History
and Recent Membership
of the
Committee on Environment
and Public Works
In
1837, the Senate
created the Committee
on Public Buildings
and Grounds to
oversee the development
of the Federal
buildings in the
young, but growing
Federal City of
Washington, DC.
In 1947, during
a reorganization
of Senate committees,
the panel was
renamed the Committee
on Public Works.
Following another
major organizational
revision in 1977,
its name was changed
to the Committee
on Environment
and Public Works.
¾Over
the years the
committee's public
works jurisdiction
has grown from
oversight of new
Federal building
construction,
additions to the
U.S. Capitol building
and grounds, and
the White House
and its grounds,
to legislative
responsibility
for the development
of the Nation's
interstate highway
system, flood
control and navigation
projects.
¾In
1963, the responsibility
for creating new
laws to achieve
air and water
pollution control,
rural and community
economic development,
and relief from
natural disasters
was given to the
committee. The
passage of the
Clean Air Act
in 1970, and the
Federal Water
Pollution Control
Act of 1972, brought
the committee
recognition as
the Senate's forum
for protection
of the environment.
In 1977, the committee
was assigned the
jurisdiction over
endangered species,
fish and wildlife
refuges and programs,
and the regulation
of nonmilitary
nuclear power.
¾More
recent committee
activities include
the passage of
landmark Everglades
restoration legislation,
the protection
of barrier islands
and ground water
resources, investigation
of the environmental
effects of bioengineering,
review of new
technologies and
scientific standards
in achieving infrastructural
growth and natural
habitat renewal,
and oversight
of the Superfund
program, solid
waste and recycled
materials, stratospheric
ozone depletion,
global climate
change, private
property rights,
and Federal regulatory
reform.
¾The
committee's oversight
extends to programs
in five cabinet
level departments
and seven independent
agencies, including
the Department
of the Interior's
Fish and Wildlife
Service, the Department
of Transportation's
Federal Highway
Administration
and the Coast
Guard, the Department
of Commerce's
Economic Development
Administration
and National Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration,
the Department
of Agriculture's
Natural Resources
Conservation Service,
the Environmental
Protection Agency,
the GSA's Public
Buildings Service,
the Council on
Environmental
Quality, the civil
works program
of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers,
the Tennessee
Valley Authority,
the Appalachian
Regional Commission,
the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, the
Federal Emergency
Management Agency,
the Mississippi
River Commission,
and the nonperforming
functions of the
John F. Kennedy
Center for the
Performing Arts.
EPW
MEMBERSHIP (1969-2002)
SENATE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
WORKS
91st
Congress
Jan. 3. 1969-
Jan. 2, 1971
Democrats
(majority) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Jennings
Randolph,
West Virginia,
Chmn. |
John
Sherman Cooper,
Kentucky |
Stephen
M. Young,
Ohio |
J.
Caleb Boggs,
Delaware |
Edmund
S. Muskie,
Maine |
Howard
H. Baker,
Jr., Tennessee |
B.
Everett Jordan,
North Carolina |
Robert
J. Dole, Kansas |
Birch
Bayh, Indiana |
Edward
J. Gurney,
Florida |
Joseph
M. Montoya,
New Mexico |
Robert
W. Packwood,
Oregon |
William
B. Spong,
Virginia |
|
Thomas
F. Eagleton,
Missouri |
|
Mike
Gravel, Alaska |
|
92nd
Congress [1]
Jan. 21, 1971
- Oct. 18, 1972
Democrats
(majority) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Jennings
Randolph,
West Virginia,
Chmn |
John Sherman
Cooper,
Kentucky |
Edmund
S. Muskie,
Maine |
J.
Caleb Boggs,
Delaware |
B. Everett
Jordan,
North Carolina |
Howard
H. Baker,
Jr., Tennessee |
Birch
Bayh, Indiana
[2] |
Robert
J. Dole, Kansas |
Joseph
M. Montoya,
New Mexico |
J.
Glenn Beall,
Maryland |
Thomas
F. Eagleton,
Missouri |
James
L. Buckley,
New York |
Mike
Gravel, Alaska |
Lowell
P. Weicker,
Connecticut
[4] |
John
V. Tunney,
California |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont |
Lloyd
M. Bentsen,
Texas |
Karl
E. Mundt,
South Dakota
[5] |
Elaine
S. Edwards,
Louisiana
[3] |
|
93rd
Congress
Jan. 3, 1973 -
Dec. 20, 1974
Democrats
(majority) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Jennings
Randolph,
West Virginia,
Chmn. |
Howard
H. Baker,
Jr., Tennessee |
Edmund
S. Muskie,
Maine |
James
L. Buckley,
New York |
Joseph
M. Montoya,
New Mexico |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont |
Mike
Gravel, Alaska |
William
L. Scott,
Virginia |
Lloyd
M. Bentsen,
Texas |
James
A. McClure,
Idaho |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota |
Pete
V. Domenici,
New Mexico |
Dick
Clark, Iowa |
|
Joseph
R. Biden,
Delaware |
|
94th Congress
Jan 14, 1995
- Oct. 1, 1976
Democrats
(majority
) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Jennings
Randolph,
West Virginia,
Chmn. |
Howard
H. Baker,
Jr., Tennessee |
Edmund
S. Muskie,
Maine |
James
L. Buckley,
New York |
Joseph
M. Montoya,
New Mexico |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont |
Mike
Gravel, Alaska |
James
A. McClure,
Idaho |
Lloyd
M. Bentsen,
Texas |
Pete
V. Domenici,
New Mexico |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota |
|
John
C. Culver,
Iowa |
|
Robert
Morgan, North
Carolina |
|
Gary
W. Hart, Colorado |
|
SENATE
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT
AND PUBLIC WORKS[6]
95th
Congress
Jan. 4, 1977 -
Oct. 15, 1978
Democrats
(majority
) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Jennings
Randolph,
West Virginia,
Chmn. |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont |
Edmund
S. Muskie,
Maine |
Howard
H. Baker,
Jr., Tennessee |
Mike
Gravel, Alaska |
James
A. McClure,
Idaho |
Lloyd
M. Bentsen,
Texas |
Pete
V. Domenici,
New Mexico |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
John
C. Culver,
Iowa |
Malcolm
Wallop, Wyoming |
Gary
W. Hart, Colorado |
|
Wendell
Anderson,
Minnesota |
|
Daniel
P. Moynihan,
New York |
|
96th
Congress
Jan. 15, 1979
- Dec. 16, 1980
Democrats
(majority
) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Jennings
Randolph,
West Virginia,
Chmn. |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont |
Edmund
S. Muskie,
Maine
[7] |
Howard
H. Baker,
Jr., Tennessee |
Mike
Gravel, Alaska |
James
A. McClure,
Idaho |
Lloyd
M. Bentsen,
Texas |
Pete
V. Domenici,
New Mexico |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
John
C. Culver,
Iowa |
Alan
K. Simpson,
Wyoming |
Gary
W. Hart, Colorado |
Larry
Pressler,
South Dakota |
Daniel
P. Moynihan,
New York |
|
George
E. Mitchell,
Maine
[8] |
|
97th
Congress
Jan. 5, 1981 -
Dec. 23, 1982
Democrats
(minority) |
Republicans
(majority) |
Jennings
Randolph,
West Virginia |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont, Chmn. |
Lloyd
M. Bentsen,
Texas |
Howard
H. Baker,
Jr., Tennessee |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota |
Pete
V. Domenici,
New Mexico |
Gary
W. Hart, Colorado |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
Daniel
P. Moynihan,
New York |
Alan
K. Simpson,
Wyoming |
George
Mitchell,
Maine |
James
Abdnor, South
Dakota |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
Steve
Symms, Idaho |
|
Slate
Gorton, Washington |
|
Frank
H. Murkowski,
Alaska |
98th
Congress [9]
Jan. 3, 1983 -
Oct. 12, 1984
Democrats
(minority) |
Republicans
(majority) |
Jennings
Randolph,
West Virginia |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont, Chmn. |
Lloyd
M. Bentsen,
Texas |
Howard
H. Baker,
Jr., Tennessee |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
Gary
W. Hart, Colorado |
Alan
K. Simpson,
Wyoming |
Daniel
P. Moynihan,
New York |
James
Abdnor, South
Dakota |
George
Mitchell,
Maine |
Steve
Symms, Idaho |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
Pete
V. Dominici,
New Mexico |
Frank
R. Lautenberg,
New Jersey [9] |
David
W. Durenberger,
Minnesota |
|
Gordon
Humphrey,
New Hampshire |
|
Daniel
J. Evan, Washington [9] |
99th
Congress
Jan. 3, 1985 -
Oct. 18, 1986
Democrats
(minority) |
Republicans
(majority) |
Lloyd
M. Bentsen,
Texas |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont, Chmn. |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
Gary
W. Hart, Colorado |
Alan
K. Simpson,
Wyoming |
Daniel
P. Moynihan,
New York |
James
Abdnor, South
Dakota |
George
Mitchell,
Maine |
Steve
Symms, Idaho |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
Gordon
Humphrey,
New Hampshire |
Frank
Lautenberg,
New Jersey |
Pete
V. Domenici,
New Mexico |
|
David
W. Durenberger,
Minnesota |
100th
Congress
Jan. 6, 1987 -
Oct. 22, 1988
Democrats
(majority) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota,
Chmn. |
Robert
T. Stafford,
Vermont |
Daniel
P. Moynihan,
New York |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
George
Mitchell,
Maine |
Alan
K. Simpson,
Wyoming |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
Steve
Symms, Idaho |
Frank
Lautenberg,
New Jersey |
David
W. Durenberger,
Minnesota |
John
B. Breaux,
Louisiana |
John
W. Warner,
Virginia |
Barbara
A. Mikulski,
Maryland |
Larry
Pressler,
South Dakota |
Harry
Reid, Nevada |
|
Bob
Graham, Florida |
|
101st Congress
Jan. 3. 1989 -
Oct. 28, 1990
Democrats
(majority) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Quentin
N. Burdick,
North Dakota,
Chmn. |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
Daniel
P. Moynihan,
New York |
Alan
K. Simpson,
Wyoming |
George
Mitchell,
Maine |
Steve
Symms, Idaho |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
David
W. Durenberger,
Minnesota |
Frank
Lautenberg,
New Jersey |
John
W. Warner,
Virginia |
Harry
Reid, Nevada |
James
M. Jeffords,
Vermont |
Bob
Graham, Florida |
Gordon
J. Humphrey,
New Hampshire |
Joseph
I. Lieberman,
Connecticut |
|
Howard
M. Metzenbaum,
Ohio |
|
102nd
Congress [10]
Jan. 3, 1991 -
Oct. 8, 1992
Democrats
(majority) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Quentin
Burdick, North
Dakota , Chmn. [10] |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
Daniel
P. Moynihan,
New York[10] |
Alan
K. Simpson,
Wyoming |
George
Mitchell,
Maine |
Steve
Symms, Idaho |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
David
W. Durenberger,
Minnesota |
Frank
Lautenberg,
New Jersey |
John
W. Warner,
Virginia |
Harry
Reid, Nevada |
James
M. Jeffords,
Vermont |
Bob
Graham, Florida |
Robert
Smith, New¾
Hampshire |
Joseph
I. Lieberman,
Connecticut |
|
Howard
M. Metzenbaum,
Ohio |
|
Harris
Wofford, Pennsylvania |
|
Harris
Wofford, Pennsylvania
[11] |
|
Jocelyn
Birch Burdick,
North Dakota
[12] |
|
103rd
Congress
Jan. 3, 1993 -
Dec. 1, 1994
Democrats
(majority) |
Republicans
(minority) |
Max
Baucus, Montana,
Chmn. |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island |
Daniel
Patrick Moynihan,
New York |
Alan
K. Simpson,
Wyoming |
George
Mitchell,
Maine |
David
W. Durenberger,
Minnesota |
Frank
Lautenberg,
New Jersey |
John
W. Warner,
Virginia |
Harry
Reid, Nevada |
Robert
Smith, New¾
Hampshire |
Bob
Graham, Florida |
Lauch
Faircloth,
North Carolina |
Joseph
I. Lieberman,
Connecticut |
Dirk
Kempthorne,
Idaho |
Howard
M. Metzenbaum,
Ohio |
|
Harris
Wofford, Pennsylvania |
|
Barbara
Boxer, California |
|
104th
Congress
Jan. 4, 1995 -
Oct. 3, 1996
Democrats
(minority) |
Republicans
(majority) |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island,
Chmn. |
Daniel
Patrick Moyhihan |
John
W. Warner,
Virginia |
Frank
Lautenberg,
New Jersey |
Robert
Smith, New¾
Hampshire |
Harry
Reid, Nevada |
Lauch
Faircloth,
North Carolina |
Bob
Graham, Florida |
Dirk
Kempthorne,
Idaho |
Joseph
I. Lieberman,
Connecticut |
James
M. Inhofe,
Oklahoma |
Barbara
Boxer, California |
Craig
Thomas, Wyoming |
Ron
Wyden, Oregon |
Mitch
McConnell,
Kentucky |
|
Christopher
S. Bond, Missouri |
|
Robert
F. Bennett,
Utah |
105th
Congress
Jan. 3, 1997 -
Dec. 21, 1998
Democrats
(minority) |
Republicans
(majority) |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island,
Chmn. |
Daniel
Patrick Moyhihan |
John
W. Warner,
Virginia |
Frank
Lautenberg,
New Jersey |
Robert
Smith, New¾
Hampshire |
Harry
Reid, Nevada |
Dirk
Kempthorne,
Idaho |
Bob
Graham, Florida |
James
M. Inhofe,
Oklahoma |
Joseph
I. Lieberman,
Connecticut |
Craig
Thomas, Wyoming |
Barbara
Boxer, California |
Christopher
S. Bond, Missouri |
Ron
Wyden, Oregon |
Tim
Hutchinson,
Arkansas |
|
Wayne
Allard, Colorado |
|
Jeff
Sessions,
Alabama |
106th
Congress [13]
Jan. 6, 1999 -Dec.
15, 2000
Democrats
(minority) |
Republicans
(majority) |
Max
Baucus, Montana |
John
H. Chafee,
Rhode Island,
Chmn. [13] |
Daniel
Patrick Moyhihan |
John
W. Warner,
Virginia |
Frank
Lautenberg,
New Jersey |
Robert
Smith, New¾
Hampshire [13] |
Harry
Reid, Nevada |
James
M. Inhofe,
Oklahoma |
Bob
Graham, Florida |
Craig
Thomas, Wyoming |
Joseph
I. Lieberman,
Connecticut |
Christopher
S. Bond, Missouri |
Barbara
Boxer, California |
George
V. Voinovich,
Ohio |
Ron
Wyden, Oregon |
Michael
D. Crapo,
Idaho |
|
Robert
F. Bennett,
Utah |
|
Kay
Bailey Hutchison,
Texas |
|
Lincoln
Chafee, Rhode
Island
[14] |
107th Congress [15]
Jan. 3, 2001
- Nov. 22, 2002
Democrats/Independent |
Republicans |
James
M. Jeffords,
Vermont,
Chmn.
[19] |
Bob
Smith, of
New Hampshire
[16] |
Max
Baucus,
Montana |
John
W. Warner,
Virginia |
Harry
Reid, Nevada
[20] |
James
M. Inhofe,
Oklahoma |
Bob
Graham,
Florida |
Christopher
S. Bond,
Missouri |
Joseph
I. Lieberman,
Connecticut |
George
V. Voinovich,
Ohio |
Barbara
Boxer, California |
Michael
D. Crapo,
Idaho |
Ron
Wyden, Oregon |
Lincoln
Chafee,
Rhode Island |
Thomas
R. Carper,
Delaware |
Arlen
Specter,
Pennsylvania |
Hillary
Rodham Clinton,
New York |
Ben
Nighthorse
Campbell,
Colorado
[17] |
Jon
S. Corzine,
New Jersey |
Pete
V. Domenici,
New Mexico
[18] |
|