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Leader of | US/Senate/Committee/Health Education Labor and Pensions |
Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions |
While currently known as the HELP Committee, the committee was originally founded on January 28, 1869, as the Committee on Education, and has changed names several times since.
Contents
Labor and Public Welfare, 1947–1977
- Robert A. Taft (R-OH) 1947–1949
- Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) 1949–1951
- James E. Murray (D-MT) 1951–1953
- H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) 1953–1955
- Lister Hill (D-AL) 1955–1969
- Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) 1969–1971
- Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1971–1977
Human Resources, 1977–1979
- Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1977–1979
Labor and Human Resources, 1979–1999
- Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1979–1981
- Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 1981–1987
- Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 1987–1995
- Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) 1995–1997
- James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 1997–1999
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 1999–present
- James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 1999–2001
- Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2001
- James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 2001
- Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2001–2003
- Judd Gregg (R-NH) 2003–2005
- Michael Enzi (R-WY) 2005–2007
- Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2007–2009
- Tom Harkin (D-IA) 2009–2015
- Lamar Alexander (R-TN) 2015–2021
- Patty Murray (D-WA) 2021–2023
- Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 2023–
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