federal elections generally, including the election of the President, Vice President, and Members of the Senate; (7) Government Printing Office, and the printing and correction of the Congressional Record, as well as those matters provided for under Rule XI; (8) meetings of the Congress and attendance of Members; (9) payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same (except that any resolution relating to substantive matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the Senate shall be first referred to such committee); (10) Presidential Succession Act of 1947; (11) purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments to the memory of individuals; (12) Senate Library and statuary, art, and pictures in the United States Capitol and Senate office buildings; (13) services to the Senate, including the Senate restaurant; (14) measures relating to the travel of Members of the Senate; (15) United States Capitol and Senate office buildings, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution (and the incorporation of similar institutions), and the United States Botanic Garden. The committee shall also (A) make a continuing study of the organization and operation of the Congress of the United States and shall recommend improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward strengthening the Congress, simplifying its operations, improving its relationships with other branches of the United States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under the Constitution of the United States; and (B) identify any court proceeding or action which, in the opinion of the Committee, is of vital interest to the Congress as a constitutionally established institution of the Federal Government and call such proceeding or action to the attention of the Senate.

Party Ratio: D 11-R 8

Select Ethics

Office: SH-220 20510-6425

Phone: 224-2981

Fax: 224-7416

Web: http://ethics.senate.gov

Acting Staff Director: John C. Sassaman Jr.

Jurisdiction: (1) receive complaints and investigate allegations of improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate, violations of law, violations of the Senate Code of Official Conduct, and violations of rules and regulations of the Senate, relating to the conduct of individuals in the performance of their duties as Members of the Senate, or as officers or employees of the Senate, and to make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions with respect thereto; (2) recommend, when appropriate, disciplinary action against Members and staff; (3) recommend rules or regulations necessary to insure appropriate Senate standards of conduct; (4) report violations of any law to the proper Federal and State authorities; (5) regulate the use of the franking privilege in the Senate; (6) investigate unauthorized disclosures of intelligence information; (7) implement the Senate public financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978; (8) regulate the receipt and disposition of gifts from foreign governments received by Members, officers, and employees of the Senate; and (9) render advisory opinions on the application of Senate rules and laws to Members, officers, and employees.

Party Ratio: D 3-R 3

Select Intelligence

Office: SH-211 20510-6475

Phone: 224-1700

Web: http://intelligence.senate.gov

Staff Director: David Grannis

Minority Staff Director: Louis B. Tucker

Jurisdiction: (1) oversee and make continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs of the United States Government, including, but not limited to, the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, Classified Information Procedures Act of 1980, classified national security information, foreign intelligence electronic surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, National Security Act of 1947, National Security Agency Act of 1959, national security information, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (Executive Office of the President), Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001, security requirements for government employment; (2) submit to the Senate appropriate proposals for legislation; (3) report to the Senate concerning such intelligence activities and programs.

Party Ratio: D 8-R 7

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Office: SR-436 20510-6350

Phone: 224-5175 Fax: 224-5619

Web: http://sbc.senate.gov

Staff Director: Donald R. (Don) Cravins Jr.

Minority Staff Director: Wallace K. Hsueh 224-7884 SR-442

Jurisdiction: (1) all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to the Small Business Administration; (2) any proposed legislation reported by such committee which relates to matters other than the functions of the Small Business Administration shall, at the request of the chair of any standing committee having jurisdiction over the subject matter extraneous to the functions of the Small Business Administration, be considered and reported by such standing committee prior to its consideration by the Senate; and likewise measures reported by other committees directly relating to the Small Business Administration shall, at the request of the chair of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, be referred to the Committee on Small Business and

Entrepreneurship for its consideration of any portions of the measure dealing with the Small Business Administration, and be reported by this Committee prior to its consideration by the Senate; (3) study and survey by means of research and investigation all problems of small business enterprises.

Party Ratio: D 11-R 8

Special Aging

Office: SD-G31 20510-6400

Phone: 224-5364 Fax: 224-8600

Web: http://aging.senate.gov

Staff Director: Debra Bailey Whitman

Minority Deputy Staff Director: Michael Bassett SH-628

Jurisdiction: (1) conduct a continuing study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people, including, but not limited to, assisted living, elder abuse, health care, identity theft, long-term care, Medicare, Older Americans Act, prescription drugs, retirement income security, retirement pensions, rural health care, Social Security, telemedicine, problems and opportunities of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding activity, of securing proper housing, and when necessary, of obtaining care or assistance. No proposed legislation shall be referred to such committee, and such committee shall not have power to report by bill, or otherwise have legislative jurisdiction. (2) The special committee shall, from time to time (but not less often than once each year), report to the Senate the results of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1), together with such recommendation as it considers appropriate.

Party Ratio: D 13-R 8

Veterans' Affairs

Office: SR-412 20510-6375

Phone: 224-9126 Fax: 224-9575

Web: http://veterans.senate.gov

Staff Director: William E. Brew

Minority Staff Director: Marie Guadalupe Wissel 224-2074 SH-825A

Jurisdiction: (1) compensation of veterans; (2) life insurance issued by the government on account of service in the Armed Forces; (3) national cemeteries; (4) pensions of all the wars of the United States; (5) readjustment of service personnel to civil life; (6) soldiers' and sailors' civil relief, including oversight of and appropriate modifications to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940; (7) veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans; (8) veterans' measures generally; (9) vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans.

Party Ratio: D 10-R 5

Senate Leadership and Partisan Committees

Democratic Leaders

President Pro Tempore: Robert C. Byrd, W. Va.

Majority Floor Leader: Harry M. Reid, Nev.

Assistant Floor Leader: Richard J. Durbin, Ill.

Chief Deputy Whip: Barbara Boxer, Calif.

Democratic Partisan Committees

Democratic Communications Center

Office: S-318 CAP 20510

Phone: 224-2939

Fax: 228-5576

Web: http://democrats.senate.gov

Harry Reid, Nev., Chair

Democratic Policy Committee

Office: SH-419 20510

Phone: 224-3232

Fax: 228-3432

Web: http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc

Byron L. Dorgan, N.D., Chair

Regional Chairs (in alphabetical order)

Evan Bayh, Ind.

Mary L. Landrieu, La.

Jack Reed, R.I.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Office: 120 Maryland Ave. N.E. 20002-5610

Phone: 224-2447

Fax: 969-0354

Web: http://www.dscc.org

E-mail:info@dscc.org

Robert Menendez, N.J., Chair

Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee

Office: SH-712 20510

Phone: 224-9048

Fax: 224-5476

Web: http://democrats.senate.gov/steering

Debbie Stabenow, Mich., Chair

Republican Leaders

Minority Floor Leader:Mitch McConnell, Ky.

Minority Whip:Jon Kyl, Ariz.

Republican Partisan Committees

National Republican Senatorial Committee

Office: 425 2nd St. N.E. 20002-4914

Phone: 675-6000

Fax: 675-4730

Web: http://www.nrsc.org

John Cornyn, Tex., Chair

Orrin G. Hatch, Utah, Vice Chair

Richard C. Shelby, Ala., National Finance Chair

Republican Conference

Office: SH-405 20510-7060

Phone: 224-2764

Fax: 224-6984

Web: http://src.senate.gov

Lamar Alexander, Tenn., Chair

John Thune, S.D., Vice Chair

Republican Policy Committee

Office: SR-347 20510-7064

Phone: 224-2946

Fax: 224-1235

Web: http://rpc.senate.gov

John Ensign, Nev., Chair