Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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Scope and purpose
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.
Subcommittees
- Education and the American Family
- Employment and Workplace Safety
- Primary Health and Retirement Security
Bills
- S. 2403 Became law Retire through Ownership Act
- S. 2339 Passed Senate EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025
- S. 3315 Passed Senate Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026
- S. 4974 Passed Senate Making America's Food Safer Act
- S. 2398 Became law Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act
- S. 5605 In committee Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act
- S. 5614 In committee Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2026
- S. 5615 In committee VEST Act
- S. 5620 In committee UNPLUGGED Schools Grant Act of 2026
- S. 5626 In committee Higher Education Grant Flexibility Act of 2026
Members
- Bill Cassidy(R-LA)— Chairman
- Bernard Sanders(I-VT)— Ranking Member
- Angela D. Alsobrooks(D-MD)
- Alan Armstrong(R-OK)
- Tammy Baldwin(D-WI)
- Jim Banks(R-IN)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester(D-DE)
- Susan M. Collins(R-ME)
- Margaret Wood Hassan(D-NH)
- Josh Hawley(R-MO)
- John W. Hickenlooper(D-CO)
- Jon Husted(R-OH)
- Tim Kaine(D-VA)
- Andy Kim(D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey(D-MA)
- Roger Marshall(R-KS)
- Ashley Moody(R-FL)
- Lisa Murkowski(R-AK)
- Christopher Murphy(D-CT)
- Patty Murray(D-WA)
- Rand Paul(R-KY)
- Tim Scott(R-SC)
- Tommy Tuberville(R-AL)