For Immediate Release
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011
CONTACT: Jon Summers, (202) 224-2939
REID ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 112TH CONGRESS
Washington, D.C.—Nevada Senator Harry Reid made the following statement on the announcement of committees for the 112th Congress:
“This Congress has incredibly important work to do moving our country forward, creating jobs in Nevada and across the nation and strengthening the middle class. I am thankful to all my colleagues in the Senate for the work they do in committee crafting the policies that will bring this country back from one of the worst recessions in recent memory, and for their service to their home states and to this nation. I am humbled by and look forward to the work we will undertake together during the 112th Congress.”
A Committees
Agriculture:
Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow
Patrick Leahy
Tom Harkin
Kent Conrad
Max Baucus
Ben Nelson
Sherrod Brown
Robert Casey
Amy Klobuchar
Michael Bennet
Kirsten Gillibrand
Appropriations:
Chairman Daniel Inouye
Patrick Leahy
Tom Harkin
Barbara Mikulski
Herb Kohl
Patty Murray
Dianne Feinstein
Richard Durbin
Tim Johnson
Mary Landrieu
Jack Reed
Frank Lautenberg
Ben Nelson
Mark Pryor
Jon Tester
Sherrod Brown
Armed Services:
Chairman Carl Levin
Joseph Lieberman
Jack Reed
Daniel Akaka
Ben Nelson
Jim Webb
Claire McCaskill
Mark Udall
Kay Hagan
Mark Begich
Joe Manchin
Jeanne Shaheen
Kirsten Gillibrand
Richard Blumenthal
Banking:
Chairman Tim Johnson
Jack Reed
Charles Schumer
Robert Menendez
Daniel Akaka
Sherrod Brown
Jon Tester
Herb Kohl
Mark Warner
Jeff Merkley
Michael Bennet
Kay Hagan
Commerce:
Chairman Jay Rockefeller
Daniel Inouye
John Kerry
Barbara Boxer
Bill Nelson
Maria Cantwell
Frank Lautenberg
Mark Pryor
Claire McCaskill
Amy Klobuchar
Tom Udall
Mark Warner
Mark Begich
Energy:
Chairman Jeff Bingaman
Ron Wyden
Tim Johnson
Mary Landrieu
Maria Cantwell
Bernard Sanders
Debbie Stabenow
Mark Udall
Jeanne Shaheen
Al Franken
Joe Manchin
Christopher Coons
Environment and Public Works:
Chairwoman Barbara Boxer
Max Baucus
Thomas Carper
Frank Lautenberg
Benjamin Cardin
Bernard Sanders
Sheldon Whitehouse
Tom Udall
Jeff Merkley
Kirsten Gillibrand
Finance:
Chairman Max Baucus
Jay Rockefeller
Kent Conrad
Jeff Bingaman
John Kerry
Ron Wyden
Charles Schumer
Debbie Stabenow
Maria Cantwell
Bill Nelson
Robert Menendez
Thomas Carper
Ben Cardin
Foreign Relations:
Chairman John Kerry
Barbara Boxer
Robert Menendez
Benjamin Cardin
Robert Casey
Jim Webb
Jeanne Shaheen
Christopher Coons
Richard Durbin
Tom Udall
Health, Education, Labor and Pension:
Chairman Tom Harkin
Barbara Mikulski
Jeff Bingaman
Patty Murray
Bernard Sanders
Robert Casey
Kay Hagan
Jeff Merkley
Al Franken
Michael Bennet
Sheldon Whitehouse
Richard Blumenthal
Homeland Security and Government Affairs:
Chairman Joseph Lieberman
Carl Levin
Daniel Akaka
Thomas Carper
Mark Pryor
Mary Landrieu
Claire McCaskill
Jon Tester
Mark Begich
Select Committee on Intelligence:
Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein
Jay Rockefeller
Ron Wyden
Barbara Mikulski
Bill Nelson
Kent Conrad
Mark Udall
Mark Warner
Judiciary:
Chairman Patrick Leahy
Herb Kohl
Dianne Feinstein
Charles Schumer
Richard Durbin
Sheldon Whitehouse
Amy Klobuchar
Al Franken
Christopher Coons
Ricahrd Blumenthal
B Committees
Special Committee on Aging:
Chairman Herb Kohl
Ron Wyden
Bill Nelson
Robert Casey
Claire McCaskill
Sheldon Whitehouse
Mark Udall
Michael Bennet
Kirsten Gillibrand
Joe Manchin
Richard Blumenthal
Budget:
Chairman Ken Conrad
Patty Murray
Ron Wyden
Bill Nelson
Debbie Stabenow
Benjamin Cardin
Bernard Sanders
Sheldon Whitehouse
Mark Warner
Jeff Merkley
Mark Begich
Christopher Coons
Joint Economic Committee:
Chairman Robert Casey
Jeff Bingaman
Amy Klobuchar
Jim Webb
Mark Warner
Bernard Sanders
Rules and Administration:
Chairman Charles Schumer
Daniel Inouye
Dianne Feinstein
Richard Durbin
Ben Nelson
Patty Murray
Mark Pryor
Tom Udall
Mark Warner
Patrick Leahy
Small Business and Entrepreneurship:
Chairman Mary Landrieu
Carl Levin
Tom Harkin
John Kerry
Joseph Lieberman
Maria Cantwell
Mark Pryor
Benjamin Cardin
Jeanne Shaheen
Kay Hagan
Veterans’ Affairs:
Chairwoman Patty Murray
Jay Rockefeller
Daniel Akaka
Bernard Sanders
Sherrod Brown
Jim Webb
Jon Tester
Mark Begich
Select Committee on Ethics:
Chairwoman Barbara Boxer
Mark Pryor
Sherrod Brown
Indian Affairs:
Chairman Daniel Akaka
Daniel Inouye
Kent Conrad
Tim Johnson
Maria Cantwell
Jon Tester
Tom Udall
Al Franken