United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
The United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs deals with oversight of United States veterans issues.
Members, 114th Congress
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Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296 to 297
According to committee members' official online biographies, three of the fourteen members are veterans: Richard Blumenthal, Dan Sullivan and Johnny Isakson.
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1971–present
Name | Party | State | Years | |
Vance Hartke | Democratic | Indiana | 1971–1977 | |
Alan Cranston | Democratic | California | 1977–1981 | |
Alan K. Simpson | Republican | Wyoming | 1981–1985 | |
Frank Murkowski | Republican | Alaska | 1985–1987 | |
Alan Cranston | Democratic | California | 1987–1993 | |
Jay Rockefeller | Democratic | West Virginia | 1993–1995 | |
Alan K. Simpson | Republican | Wyoming | 1995–1997 | |
Arlen Specter | Republican | Pennsylvania | 1997–2001 | |
Jay Rockefeller | Democratic | West Virginia | 2001–2003 | |
Arlen Specter | Republican | Pennsylvania | 2003–2005 | |
Larry Craig | Republican | Idaho | 2005–2007 | |
Daniel Akaka | Democratic | Hawaii | 2007–2011 | |
Patty Murray | Democratic | Washington | 2011–2013 | |
Bernie Sanders | Independent | Vermont | 2013–2015 | |
Johnny Isakson | Republican | Georgia | 2015-present |
See also
References
- ↑ Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.
External links
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