The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.
Members, 111th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Barbara Boxer of California, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican James Inhofe of Oklahoma.
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Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S5168
Subcommittees
| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Minority Member |
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| Children's Health | Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) | Lamar Alexander (R-TN) |
| Clean Air and Nuclear Safety | Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) | David Vitter (R-LA) |
| Green Jobs and the New Economy | Bernie Sanders (I-VT) | Kit Bond (R-MO) |
| Oversight | Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) | John Barrasso (R-WY) |
| Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health | Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) | James Inhofe (R-OK) |
| Transportation and Infrastructure | Max Baucus (D-MT) | George Voinovich (R-OH) |
| Water and Wildlife | Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) | Mike Crapo (R-ID) |
Chairmen
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838-1857
William S. Fulton (D-AR) 1838-1841- John Leeds Kerr (W-MD) 1841-1842
- William L. Dayton (W-NJ) 1842-1845
- Simon Cameron (D-PA) 1845-1846
- Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1846-1847
- Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) 1847-1851
- James Whitcomb (D-IN) 1851-1852
- Charles James (D-RI) 1852-1853
- James Bayard (D-DE) 1853-1857
Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1857-1883
- Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1857-1861
- Solomon Foot (R-VT) 1861-1866
- B. Gratz Brown (R-MO) 1866-1867
- William P. Fessenden (R-ME) 1867-1869
- Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) 1869-1878
- Henry Dawes (R-MA) 1878-1879
- Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 1879-1881
- Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) 1881-1883
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1883-1947
- William Mahone (R-VA) 1883-1887
- Leland Stanford (R-CA) 1887-1893
- George Vest (D-MO) 1893-1895
- Matthew S. Quay (R-PA) 1895-1899
- Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN) 1899-1905
- Nathan Scott (R-WV) 1905-1911
- George Sutherland (R-UT) 1911-1913
- Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) 1913-1918
- James A. Reed (D-MO) 1918-1919
- Bert M. Fernald (R-ME) 1919-1926
- Irvine L. Lenroot (R-WI) 1926-1927
- Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) 1927-1933
- Tom Connally (D-TX) 1933-1942
- Francis Maloney (D-CT) 1942-1945
- Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) 1945-1947
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Works, 1947-1977
- Chapman Revercomb (R-WV) 1947-1949
- Dennis Chavez (D-NM) 1949-1953
- Edward Martin (R-PA) 1953-1955
- Dennis Chavez (D-NM) 1955-1962
- Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) 1962-1966
- Jennings Randolph (D-WV) 1966-1977
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 1977-present
- Jennings Randolph (D-WV) 1977-1981
- Robert T. Stafford (R-VT) 1981-1987
- Quentin N. Burdick (D-ND) 1987-1992
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) 1992-1993
- Max Baucus (D-MT) 1993-1995
- John H. Chafee (R-RI) 1995-1999
- Robert C. Smith (R-NH) 1999-2001
- Harry Reid (D-NV) 2001
- Robert C. Smith (R-NH) 2001
- James Jeffords (I-VT) 2001-2003
- James Inhofe (R-OK) 2003-2007
- Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 2007-present
References
- ^ Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.
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