U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

In 1994, Committee Member Olympia Snowe was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman in American history to serve in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of Congress.

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	30th - Howard Cannon (D-Nev.) served as Chairman from 197...
	30th - The original predecessor to today’s Commerce...
	30th - James Barbour (DR-Va.) proposed the resolution tha...
	30th - Former Committee Chairman Warren Magnuson (D-Was...
	30th - The Committee on Commerce and Manufacturing broke ...
	30th - A predecessor of the Commerce Committee was the In...
	30th - Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.) left his Chairmanship of...
	30th - The longest-serving Committee Chairman was Warren ...
	30th - Today’s incarnation of the Senate Committee ...
	30th - In 1977, the Commerce Committee relinquished juris...
	30th - The Commerce Committee was initially assigned 13 s...
	30th - The Commerce Committee was one of 11 original stan...
	31st - Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) dis...
	31st - Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) wor...
	31st - Committee Vice Chaimran Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) ser...
	31st - After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1958, F...
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	31st - Committee Member John Ensign (R-Nev.), who holds a...
	31st - In June of 2000, Committee Member Kay Bailey Hutch...
	31st - Upon his election to the United States Senate in 1...
	31st - During World War II, Committee Vice Chairman Ted S...
	31st - Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was...
	31st - In 2002, Committee Member John Sununu (R-N.H.) def...
	31st - Committee Member Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was born and ...
	31st - Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was...

	9th - Current Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Ala...
	9th - Nineteen President Pro Tempores of the Senate have...
	9th - Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.) is the longest-s...

	3rd - In previous decades, the Committee was much smalle...
	3rd - Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) served on the Comme...
	3rd - Since 1947, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee and Texas ...
	3rd - Since establishment of today's modern two-party, R...
	3rd - Since 1947, only two states, Idaho and Iowa, have ...
	3rd - 19 President Pro Tempores of the Senate have serve...

	7th - After being appointed Tax Commissioner at 26, Comm...
	7th - In 1998, Committee Member Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) was ...
	7th - Committee Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) was elec...
	7th - Before coming to the U.S. Senate, Committee Member...
	7th - In 1964, Committee Member Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va....
	7th - Elected to a third term in 2004, Committee Member ...
	7th - In January 1986, Committee Member Bill Nelson (D-F...
	7th - For his leadership, courage, and sacrifice under f...

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