United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) is a committee of the U.S. Senate, which is responsible for health, education, labor and pensions. He is involved in the legislation in the respective areas and monitors the work of government agencies.
- 2.1 Education, 1869-1870
- 2.2 Education and Labor, 1884-1947
- 2.3 Labor and Public Welfare, 1947-1977
- 2.4 Human Resources, 1977-1979
- 2.5 Labor and Human Resources, 1979-1999
- 2.6 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999
Members in the 113th Congress
The Committee is chaired by the death of Edward Kennedy since 9 September 2009, the Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa. The most senior member of the opposition is the Republican Lamar Alexander of Tennessee.
Democrats
* Although Sanders is an independent member of the Senate, but a part of the Group of Democrats.
Republican
Subcommittees
- Subcommittee on Children and Families Chairman: Kay Hagan
- Ranking member Mike Enzi
- Chairman: Bob Casey
- Ranking Member: Johnny Isakson
- Chairman: Bernie Sanders
- Ranking Member Richard Burr
Former Chairman
Education, 1869-1870
- Charles D. Drake ( R -MO) 1869-1870
Education and Labor, 1884-1947
- Frederick A. 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 L. Shoup (R- ID), 1895-1897
- James H. Kyle (PO -SD) 1897-1901
- Louis E. McComas (R -MD) 1901-1905
- Jonathan P. Dolliver (R- IA) 1905-1909
- William Borah (R- ID), 1909-1913
- Hoke Smith ( D-GA ) 1913-1919
- William Squire Kenyon (R- IA) 1919-1922
- William Borah (R- ID), 1922-1924
- Lawrence C. Phipps (R- CO) 1924-1926
- James J. Couzens (R- MI) 1926-1929
- Jesse H. Metcalf (R- RI) 1929-1933
- David I. Walsh ( D -MA) 1933-1937
- Hugo Black (D - AL) 1937
- Elbert D. Thomas (D -UT ) 1937-1945
- James Edward 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 Edward Murray (D -MT) 1951-1953
- Howard Alexander Smith (R- NJ) 1953-1955
- J. Lister Hill ( D- AL) 1955-1969
- Ralph Yarborough (D -TX) 1969-1971
- Harrison A. Williams (D -NJ ) 1971-1977
Human Resources, 1977-1979
- Harrison A. Williams (D -NJ ) 1977-1979
Labor and Human Resources, 1979-1999
- Harrison A. Williams (D -NJ ) 1979-1981
- Orrin Hatch ( R -UT ) 1981-1987
- Edward Kennedy ( D -MA) 1987-1995
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R- KS) 1995-1997
- Jim Jeffords (R- VT) 1997-1999
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999
- Jim Jeffords (R- VT) 1999-2001
- Edward Kennedy ( D -MA) 2001
- Jim Jeffords (R- VT) 2001
- Edward Kennedy ( D -MA) 2001-2003
- Judd Gregg (R- NH) 2003-2005
- Mike Enzi (R- WY) 2005-2007
- Edward Kennedy ( D -MA) 2007-2009