U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
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The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.
Members
The Committee is chaired by Senator James Inhofe (Republican of Oklahoma). The ranking member is Independent Senator James Jeffords of Vermont, who caucuses with the Democrats. Jeffords was the chairman from early 2001 to the elections of 2002, when the Democrats controlled the Senate; he was given the post as a reward for having switched parties, which threw control of the chamber to the Democrats. The members of the Committee are:
- James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), chairman
- John Warner (R-Virginia)
- Christopher Bond (R-Missouri)
- George Voinovich (R-Ohio)
- Lincoln Chafee (R-Rhode Island)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
- John Thune (R-South Dakota)
- Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina)
- Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia)
- David Vitter (R-Louisiana)
- James Jeffords (I-Vermont), ranking minority member
- Max Baucus (D-Montana)
- Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut)
- Barbara Boxer (D-California)
- Thomas Carper (D-Delaware)
- Hillary Clinton (D-New York)
- Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey)
- Barack Obama (D-Illinois)
Subcommittees
- U.S. Senate Environment Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Chairman: Christopher Bond (R-MO)
- Ranking Member: Max Baucus (D-MT)
- U.S. Senate Environment Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety
- Chairman: George Voinovich (R-OH)
- Ranking Member: Thomas Carper (D-DE)
- U.S. Senate Environment Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
- Chairman: Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
- Ranking Member: Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
- U.S. Senate Environment Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management
- Chairman: John Thune (R-SD)
- Ranking Member: Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Chairmen
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838-1947
- 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-present