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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has jurisdiction over most of the agencies, institutes, and programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Administration on Aging, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (source)

Chair:
Sen. Bernard “Bernie” Sanders [I-VT]
Ranking Member:
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]
Republicans:
10
Democrats:
10
Independents:
1

The chair is always selected from the majority party and the ranking member is the most senior member of the minority party. The majority party ensures it has a majority on every committee.

Members

Portrait of Bernard “Bernie” Sanders
Chair
Independent
Vermont
ex officio, Subcommittee on Children and Families
Portrait of Bill Cassidy
Ranking Member
Republican
Louisiana
ex officio, Subcommittee on Children and Families
Portrait of Robert “Bob” Casey
Subcommittee Chair
Democrat
Pennsylvania
chair, Subcommittee on Children and Families
Portrait of John Hickenlooper
Subcommittee Chair
Democrat
Colorado
chair, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Portrait of Edward “Ed” Markey
Subcommittee Chair
Democrat
Massachusetts
Portrait of Mike Braun
Subcommittee Ranking Member
Republican
Indiana
ranking member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Portrait of Roger Marshall
Subcommittee Ranking Member
Republican
Kansas
ranking member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
Portrait of Tommy Tuberville
Subcommittee Ranking Member
Republican
Alabama
ranking member, Subcommittee on Children and Families
Portrait of Tammy Baldwin
Democrat
Wisconsin
Portrait of Ted Budd
Republican
North Carolina
Portrait of Susan Collins
Republican
Maine
Portrait of Margaret “Maggie” Hassan
Democrat
New Hampshire
Portrait of Timothy “Tim” Kaine
Democrat
Virginia
Portrait of Ben Ray Luján
Democrat
New Mexico
Portrait of Markwayne Mullin
Republican
Oklahoma
Portrait of Lisa Murkowski
Republican
Alaska
Portrait of Christopher Murphy
Democrat
Connecticut
Portrait of Patty Murray
Democrat
Washington
Portrait of Rand Paul
Republican
Kentucky
Portrait of Mitt Romney
Republican
Utah
Portrait of Tina Smith
Democrat
Minnesota

Members are listed in order of their rank on the committee and its subcommittees. Committee membership information is from the unitedstates project on github.

Bills

There are 908 bills referred to this committee. Below find the top 100: