Energy and Commerce

Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality

This Subcommittee deals with the following issues:

National energy policy generally

Fossil energy, renewable energy resources and synthetic fuels; energy conservation; energy information; energy regulation and utilization

Utility issues and regulation of nuclear facilities;

Interstate energy compacts

Nuclear energy and waste

The Clean Air Act

All laws, programs, and government activities affecting such matters

Subcommittee on Health

This Subcommittee deals with the following issues:

Public health and quarantine

hospital construction

mental health and research

biomedical programs 

health protection in general 

Medicaid 

Food and drugs

Drug abuse

Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection

This Subcommittee deals with the following issues:

Interstate and foreign commerce, including all trade matters within the jurisdiction of the full committee

Regulation of commercial practices (the FTC), including sports-related matters

Consumer affairs and consumer protection, including privacy matters generally; consumer product safety (the CPSC) product liability; and motor vehicle safety

Regulation of travel, tourism, and time

Homeland security-related aspects of the foregoing, including cyber-security

  Veterans Affairs

     Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

          This Subcommittee deals with the following issues:

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations reviews the benefits and the health care services that the federal government provides to eligible veterans and family members. It also oversees the programs and operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as those of other federal agencies that pertain to veterans. In carrying out its responsibilities, the subcommittee conducts hearings, site visits and investigations nationwide. It also requests reports from the General Accounting Office, the Congressional Research Service and the VA's Office of the Inspector General. The subcommittee only has jurisdiction over such bills and resolutions as may be referred to it by the chairman of the full committee. 

*Ranking Minority Member