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The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate in charge of all senate matters related to the following subjects:
- Coast Guard
- Coastal zone management
- Communications
- "Green" Technologies and Practices
- Highway safety
- Inland waterways, except construction
- Interstate commerce
- Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation
- Marine fisheries
- Merchant marine and navigation
- Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences
- Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities
- Panama Canal and other interoceanic canals
- Regulation of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing
- Regulation of interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation
- Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy
- Sports
- Standards and measurement
- Transportation
- Transportation and commerce aspects of Continental Shelf lands
Members, 113th Congress
The committee is chaired by Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and the Ranking Member is Republican John Thune of South Dakota.
| Majority |
Minority |
- Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia, Chairman
- Barbara Boxer, California
- Bill Nelson, Florida
- Maria Cantwell, Washington
- Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey
- Mark Pryor, Arkansas
- Claire McCaskill, Missouri
- Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Mark Warner, Virginia
- Mark Begich, Alaska
- Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
- Brian Schatz, Hawaii
- Mo Cowan, Massachusetts
|
- John Thune, South Dakota, Ranking Member
- Roger Wicker, Mississippi
- Roy Blunt, Missouri
- Marco Rubio, Florida
- Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire
- Dean Heller, Nevada
- Dan Coats, Indiana
- Tim Scott, South Carolina
- Ted Cruz, Texas
- Deb Fischer, Nebraska
- Ron Johnson, Wisconsin
|
Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296 , 661–662
Subcommittees
| Subcommittee |
Chair |
Ranking Member |
| Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security |
Maria Cantwell (D-WA) |
Marco Rubio (R-FL) |
| Communications, Technology, and the Internet |
Brian Schatz (D-HI) |
Tim Scott (R-SC) |
| Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion |
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) |
Roy Blunt (R-MO) |
| Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance |
Mark Pryor (D-AR) |
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) |
| Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard |
Mark Begich (D-AK) |
Deb Fischer (R-NE) |
| Science and Space |
Bill Nelson (D-FL) |
Ted Cruz (R-TX) |
| Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security |
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) |
Roger Wicker (R-MS) |
History
The original progenitors of this committee were:
Chairmen
Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1816–1825
Committee on Commerce, 1825–1947
Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1887–1947
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1947–1961
Committee on Commerce, 1961–1977
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1977-present
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