Senate Makes Assignments For Four Key Committees
Assignments were made for the Senate committees on agriculture, appropriations, finance, and environment and public works for the 114th Congress. (Cotton Belt members are in bold and freshman members are noted with an asterisk.) The complete House and Senate committee and subcommittee memberships will be available once the new Congress convenes in January '15.
Senate Committees* (114th Congress)
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
|
Majority |
Minority |
|
Pat Roberts (KS) – Chairman |
Debbie Stabenow (MI) – Ranking Member |
|
Thad Cochran (MS) |
Patrick Leahy (VT) |
|
Mitch McConnell (KY) |
Sherrod Brown (OH) |
|
John Boozman (AR) |
Amy Klobuchar (MN) |
|
John Hoeven (ND) |
Michael Bennet (CO) |
|
David Perdue (GA)* |
Kristen Gillibrand (NY) |
|
Joni Ernst (IA)* |
Joe Donnelly (IN) |
|
Thom Tillis (NC)* |
Heidi Heitkamp (ND) |
|
Ben Sasse (NE)* |
Bob Casey (PA) |
|
Chuck Grassley (IA) |
|
|
John Thune (SD) |
|
Appropriations
|
Majority |
Minority |
|
Thad Cochran (MS) – Chariman |
Barbara Mikulski (MD) – Ranking Member |
|
Mitch Mcconnell (KY) |
Patrick Leahy (VT) |
|
Richard Shelby (AL) |
Patty Murray (WA) |
|
Lamar Alexander (TN) |
Diane Feinstein (CA) |
|
Susan Collins (ME) |
Richard Durbin (IL) |
|
Lisa Murkowski (AK) |
Jack Reed (RI) |
|
Lindsey Graham (SC) |
Jon Tester (MT) |
|
Mark Kirk (IL) |
Tom Udall (NM) |
|
Roy Blunt (MO) |
Jeanne Shaheen (NH) |
|
Jerry Moran (KS) |
Jeff Merkley (OR) |
|
John Hoeven (ND) |
Chris Coons (DE) |
|
John Boozman (AR) |
Brian Schatz (HI) |
|
Shelly Moore Capito (WV)* |
Tammy Baldwin (WI) |
|
Bill Cassidy (LA)* |
Christopher Murphy (CT) |
|
James Lankford (OK)* |
|
|
Steve Daines (MT)* |
|
Finance
|
Majority |
Minority |
|
Orrin Hatch (UT) – Chairman |
Ron Wyden (OR) – Ranking Member |
|
Chuck Grassley (IA) |
Charles Schumer (NY) |
|
Mike Crapo (ID) |
Debbie Stabenow (MI) |
|
Pat Roberts (KS) |
Maria Cantwell (WA) |
|
Mike Enzi (WY) |
Bill Nelson (FL) |
|
John Cornyn (TX) |
Robert Menendez (NJ) |
|
John Thune (SD) |
Thomas Carper (DE) |
|
Richard Burr (NC) |
Ben Cardin (MD) |
|
Johnny Isakson (GA) |
Sherrod Brown (OH) |
|
Rob Portman (OH) |
Michael Bennet (CO) |
|
Pat Toomey (PA) |
Bob Casey (PA) |
|
Dan Coats (IN) |
Mark Warner (VA) |
|
Dean Heller (NV) |
|
|
Tim Scott (SC) |
|
Environment and Public Works
|
Majority |
Minority |
|
James Inhofe (OK) – Chairman |
Barbara Boxer (CA) – Ranking Member |
|
David Vitter (LA) |
Thomas Carper (DE) |
|
John Barrasso (WY) |
Ben Cardin (MD) |
|
Shelly Moore Capito (WV)* |
Bernard Sanders (VT) |
|
Mike Crapo (ID) |
Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) |
|
John Boozman (AR) |
Jeff Merkley (OR) |
|
Jeff Sessions (AL) |
Kristen Gillibrand (NY) |
|
Roger Wicker (MS) |
Ed Markey (MA) |
|
Deb Fischer (NE) |
|
|
Mike Rounds (SD)* |
|
|
Dan Sullivan (AK)* |
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*freshman members