United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.

Members, 115th Congress[edit]

Majority	Minority
John Barrasso, Wyoming, Chairman Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia John Boozman, Arkansas Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Jerry Moran, Kansas Mike Rounds, South Dakota Joni Ernst, Iowa Richard Shelby, Alabama Dan Sullivan, Alaska	Tom Carper, Delaware, Ranking Member Ben Cardin, Maryland Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[1] Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Jeff Merkley, Oregon Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Cory Booker, New Jersey Ed Markey, Massachusetts Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Chris Van Hollen, Maryland

Historical membership[edit]

Members, 114th Congress[edit]

Majority	Minority
Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma, Chair David Vitter, Louisiana John Barrasso, Wyoming Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Mike Crapo, Idaho John Boozman, Arkansas Jeff Sessions, Alabama Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Mike Rounds, South Dakota Dan Sullivan, Alaska	Barbara Boxer, California, Ranking Member Tom Carper, Delaware Ben Cardin, Maryland Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[2] Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Jeff Merkley, Oregon Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Cory Booker, New Jersey Ed Markey, Massachusetts

Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296

Subcommittees[edit]

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Clean Air and Nuclear Safety	Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)	Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Fisheries, Water and Wildlife	John Boozman (R-AR)	Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight	Mike Rounds (R-SD)	Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Transportation and Infrastructure	Jim Inhofe (R-OK)	Ben Cardin (D-MD)

Chairmen[edit]

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838–1857[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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
Francis E. Warren (R-WY) 1905
Nathan B. 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[edit]

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[edit]

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
Bob Smith (R-NH) 1999–2001
Harry Reid (D-NV) 2001
Bob Smith (R-NH) 2001
James Jeffords (I-VT) 2001–2003
James Inhofe (R-OK) 2003–2007
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 2007–2015
James Inhofe (R-OK) 2015-2017
John Barrasso (R-WY) 2017–Present

References[edit]

^ Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.
^ Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.

External links[edit]

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works official website (Archive)
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.
Public Works Agency – Public Works Industry Social Network including Municipal Contractors, Municipalities and Citizen Engagement

[1] Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.

[2] Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.

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