The Chairman
Edward M. Kennedy
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
has represented
Massachusetts in the United
States Senate for
forty-three years. He was
elected in 1962 to finish
the final two years of the
Senate term of his brother,
Senator John F. Kennedy, who
was elected President in
1960. Since then, Kennedy
has been re-elected to seven
full terms, and is now the
second most senior member of
the Senate. Kennedy is currently the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Throughout his career, Kennedy has fought for issues that benefit the citizens of the nation. His effort to make quality health care accessible and affordable to every American is a battle that Kennedy has been waging ever since he arrived in the Senate. In addition, Kennedy is active on a wide range of other issues, including education reform and immigration reform, raising the minimum wage, defending the rights of workers and their families, strengthening civil rights, assisting individuals with disabilities, fighting for cleaner water and cleaner air, and protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare. Kennedy is the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia Law School. Kennedy lives in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with his wife Victoria Reggie Kennedy. Together, they have five children – Kara, Edward Jr., and Patrick Kennedy, and Curran and Caroline Raclin. They also have four grandchildren. For more information about Senator Edward M. Kennedy, please visit his website - www.kennedy.senate.gov
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The Ranking Member
Michael B. Enzi
Senate Service
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Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:
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Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare. |
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Aging. |
3.
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Agricultural colleges. |
4.
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Arts and humanities. |
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Biomedical research and development. |
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Child labor. |
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Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce. |
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Domestic activities of the American National Red Cross. |
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Equal employment opportunity. |
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Gallaudet University, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeth hospital. |
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Individuals with disabilities. |
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Labor standards and labor statistics. |
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Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes. |
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Occupational safety and health, including the welfare of miners. |
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Private pension plans. |
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Public health. |
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Railway labor and retirement. |
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Regulation of foreign laborers. |
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Student loans. |
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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.