# United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging is a special committee in the United States Senate established on 1961. It was initially established as a temporary committee. It became a permanent Senate committee in 1977. As a special committee, it has no legislative authority, but it studies issues related to older Americans, particularly Medicare and Social Security.
Prior to the passage of Medicare, the committee was studying health care insurance coverage for elderly American citizens. The committee conducts oversight of the Medicare program, Social Security and the Older Americans Act. Some of the issues that have been examined by the committee include unacceptable conditions in nursing homes, protection from age discrimination, and pricing practices for prescription drugs.

## Members, 119th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Rick Scott, Florida, Chair Dave McCormick, Pennsylvania Jim Justice, West Virginia (from January 14, 2025) Tommy Tuberville, Alabama Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Jon Husted, Ohio (from January 24, 2025) Ashley Moody, Florida (from January 24, 2025) | Kirsten Gillibrand, New York, Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Mark Kelly, Arizona Raphael Warnock, Georgia Andy Kim, New Jersey Angela Alsobrooks, Maryland |

## Historical rosters
### 115th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Susan Collins, Maine, Chair Orrin Hatch, Utah Jeff Flake, Arizona Tim Scott, South Carolina Thom Tillis, North Carolina Bob Corker, Tennessee Richard Burr, North Carolina Marco Rubio, Florida Deb Fischer, Nebraska | Bob Casey, Pennsylvania, Ranking Member Bill Nelson, Florida Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Joe Donnelly, Indiana Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Doug Jones, Alabama |

### 116th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Susan Collins, Maine, Chair Tim Scott, South Carolina Richard Burr, North Carolina Martha McSally, Arizona (until December 2, 2020) Marco Rubio, Florida Josh Hawley, Missouri Mike Braun, Indiana Rick Scott, Florida | Bob Casey, Pennsylvania, Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Doug Jones, Alabama Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona Jacky Rosen, Nevada |

### 117th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Bob Casey, Pennsylvania, Chair Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Jacky Rosen, Nevada Mark Kelly, Arizona Raphael Warnock, Georgia | Tim Scott, South Carolina, Ranking Member Susan Collins, Maine Richard Burr, North Carolina Marco Rubio, Florida Mike Braun, Indiana Rick Scott, Florida Mike Lee, Utah |

### 118th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| Bob Casey, Pennsylvania, Chair Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Mark Kelly, Arizona Raphael Warnock, Georgia John Fetterman, Pennsylvania | Mike Braun, Indiana, Ranking Member Tim Scott, South Carolina Marco Rubio, Florida Rick Scott, Florida JD Vance, Ohio Pete Ricketts, Nebraska |

## Chairperson

* Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI), 1961–1963
* George Smathers (D-FL), 1963–1967
* Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ), 1967–1971
* Frank Church (D-ID), 1971–1979
* Lawton Chiles (D-FL) 1979–1981
* John Heinz (R-PA), 1981–1987
* John Melcher (D-MT), 1987–1989
* David Pryor (D-AR), 1989–1995
* William Cohen (R-ME), 1995–1997
* Charles Grassley (R-IA), 1997–2001
* John Breaux (D-LA), 2001
* Larry Craig (R-ID), 2001
* John Breaux (D-LA), 2001–2003
* Larry Craig (R-ID), 2003–2005
* Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), 2005–2007
* Herb Kohl (D-WI), 2007–2013
* Bill Nelson (D-FL), 2013–2015
* Susan Collins (R-ME), 2015–2021
* Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA), 2021–2025
* Rick Scott (R-FL), 2025–present