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, 1971βpresent
Name | Party | State | Years | |
Vance Hartke | Democratic | Indiana | 1971β1977 | |
Alan Cranston | Democratic | California | 1977β1981 | |
Alan K. Simpson | Republican | Wyoming | 1981β1985 | |
Frank Murkowski | Republican | Alaska | 1985β1987 | |
Alan Cranston | Democratic | California | 1987β1993 | |
Jay Rockefeller | Democratic | West Virginia | 1993β1995 | |
Alan K. Simpson | Republican | Wyoming | 1995β1997 | |
Arlen Specter | Republican | Pennsylvania | 1997β2001 | |
Jay Rockefeller | Democratic | West Virginia | 2001β2003 | |
Arlen Specter | Republican | Pennsylvania | 2003β2005 | |
Larry Craig | Republican | Idaho | 2005β2007 | |
Daniel Akaka | Democratic | Hawaii | 2007β2011 | |
Patty Murray | Democratic | Washington | 2011β2013 | |
Bernie Sanders | Independent | Vermont | 2013β2015 | |
Johnny Isakson | Republican | Georgia | 2015-present |
2007 Walter Reed Hospital oversight issue
Main article: Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal
This senate committee came under scrutiny when its oversight role over Walter Reed Army Hospital was questioned following discoveries of negligent maintenance of certain facilities. The scrutiny escalated as individual members have been questioned on their individual negligence in overseeing this veterans' hospital.[2]
See also
References
- β Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.
- β Chicago Sun Times, Squabbles, no clear winner (Democratic candidate presidential debate), June 4, 2007
External links
- United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Senate Veterans Affairs Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post
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