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 US Senate , who, Education, Labor and Pensions is responsible for health. He is involved in the legislative process in the relevant subject areas and oversees the work of government agencies.

Members of the 114th Congress

Lamar Alexander, current chairman of the committee

The committee has been chaired by Republican Lamar Alexander from Tennessee since 2015 . The highest ranking member of the opposition ( ranking member ) is the Democrat Patty Murray from Washington .

republican

senator	Country
Lamar Alexander , Chairman	Tennessee
Michael B. Enzi	Wyoming
Richard Burr	North Carolina
Johnny Isakson	Georgia
Rand Paul	Kentucky
Susan M. Collins	Maine
Bill Cassidy	Louisiana
Todd Young	Indiana
Orrin G. Hatch	Utah
Pat Roberts	Kansas
Lisa Murkowski	Alaska
Tim Scott	South carolina

Democrats

senator	Country
Patty Murray , Ranking Member	Washington
Bernard Sanders *	Vermont
Robert P. Casey	Pennsylvania
Michael F. Bennet	Colorado
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin
Christopher Murphy	Connecticut
Elizabeth Warren	Massachusetts
Tim Kaine	Virginia
Margaret Wood Hassan	New Hampshire
Tina Smith	Minnesota
Doug Jones	Alabama

* Sanders is an independent Senate member but is a member of the Democratic Group.

Subcommittees

• Subcommittee on Children and Families
  • Chairman: Rand Paul
  • Ranking Member: Robert P. Casey
• Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
  • Chairman: Johnny Isakson
  • Ranking Member: Tammy Baldwin
• Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
  • Chairman: Michael B. Enzi
  • Ranking Member: Bernard Sanders

Former Chair

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, since 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
• Tom Harkin (D-IA) 2009-2015

Web links

• Committee's website