What is United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works?
The '''[[United States Senate]] Committee on Environment and Public Works''' is responsible for dealing with issues related to the natural environment. ==Current members== {|class=wikitable ! Majority ! Minority |- | {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top | * [[John Barrasso]], Wyoming, ''Chairman'' * [[Jim Inhofe]], Oklahoma * [[Shelley Moore Capito]], West Virginia * [[John Boozman]], Arkansas * [[Roger Wicker]], Mississippi * [[Mike Rounds]], South Dakota * [[Joni Ernst]], Iowa * [[Richard Shelby]], Alabama * [[Dan Sullivan]], Alaska * [[Kevin Cramer]], North Dakota * [[Mike Braun]], Indiana | {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top | * [[Tom Carper]], Delaware, ''Ranking Member'' * [[Ben Cardin]], Maryland * <span {{party shading/Independent (United States)}}>[[Bernie Sanders]], Vermont<ref>Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.</ref></span> * [[Sheldon Whitehouse]], Rhode Island * [[Jeff Merkley]], Oregon * [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], New York * [[Cory Booker]], New Jersey * [[Ed Markey]], Massachusetts * [[Tammy Duckworth]], Illinois * [[Chris Van Hollen]], Maryland |} ==Chairmen (since 1977)== *[[Jennings Randolph]] (D-WV) 1977–1981 *[[Robert T. Stafford]] (R-VT) 1981–1987 *[[Quentin N. Burdick]] (D-ND) 1987–1992 *[[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]] (D-NY) 1992–1993 *[[Max Baucus]] (D-MT) 1993–1995 *[[John Chafee|John H. Chafee]] (R-RI) 1995–1999 *[[Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)|Bob Smith]] (R-NH) 1999–2001 *[[Harry Reid]] (D-NV) 2001 *[[Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)|Bob Smith]] (R-NH) 2001 *[[Jim Jeffords|James Jeffords]] (I-VT) 2001–2003 *[[Jim Inhofe|James Inhofe]] (R-OK) 2003–2007 *[[Barbara Boxer]] (D-CA) 2007–2015 *[[Jim Inhofe|James Inhofe]] (R-OK) 2015-2017 *[[John Barrasso]] (R-WY) 2017–Present ==Notes== {{reflist}} [[Category:Committees of the United States Senate|Environment]] {{Multistub|politics|US}}