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Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Roster (DOE)

APR 08, 1999

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development is responsible for writing an appropriations bill that funds, among other areas, the physics-related programs within the Department of Energy: Basic Energy Sciences, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, and Nuclear Physics. (While most DOE programs are funded under this bill, some are funded within the Interior Department appropriations bill.) Below is the roster for this subcommittee for the 106th Congress. Information on rosters comes from Congressional Quarterly. See http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm for the Web sites of all senators.

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development SD-127 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-6030 202-224-7260 REPUBLICANS Chairman: Pete Domenici (New Mexico) Thad Cochran (Mississippi) Slade Gorton (Washington) Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) Robert Bennett (Utah) Conrad Burns (Montana) Larry Craig(Idaho) DEMOCRATS Ranking Minority Member: Harry Reid (Nevada) Robert Byrd (West Virginia) Ernest Hollings (South Carolina) Patty Murray (Washington) Herb Kohl (Wisconsin) Byron Dorgan (North Dakota)

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