Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Majority Office:		Minority Office:	
SD-428		SH-835	
Washington, DC 20510-6300		Phone: (202) 224-6770	
Phone: (202) 224-0767		Fax: (202) 224-6510	
Fax: (202) 224-5128			

Majority (11)		Minority (10)	
			
Edward M. Kennedy, MA - Chair.		Michael B. Enzi, WY - Rnk. Mbr.	
Christopher J. Dodd, CT		Judd Gregg, NH	
Tom Harkin, IA		Lamar Alexander, TN	
Barbara A. Mikulski, MD		Richard Burr, NC	
Jeff Bingaman, NM		Johnny Isakson, GA	
Patty Murray, WA		Lisa A. Murkowski, AK	
John F. Reed, RI		Orrin G. Hatch, UT	
Hillary Rodham Clinton, NY		Pat Roberts, KS	
Barack Obama, IL		Wayne A. Allard, CO	
Bernard Sanders, VT		Thomas A. Coburn, OK	
Sherrod Brown, OH			

MAJORITY STAFF

Staff Director/Chief Counsel	Michael J. Myers	SD-646	224-0767	
Chief Counsel/Chief Policy Advisor for Education	Carmel M. Martin	SD-646	224-0767	
Staff Director for Health	David C. Bowen	SH-527	224-7675	
Deputy Staff Director for Health	Caya Lewis	SH-527	224-7675	
Policy Director for Disability & PN	Connie M. Garner	SD-644	224-0767	
Chief Counsel for Labor	Holly B. Fechner	SH-632	224-5441	
Education Advisor	J.D. LaRock	SH-662-B	224-5501	
Chief Counsel on Policy	Jeffrey J. Teitz	SD-648	224-0767	
Counsel for Education	Missy Rohrbach	SH-622B	224-5501	
Senior Counsel for Education	Roberto J. Rodriguez	SH-622B	224-5501	
Labor Counsel	Portia Wu	SH-639	224-5441	
Labor Counsel	Lauren McGarity	SH-639	224-5441	
Professional Staff Member	Benjamin L. Berwick	SH-448	224-0767	
Professional Staff Member	Keysha Y. Brooks-Coley	SH-113	224-0767	
Professional Staff Member	James M. Fenton	SH-404B	224-0767	
Professional Staff Member	Mary Ellen McGuire	SH-404B	224-0767	
Professional Staff Member	Michael P. Woody	SH-113	224-3254	
Senior Fellow	David H. Dorsey	SH-527	224-7675	
Legislative Aide	Kara Marchione	SH-404A	224-0767	
Staff Assistant	Charles Garrison	SD-644	224-0767	
Detailee	Stacey B. Sachs	SH-527	224-7675	
Staff Assistant	Molly Nicholson	SH-527	224-7675	
Staff Assistant	Nora Crowley	SH-622B	224-5501	
Staff Assistant	Jonathan McCracken	SH-639	224-5441	
Staff Assistant	Ben Gruenbaum	SD-644	224-0767	
Director or Economic Development	Ianna Kachoris	SD-644	224-0767	
Legislative Aide, Economic Development	Ron Carlton	SD-644	224-0767	
Disability Counsel	Lee Perselay	SH-113	224-9243	
				
MINORITY STAFF

Staff Director	Katherine McGuire	SH-835	224-6770	
General Counsel/Pensions Director	Gregory Dean	SH-835	224-6770	
Chief Counsel	Ilyse Schuman	SH-835	224-6770	
Education Policy Director	Beth Buehlmann	SH-615	224-8484	
Health Policy Director	Stephen Northrup	SH-727	224-0623	
Labor Policy Director	Brian Hayes	SH-615	224-6770	
Pension Policy Director	Diann Howland	SH-440	224-1284	
Senior Policy Advisor	Amy Shank	SH-835	224-7229	
Communications Director	James Craig Orfield	SH-835	224-6770	
Deputy Communications Director	Ryan Taylor	SH-440	224-6770	
Senior Communications Advisor	Ron Hindle	SH-835	224-4610	
Investigative Advisor	Adam Briddell	SH-632	224-7229	
Professional Staff Member	Katy Barr	SH-727	224-0623	
Professional Staff Member	Aaron Bishop	SH-615	224-6770	
Professional Staff Member	Shana Christrup	SH-727	224-0623	
Professional Staff Member	Amy Muhlberg	SH-727	224-0623	
Senior Health Counsel	Andrew Patzman	SH-727	224-0623	
Chief Investigative Counsel	Lauren Fuller	SD-632	224-0767	
Investigative Counsel	Keith Flannagan	SH-632	224-7229	
Investigations Associate	Kori Forster	SH-632	224-7117	
Labor Counsel	Kyle Hicks	SH-615	224-6770	
Senior Pensions Counsel	David Thompson	SH-440	224-6770	
Oversight Associate	Will Green	SH-632	224-9809	
Research Assistant	Michelle Dirst	SH-727	224-0623	
Staff Assistant	Todd Spangler	SH-725	224-0623	
Staff Assistant	Kelly Hastings	SH-608	224-6770	
Staff Assistant	Michael Mahaffey	SH-440	224-6770	
Staff Assistant	Brittany Moore	SH-727	224-0623	
Staff Assistant	Kristyn Vermeesen	SH-835	224-6770	
	Lindsay Hunsicker			
				
BIPARTISAN STAFF

Chief Clerk	Denis O'Donovan	SD-426	224-3656	
Deputy Chief Clerk	John E. Dutton	SD-426	224-5375	
Editor	Denise Lowery	SD-422	224-0051	
Director of IT	Frank Zhang	SD-422	224-9570	
Staff Assistant	Mary Smith	SH-428	224-5375	

JURISDICTION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects: 

1. Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare. 
2. Aging. 
3. Agricultural colleges. 
4. Arts and humanities. 
5. Biomedical research and development. 
6. Child labor.
7. Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce.
8. Domestic activities of the American National Red Cross. 
9. Equal employment opportunity.
10. Gallaudet College, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeths Hospital.
11. Handicapped individuals.
12. Labor standards and labor statistics.
13. Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
14. Occupational safety and health, including the welfare of miners.
15. Private pension plans.
16. Public health.
17. Railway labor and retirement.
18. Regulation of foreign laborers.
19. Student loans.
20. Wages and hours of labor.
 
Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, education and training, and public welfare, and report thereon from time to time.