United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) is a United States Senate committee that deal with issues about health care, education, labor and pensions. It is known as the HELP committee.

Current members[change | change source]

Majority	Minority
Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Chair Mike Enzi, Wyoming Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Susan Collins, Maine Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Todd Young, Indiana Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Tim Scott, South Carolina	Patty Murray, Washington, Ranking Member Bernie Sanders, Vermont ^[1] Bob Casey Jr., Pennsylvania Michael Bennet, Colorado Al Franken, Minnesota (until January 2, 2018) Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Chris Murphy, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Tim Kaine, Virginia Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire Tina Smith, Minnesota (from January 3, 2018) Doug Jones, Alabama (from January 3, 2018)

Committee Chairs (since 1999)[change | change source]

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–present

Notes[change | change source]

↑ Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with the Democrats and is treated a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments.

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[Sanders-1] Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with the Democrats and is treated a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments.

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