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Senate Commerce Appropriations Subcommittee Roster

FEB 03, 1997

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary is responsible for writing an appropriations bill that funds, among other agencies, the Department of Commerce. Within the Commerce Department are the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.) Below is the roster for this subcommittee for the 105th session of Congress. Included with each subcommittee member’s name is a web site. Information on rosters comes from the Congressional Quarterly’s Washington Alert. (The chairman and ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee, Republican Ted Stevens of Alaska and Democrat Robert Byrd of West Virginia are ex officio members of all subcommittees.) See FYI #7 for the House Commerce Appropriations Subcommittee.

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary
S-146A Capitol Building
Washington, DC 20510-6027
202-224-7277

REPUBLICANS Chairman: Judd Gregg (New Hampshire); http://www.senate.gov/gregg/ Ted Stevens (Alaska); http://www.senate.gov/stevens/ Pete Domenici (New Mexico); http://www.senate.gov/senator/domenici.html Mitch McConnell (Kentucky); http://www.senate.gov/mcconnell/ Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas); http://www.senate.gov/hutchison/ Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Colorado); http://www.senate.gov/senator/campbell.html DEMOCRATS Ranking Minority Member: Ernest Hollings (South Carolina); http://www.senate.gov/hollings/ Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); http://www.senate.gov/inouye/ Dale Bumpers (Arkansas); http://www.senate.gov/bumpers/ Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey); http://www.senate.gov/lautenberg/ Barbara Mikulski (Maryland); http://www.senate.gov/mikulski/

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