United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - wikipedia United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ( HELP ) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules. While currently known as the HELP Committee, the first iteration of this committee was founded on January 28, 1869 as the Committee on Education. The committee name was changed to the Committee on Education and Labor on February 14, 1870, when petitions relating to labor were added to their jurisdiction from the Committee on Naval Affairs. The committee 's jurisdiction at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries focused on issues relating to federal employees ' working conditions and federal education aid. Prominent issues considered by the committee in the 1910s and 1920s included the creation of a minimum wage, the establishments of a Department of Labor, a Department of Education, and a Children 's Bureau. During the 1930s, the committee took action on the National Labor Relations Act, the Walsh - Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936 and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. In 1944, the jurisdiction of the Public Health Service was transferred from the Commerce Committee over to the Committee on Education and Labor, resulting in the committee taking over issues relating to public health matters. The name of the committee changed during the 80th Congress to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, which was part of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( Public Law 79 - 601 ). As part of this bill, the jurisdiction of the committee was expanded to include the issues of rehabilitation, health, and education of veterans. Mine safety legislation was also added to the committee 's jurisdiction in 1949. During the Johnson Administration, the committee established itself as the principal committee for the legislation pertaining to the War on Poverty, as part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 ( Public Law 91 - 510 ), certain issues pertaining to veterans were transferred to the newly created Committee on Veterans Affairs. In the 95th Congress, the Senate passed S. Res. 4 which renamed the committee to be the Committee on Human Resources. However, the name was again changed in the 96th Congress in S. Res. 30 to become the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. On March 18, 1992, the committee 's jurisdiction was updated to include all of the areas listed below. The current name of the Committee, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, was created on January 19, 1999 in S. Res. 20. Contents 1 Jurisdictional areas 2 Members, 115th Congress 3 Subcommittees 4 Historical members 4.1 Members, 110th Congress 4.2 Members, 111th Congress 4.3 Members, 112th Congress 4.4 Members, 113th Congress 5 Members, 114th Congress 6 Defunct subcommittees 7 Chairmen 7.1 Education 1869 -- 1870 7.2 Education and Labor, 1870 -- 1947 7.3 Labor and Public Welfare, 1947 -- 1977 7.4 Human Resources, 1977 -- 1979 7.5 Labor and Human Resources, 1979 -- 1999 7.6 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999 -- present 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Jurisdictional areas Under the Rule 25 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following subject matters fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee. Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare Aging Agricultural colleges Arts and humanities Biomedical research and development Child labor Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce Domestic activities of the American Red Cross Equal employment opportunity Gallaudet University, Howard University, and St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. Individuals with disabilities Labor standards and labor statistics Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes Occupational Safety and Health Administration, including the welfare of miners. Mine Safety and Health Administration Private pension plans Public health Railway labor and retirement Regulation of foreign laborers Student loans Wages and hours of labor, including the federal minimum wage Members, 115th Congress Majority Minority Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Chair Mike Enzi, Wyoming Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Susan Collins, Maine Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Todd Young, Indiana Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Tim Scott, South Carolina Patty Murray, Washington, Ranking Member Bernie Sanders, Vermont Bob Casey Jr., Pennsylvania Al Franken, Minnesota ( until January 2, 2018 ) Michael Bennet, Colorado Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Chris Murphy, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Tim Kaine, Virginia Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire Source Subcommittees Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Children and Families Rand Paul ( R - KY ) Bob Casey Jr. ( D - PA ) Employment and Workplace Safety Johnny Isakson ( R - GA ) Al Franken ( D - MN ) ( until January 2, 2018 ) Primary Health and Retirement Security Mike Enzi ( R - WY ) Bernie Sanders ( I - VT ) Historical members Members, 110th Congress Majority Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts, Chairman Chris Dodd, Connecticut, Vice Chairman Tom Harkin, Iowa Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Patty Murray, Washington Jack Reed, Rhode Island Hillary Clinton, New York Bernie Sanders, Vermont Sherrod Brown, Ohio Barack Obama, Illinois, until November 2008 Minority Mike Enzi, Wyoming, Ranking Minority Member Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Wayne Allard, Colorado Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Subcommittee on Children and Families Chris Dodd ( D - CT ) Lamar Alexander ( R - TN ) Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Patty Murray ( D - WA ) Johnny Isakson ( R - GA ) Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging Barbara Mikulski ( D - MD ) Richard Burr ( R - NC ) Members, 111th Congress The Committee was chaired by Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts until his death on August 25, 2009. Under seniority rules, Acting Chairman Christopher Dodd was next in line, but chose instead to remain chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Tom Harkin, next in line for seniority, assumed the chairmanship on September 9, 2009, vacating his post as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Majority Minority Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts, Chair, until August 25, 2009 Tom Harkin, Iowa, Chairman, from September 9, 2009 Chris Dodd, Connecticut, Acting chair, August 25, 2009 -- September 9, 2009 Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Patty Murray, Washington Jack Reed, Rhode Island Bernie Sanders, Vermont Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Jeff Merkley, Oregon Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Carte Goodwin, West Virginia, July 2011 -- November 2011 Joe Manchin, West Virginia, from November 2011 Mike Enzi, Wyoming, Ranking Member Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia John McCain, Arizona Orrin Hatch, Utah Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Pat Roberts, Kansas Source : 2010 Congressional Record, Vol. 156, Page S6226, Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Subcommittee on Children and Families Chris Dodd ( D - CT ) Lamar Alexander ( R - TN ) Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Patty Murray ( D - WA ) Johnny Isakson ( R - GA ) Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging Barbara Mikulski ( D - MD ) Richard Burr ( R - NC ) Members, 112th Congress The chairman of the committee is Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa, and the Ranking Member is Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming. Majority Minority Tom Harkin, Iowa, Chairman Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Patty Murray, Washington Bernie Sanders, Vermont Bob Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Jeff Merkley, Oregon Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mike Enzi, Wyoming, Ranking Member Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Orrin Hatch, Utah John McCain, Arizona Pat Roberts, Kansas Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Mark Kirk, Illinois Source : 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557 Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Subcommittee on Children and Families Barbara Mikulski ( D - MD ) Richard Burr ( R - NC ) Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Patty Murray ( D - WA ) Johnny Isakson ( R - GA ) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging Bernie Sanders ( I - VT ) Rand Paul ( R - KY ) Members, 113th Congress Majority Minority Patty Murray, Washington, Chair Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Tom Harkin, Iowa Bernie Sanders, Vermont Bob Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania Kay Hagan, North Carolina Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Chris Murphy, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Ranking member Mike Enzi, Wyoming Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Mark Kirk, Illinois Tim Scott, South Carolina Source : 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296 to 297 Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Children and Families Kay Hagan ( D - NC ) Michael Enzi ( R - WY ) Employment and Workplace Safety Bob Casey ( D - PA ) Johnny Isakson ( R - GA ) Primary Health and Aging Bernie Sanders ( I - VT ) Richard Burr ( R - NC ) Members, 114th Congress Majority Minority Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Chair Mike Enzi, Wyoming Richard Burr, North Carolina Johnny Isakson, Georgia Rand Paul, Kentucky Susan Collins, Maine Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Mark Kirk, Illinois Tim Scott, South Carolina Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Patty Murray, Washington, Ranking Member Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Bernie Sanders, Vermont Bob Casey Jr., Pennsylvania Al Franken, Minnesota Michael Bennet, Colorado Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Chris Murphy, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Source : 2015 Congressional Record, Vol. 161, Page S67 to 68 Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Children and Families Rand Paul ( R - KY ) Bob Casey Jr. ( D - PA ) Employment and Workplace Safety Johnny Isakson ( R - GA ) Al Franken ( D - MN ) Primary Health and Retirement Security Mike Enzi ( R - WY ) Bernie Sanders ( I - VT ) Defunct subcommittees The committee has had other subcommittees in the past, such as : the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor during the 1950s through 1970s. the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research during the 1970s. the Subcommittee Investigating Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor, informally known as the `` La Follette Civil Liberties Committee '' Chairmen Education 1869 -- 1870 James Harlan ( R - IA ) 1869 Charles D. Drake ( R - MO ) 1869 -- 1870 Education and Labor, 1870 -- 1947 Frederick Sawyer ( R - SC ) 1870 -- 1873 James W. Flanagan ( R - TX ) 1873 -- 1875 Orris S. Ferry ( R - CT ) 1875 John J. Patterson ( R - SC ) 1875 -- 1877 Ambrose Burnside ( R - RI ) 1877 -- 1879 James E. Bailey ( D - TN ) 1879 -- 1881 Henry W. Blair ( R - NH ) 1881 -- 1891 Joseph M. Carey ( R - WY ) 1891 -- 1893 James H. Kyle ( PO -- SD ) 1893 -- 1895 George Shoup ( R - ID ) 1895 -- 1897 James H. Kyle ( PO -- SD ) 1897 -- 1901 Louis McComas ( R - MD ) 1901 -- 1905 Boies Penrose ( R - PA ) 1905 Jonathan P. Dolliver ( R - IA ) 1905 -- 1909 William E. Borah ( R - ID ) 1909 -- 1913 Hoke Smith ( D - GA ) 1913 -- 1919 William S. Kenyon ( R - IA ) 1919 -- 1922 William E. Borah ( R - ID ) 1922 -- 1924 Lawrence C. Phipps ( R - CO ) 1924 -- 1926 James Couzens ( R - MI ) 1926 -- 1929 Jesse H. Metcalf ( R - RI ) 1929 -- 1933 David I. Walsh ( D - MA ) 1933 -- 1937 Hugo L. Black ( D - AL ) 1937 Elbert D. Thomas ( D - UT ) 1937 -- 1945 James E. Murray ( D - MT ) 1945 -- 1947 Labor and Public Welfare, 1947 -- 1977 Robert A. Taft ( R - OH ) 1947 -- 1949 Elbert D. Thomas ( D - UT ) 1949 -- 1951 James E. Murray ( D - MT ) 1951 -- 1953 H. Alexander Smith ( R - NJ ) 1953 -- 1955 Lister Hill ( D - AL ) 1955 -- 1969 Ralph Yarborough ( D - TX ) 1969 -- 1971 Harrison A. Williams, Jr. ( D - NJ ) 1971 -- 1977 Human Resources, 1977 -- 1979 Harrison A. Williams, Jr. ( D - NJ ) 1977 -- 1979 Labor and Human Resources, 1979 -- 1999 Harrison A. Williams, Jr. ( D - NJ ) 1979 -- 1981 Orrin G. Hatch ( R - UT ) 1981 -- 1987 Ted Kennedy ( D - MA ) 1987 -- 1995 Nancy Kassebaum ( R - KS ) 1995 -- 1997 James M. Jeffords ( R - VT ) 1997 -- 1999 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 1999 -- present James M. Jeffords ( R - VT ) 1999 -- 2001 Ted Kennedy ( D - MA ) 2001 James M. Jeffords ( R - VT ) 2001 Ted Kennedy ( D - MA ) 2001 -- 2003 Judd Gregg ( R - NH ) 2003 -- 2005 Michael Enzi ( R - WY ) 2005 -- 2007 Ted Kennedy ( D - MA ) 2007 -- 2009 Tom Harkin ( D - IA ) 2009 -- 2015 Lamar Alexander ( R - TN ) 2015 -- present See also List of current United States Senate committees Health education References Jump up ^ `` U.S. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. 1 / 19 / 1999 - Organization Authority Record ''. National Archives. Jump up ^ `` Rule XXV - Standing Committees '' ( PDF ). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SMAN-113/pdf/SMAN-113-pg25.pdf. Retrieved April 7, 2017. External link in website = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` About ''. https://www.help.senate.gov/about. Retrieved April 7, 2017. External link in website = ( help ) ^ Jump up to : Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with the Democrats and counts as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Senate : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ''. www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Subcommittees ''. https://www.help.senate.gov/about/subcommittees. Retrieved April 7, 2017. External link in website = ( help ) Jump up ^ Paul Kane, Ben Pershing. `` Dodd Decides Against Taking Over Senate Health Committee ''. Washington Post. Jump up ^ `` Life after Ted Kennedy : all eyes on Chris Dodd - politico.com ''. Retrieved February 19, 2010. Jump up ^ https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-114SPRT93079/pdf/CPRT-114SPRT93079.pdf External links Official Committee Page ( Archive ) Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov. 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Question: who is the current chair of the u.s. senate subcommittee on employment and workplace safety
Answer: Johnny Isakson