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The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.

Contents 1 Members, 110th Congress 2 Subcommittees 3 Chairmen 3.1 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838-1857 3.2 Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1857-1883 3.3 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1883-1947 3.4 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Works, 1947-1977 3.5 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 1977-present 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

The Committee is chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer (Democrat of California). The Ranking Minority Member is Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma. Effective with the 110th Congress, the number of subcommittees has been expanded from four to six, with the creation of the Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, Children's Health Protection and Nuclear Safety and the Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality.^[1] The remaining subcommittees received slight changes and updated oversight responsibilities.

Majority Member State   Barbara Boxer, Chairwoman California   Max Baucus Montana   Joe Lieberman Connecticut   Thomas R. Carper Delaware   Hillary Rodham Clinton New York   Frank Lautenberg New Jersey   Ben Cardin Maryland   Bernie Sanders Vermont   Amy Klobuchar Minnesota   Sheldon Whitehouse Rhode Island

Minority Member State   Jim Inhofe, Ranking Minority Member Oklahoma   John Warner Virginia   George Voinovich Ohio   Johnny Isakson Georgia   David Vitter Louisiana   Larry Craig Idaho   Lamar Alexander Tennessee   Kit Bond Missouri   John Barrasso Wyoming

Subcommittees of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Minority Member
Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children’s Health Protection	Barbara Boxer (D-CA)	Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Transportation and Infrastructure	Max Baucus (D-MT)	Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection	Joe Lieberman (ID-CT)	John Warner (R-VA)
Clean Air and Nuclear Safety	Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)	George Voinovich (R-OH)
Superfund and Environmental Health	Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)	Larry Craig (R-ID)
Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality	Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)	David Vitter (R-LA)

• William S. Fulton (D-AR) 1838-1841
• John Leeds Kerr (W-MD) 1841-1842
• William L. Dayton (W-NJ) 1842-1845
• Simon Cameron (D-PA) 1845-1846
• Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1846-1847
• Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) 1847-1851
• James Whitcomb (D-IN) 1851-1852
• Charles James (D-RI) 1852-1853
• James Bayard (D-DE) 1853-1857

• Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1857-1861
• Solomon Foot (R-VT) 1861-1866
• B. Gratz Brown (R-MO) 1866-1867
• William P. Fessenden (R-ME) 1867-1869
• Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) 1869-1878
• Henry Dawes (R-MA) 1878-1879
• Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 1879-1881
• Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) 1881-1883

• William Mahone (R-VA) 1883-1887
• Leland Stanford (R-CA) 1887-1893
• George Vest (D-MO) 1893-1895
• Matthew S. Quay (R-PA) 1895-1899
• Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN) 1899-1905
• Nathan Scott (R-WV) 1905-1911
• George Sutherland (R-UT) 1911-1913
• Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) 1913-1918
• James A. Reed (D-MO) 1918-1919
• Bert M. Fernald (R-ME) 1919-1926
• Irvine L. Lenroot (R-WI) 1926-1927
• Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) 1927-1933
• Tom Connally (D-TX) 1933-1942
• Francis Maloney (D-CT) 1942-1945
• Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) 1945-1947

• Chapman Revercomb (R-WV) 1947-1949
• Dennis Chavez (D-NM) 1949-1953
• Edward Martin (R-PA) 1953-1955
• Dennis Chavez (D-NM) 1955-1962
• Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) 1962-1966
• Jennings Randolph (D-WV) 1966-1977

• Jennings Randolph (D-WV) 1977-1981
• Robert T. Stafford (R-VT) 1981-1987
• Quentin N. Burdick (D-ND) 1987-1992
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) 1992-1993
• Max Baucus (D-MT) 1993-1995
• John H. Chafee (R-RI) 1995-1999
• Robert C. Smith (R-NH) 1999-2001
• Harry Reid (D-NV) 2001
• Robert C. Smith (R-NH) 2001
• James Jeffords (I-VT) 2001-2003
• James Inhofe (R-OK) 2003-2007
• Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 2007-present

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House (list)	Agriculture • Appropriations • Armed Services • Budget • Education and Labor • Energy and Commerce • Financial Services • Foreign Affairs • Homeland Security • House Administration • Intelligence (Permanent Select) • Judiciary • Natural Resources • Oversight and Government Reform • Rules • Science and Technology • Small Business • Standards of Official Conduct • Transportation and Infrastructure • Veterans' Affairs • Ways and Means • (Whole)
Senate (list)	Aging (Special) • Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry • Appropriations • Armed Services • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs • Budget • Commerce, Science and Transportation • Energy and Natural Resources • Ethics (Select) • Environment and Public Works • Finance • Foreign Relations • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs • Indian Affairs • Intelligence (Select) • Judiciary • Narcotics Control • Rules and Administration • Small Business and Entrepreneurship • Veterans' Affairs
Joint (list)	(Conference) • Economic • Library • Printing • Taxation Defunct committees

1. ^ Chairman Boxer & Senator Inhofe Announce Subcommittee Assignments

• U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works official website