Measures relating to education, labor, health and public welfare generally, including public health, biomedical research, occupational safety and health, labor standards and statistics, wages and hours, equal employment opportunity, private pension plans, student loans, aging, and arts and humanities.
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has 23 members, made up of 12 Republicans, 10 Democrats and 1 other. Bill Cassidy chairs it. Bernard Sanders is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. Senate committee seats are held for the length of a senator term, so membership turns over more slowly than in the House. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.
Jurisdiction source: Senate Rule XXV
How business reaches this committee
Senate Rule XXV lists the subjects above and assigns them here. A bill introduced in the Senate is referred to the committee whose Rule XXV jurisdiction covers its main subject, so measures on these topics start with this committee. From there it can hold hearings, amend the text, report the bill to the full Senate, or leave it alone, which is what happens to most bills.
Subcommittees
The committee divides its work among 3 subcommittees:
- Subcommittee on Education and the American Family
- Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
- Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
Who serves on it
23 senators sit on the committee: 12 Republicans, 10 Democrats, and 1 independent. That gives the majority 12 of the 23 seats. Bill Cassidy is the chairman. Bernard Sanders is the ranking member. They come from 23 states.
Following its work
Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at U.S. senators by state.
Members
- Bill CassidyRLouisianaChairman
- Bernard SandersIVermontRanking Member
- Alan ArmstrongROklahoma
- Andy KimDNew Jersey
- Angela D. AlsobrooksDMaryland
- Ashley MoodyRFlorida
- Christopher MurphyDConnecticut
- Edward J. MarkeyDMassachusetts
- Jim BanksRIndiana
- John W. HickenlooperDColorado
- Jon HustedROhio
- Josh HawleyRMissouri
- Lisa Blunt RochesterDDelaware
- Lisa MurkowskiRAlaska
- Margaret Wood HassanDNew Hampshire
- Patty MurrayDWashington
- Rand PaulRKentucky
- Roger MarshallRKansas
- Susan M. CollinsRMaine
- Tammy BaldwinDWisconsin
- Tim KaineDVirginia
- Tim ScottRSouth Carolina
- Tommy TubervilleRAlabama
23 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.