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

The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to health, education, labor, and pensions. Its jurisdiction extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules.

Jurisdictional areas

Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare
Aging
Agricultural colleges
Arts and humanities
Biomedical research and development
Child labor
Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce
Domestic activities of the American Red Cross
Equal employment opportunity
Gallaudet University, Howard University, and St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Individuals with disabilities
Labor standards and labor statistics
Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Private pension plans
Public health
Railway labor and retirement
Regulation of foreign laborers
Student loans
Wages and hours of labor, including the federal minimum wage

Members, 110th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. The Ranking Minority Member is Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming.

Majority
Member		State
Ted Kennedy, Chairman	Massachusetts
Chris Dodd, Vice Chairman	Connecticut
Tom Harkin	Iowa
Barbara Mikulski	Maryland
Jeff Bingaman	New Mexico
Patty Murray	Washington
Jack Reed	Rhode Island
Hillary Rodham Clinton	New York
Barack Obama	Illinois
Bernie Sanders*	Vermont
Sherrod Brown	Ohio

Minority
Member		State
Mike Enzi, Ranking Minority Member	Wyoming
Judd Gregg	New Hampshire
Lamar Alexander	Tennessee
Richard Burr	North Carolina
Johnny Isakson	Georgia
Lisa Murkowski	Alaska
Orrin Hatch	Utah
Pat Roberts	Kansas
Wayne Allard	Colorado
Tom Coburn	Oklahoma

*Sanders is an independent, but caucuses with the Democrats and counts as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments.

Subcommittees

These are subcommittees for the 110th Congress.

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Children and Families	Chris Dodd (D-CT)	Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety	Patty Murray (D-WA)	Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging	Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)	Richard Burr (R-NC)