February 25,2009

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Finance Committee Sets New Subcommittee Assignments

Members will continue to tackle health care, tax, trade, social security, and energy issues

Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced the panel’s subcommittees for the 111th Congress. The five subcommittees are Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure; Social Security, Pensions, and Family; International Trade and Customs;Taxation and IRS Oversight; and Health Care. The full Finance Committee voted during an executive session today to finalize the subcommittees as slated.The slate of Senators assigned to each subcommittee for the 111th Congress follows here.


SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE

John D. Rockefeller, IV, West Virginia, Chairman
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah, Ranking Member
Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico
John F. Kerry, Massachusetts
Blanche L. Lincoln, Arkansas
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
Maria Cantwell, Washington
Bill Nelson, Florida
Robert Menendez, New Jersey
Thomas R. Carper, Delaware
Olympia J. Snowe, Maine
John Ensign, Nevada
Michael B. Enzi, Wyoming
John Cornyn, Texas
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Jim Bunning, Kentucky
Mike Crapo, Idaho

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TAXATION, IRS OVERSIGHT, AND LONG-TERM GROWTH

Kent Conrad, North Dakota, Chairman
Jon Kyl, Arizona, Ranking Member
Max Baucus, Montana
John D. Rockefeller, IV, West Virginia
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
Maria Cantwell, Washington
Robert Menendez, New Jersey
Thomas R. Carper, Delaware
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Olympia J. Snowe, Maine
Pat Roberts, Kansas
John Ensign, Nevada
Michael B. Enzi, Wyoming
John Cornyn, Texas


SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico, Chairman
Jim Bunning, Kentucky, Ranking Member
Kent Conrad, North Dakota
John F. Kerry, Massachusetts
Blanche L. Lincoln, Arkansas
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
Maria Cantwell, Washington
Bill Nelson, Florida
Thomas R. Carper, Delaware
Mike Crapo, Idaho
John Cornyn, Texas
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Michael B. Enzi, Wyoming


SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, PENSIONS, AND FAMILY POLICY

Blanche L. Lincoln, Arkansas, Chairwoman
Pat Roberts, Kansas, Ranking Member
John D. Rockefeller, IV, West Virginia
Kent Conrad, North Dakota
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Bill Nelson, Florida
Jon Kyl, Arizona
John Ensign, Nevada


SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE, CUSTOMS, AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

Ron Wyden, Oregon, Chairman
Mike Crapo, Idaho, Ranking Member
John D. Rockefeller, IV, West Virginia
Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico
John F. Kerry, Massachusetts
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
Maria Cantwell, Washington
Robert Menendez, New Jersey
Olympia J. Snowe, Maine
Jim Bunning, Kentucky
Pat Roberts, Kansas

The Chairman and Ranking Member will be ex officio members of all subcommittees.

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