Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Chairman
Sen. Thomas “Tom” Harkin [D-IA]
Ranking Member
Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]

The chairman is always selected from the majority party. The ranking member is the most senior member of the minority party.

Democrats
11
Republicans
10
Independents
1
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Committee Members

Chairman
Thomas “Tom” Harkin
Iowa
Democrat
Ranking Member
Lamar Alexander
Tennessee
Republican
Employment ...
Robert “Bob” Casey Jr.
Pennsylvania
Democrat
Chair, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Children ...
Kay Hagan
North Carolina
Democrat
Chair, Subcommittee on Children and Families
Primary ...
Bernard “Bernie” Sanders
Vermont
Independent
Chair, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
 
Tammy Baldwin
Wisconsin
Democrat
 
Michael Bennet
Colorado
Democrat
 
Richard Burr
North Carolina
Republican
 
Michael Enzi
Wyoming
Republican
 
Alan “Al” Franken
Minnesota
Democrat
 
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Republican
 
John “Johnny” Isakson
Georgia
Republican
 
Mark Kirk
Illinois
Republican
 
Barbara Mikulski
Maryland
Democrat
 
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
Republican
 
Christopher Murphy
Connecticut
Democrat
 
Patty Murray
Washington
Democrat
 
Rand Paul
Kentucky
Republican
 
Pat Roberts
Kansas
Republican
 
Tim Scott
South Carolina
Republican
 
Elizabeth Warren
Massachusetts
Democrat
 
Sheldon Whitehouse
Rhode Island
Democrat

Committee Bills

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Recent Activity

Committee Meeting

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Meeting

Hearings to examine the nominations of Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be Chairman, and Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, Sharon Block, of the District of Columbia, Harry I. Johnson III, of Virginia, and Philip Andrew Miscimarra, of Illinois, all to be a Member, all of the National Labor Relations Board. [SD-430] May 16, 2013 10 a.m.