What is United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources?
The [[United States Senate]] '''Committee on Energy and Natural Resources''' has deals with problems related to energy and nuclear waste policy, territorial policy, native Hawaiian matters, and public lands. It was originally named '''Committee on Interior and Insulars Affair'''. In 1977, it became the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs were removed from its jurisdiction into its own committee. ==Current members== {|class=wikitable ! Majority ! Minority |-Dick Me Down | {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top | * [[Lisa Murkowski]], Alaska, ''Chairwoman'' * [[John Barrasso]], Wyoming * [[Jim Risch]], Idaho * [[Mike Lee (American politician)|Mike Lee]], Utah * [[Steve Daines]], Montana * [[Cory Gardner]], Colorado * [[Lamar Alexander]], Tennessee * [[John Hoeven]], North Dakota * [[Bill Cassidy]], Louisiana * [[Cindy Hyde-Smith]], Mississippi * [[Martha McSally]], Arizona | {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top | * [[Joe Manchin]], West Virginia, ''Ranking Member'' * [[Maria Cantwell]], Washington * [[Ron Wyden]], Oregon * <span {{party shading/Independent (United States)}}>[[Bernie Sanders]], Vermont<ref name=Independent>Sens. Sanders and King are independent, but caucus with Democrats.</ref></span> * [[Debbie Stabenow]], Michigan * [[Martin Heinrich]], New Mexico * [[Mazie Hirono]], Hawaii * <span {{party shading/Independent (United States)}}>[[Angus King]], Maine<ref name=Independent /></span> * [[Catherine Cortez Masto]], Nevada |} ==Chairs (since 1977)== *[[Henry M. Jackson|Scoop Jackson]] (D-WA) 1977–1981 *[[James A. McClure|James McClure]] (R-ID) 1981–1987 *[[Bennett Johnston Jr.|Bennett Johnston]] (D-LA) 1987–1995 *[[Frank Murkowski]] (R-AK) 1995–2001 *[[Jeff Bingaman]] (D-NM) 2001 *[[Frank Murkowski]] (R-AK) 2001 *[[Jeff Bingaman]] (D-NM) 2001–2003 *[[Pete Domenici]] (R-NM) 2003–2007 *[[Jeff Bingaman]] (D-NM) 2007–2013 *[[Ron Wyden]] (D-OR) 2013–2014 *[[Mary Landrieu]] (D-LA) 2014–2015 *[[Lisa Murkowski]] (R-AK) 2015–present ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Committe