As of March 7, 2017 **NOTE: Since it is a new Congress, Committee assignments may shift a bit more. 115th Congress – Leadership & Key Committees All members of Congress are important. When choosing members to target, we urge you to prioritize those in leadership and those on key committees that have jurisdiction and immediate authority over our priority issues (see chart below). Priority Issue Key Senate Committee(s) Key House Committee(s) Research Funding (through Appropriations, Labor, Health Appropriations, LHHS the National Institutes of and Human Services (LHHS) Subcommittee Health and for the Neuro Subcommittee Data Collection System) Research Funding (through Appropriations, Defense Appropriations, Defense the Congressionally Subcommittee Subcommittee Directed Medical Research Program) Access to Healthcare Finance Energy and Commerce Health, Education, Labor and Ways and Means Pensions (HELP) Access to MS Medications Finance Energy and Commerce HELP Ways and Means Senate Special Committee on Oversight & Government Aging Reform U.S. Senate *All committee and subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members are bolded. **Committee members are listed in alphabetical order by state (not seniority). SENATE LEADERSHIP Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (KY) Majority Whip: John Cornyn (TX) Majority Conference Chair: John Thune (SD) Majority Conference Vice-Chair: Roy Blunt (MO) Majority Policy Committee Chair: John Barrasso (WY) Minority Leader & Conference Chair: Chuck Schumer (NY) Minority Whip: Dick Durbin (IL) Minority Assistant Leader: Patty Murray (WA) Minority Conference Chair, Policy & Communications Committee: Debbie Stabenow (MI) Minority Conference Vice-Chair: Elizabeth Warren (MA) Minority Conference Vice-Chair: Mark Warner (VA) Minority Chair, Steering Committee: Amy Klobuchar (MN) Minority Chair, Outreach: Bernie Sanders (VT) Minority Conference Vice-Chair, Policy & Communications Committee: Joe Manchin (WV) Minority Conference Secretary: Tammy Baldwin (WI) SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Republicans Lisa Murkowski (AK) (Defense Subcommittee) Richard Shelby (AL) (Defense and LHHS Subcommittees) John Boozman (AR) Marco Rubio (FL) (LHHS Subcommittee) Jerry Moran (KS) (Defense and LHHS Subcommittees) Mitch McConnell (KY) (Defense Subcommittee) John Kennedy (LA) (LHHS Subcommittee) Susan Collins (ME) (Defense Subcommittee) 1 As of March 7, 2017 **NOTE: Since it is a new Congress, Committee assignments may shift a bit more. Roy Blunt (MO) (Chair, LHHS Subcommittee; Defense Subcommittee) Thad Cochran (MS) (Chair, Full Committee; Chair, Defense Subcommittee; LHHS Subcommittee) Steve Daines (MT) (Defense Subcommittee) John Hoeven (ND) James Lankford (OK) (LHHS Subcommittee) Lindsey Graham (SC) (Defense and LHHS Subcommittees) Lamar Alexander (TN) (Defense and LHHS Subcommittees) Shelley Moore Capito (WV) (LHHS Subcommittee) Democrats Dianne Feinstein (CA) (Defense Subcommittee) Chris Murphy (CT) (LHHS Subcommittee) Chris Coons (DE) Brian Schatz (HI) (Defense and LHHS Subcommittees) Richard Durbin (IL) (Ranking Member, Defense Subcommittee; LHHS Subcommittee) Chris Van Hollen (MD) Jon Tester (MT) (Defense Subcommittees) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) (LHHS Subcommittee) Tom Udall (NM) (Defense Subcommittees) Jeff Merkley (OR) (LHHS Subcommittee) Jack Reed (RI) (Defense and LHHS Subcommittees) Patrick Leahy (VT) (Ranking Member, Full Committee; Defense Subcommittee) Patty Murray (WA) (Ranking Member, LHHS Subcommittee; Defense Subcommittee) Joe Manchin (WV) (LHHS Subcommittee) Tammy Baldwin (WI) (Defense and LHHS Subcommittees) SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE Republicans Lisa Murkowski (AK) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Johnny Isakson (GA) Todd Young (IN) Pat Roberts (KS) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Rand Paul (KY) Bill Cassidy, M.D. (LA) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Susan Collins (ME) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Richard Burr (NC) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Tim Scott (SC) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Lamar Alexander (TN) (Chair, Full Committee; Ex Officio, Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Orrin Hatch (UT) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Michael Enzi (WY) (Chair, Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Democrats Michael Bennet (CO) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Christopher Murphy (CT) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Elizabeth Warren (MA) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Al Franken (MN) Maggie Hassan (NH) Robert Casey Jr. (PA) Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Tim Kaine (VA) Patty Murray (WA) (Ranking Member, Full Committee; Ex Officio, Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) Tammy Baldwin (WI) (Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) 2 As of March 7, 2017 **NOTE: Since it is a new Congress, Committee assignments may shift a bit more. Independents Bernie Sanders (VT) (Ranking Member, Primary Health and Retirement Subcommittee) SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE Republicans Johnny Isakson (GA) (Health Subcommittee) Chuck Grassley (IA) (Health Subcommittee) Mike Crapo (ID) Pat Roberts (KS) (Health Subcommittee) Bill Cassidy (LA) (Health Subcommittee) Richard Burr (NC) (Health Subcommittee) Dean Heller (NV) (Health Subcommittee) Rob Portman (OH) (Health Subcommittee) Patrick Toomey (PA) (Chair, Health Subcommittee) Tim Scott (SC) John Thune (SD) (Health Subcommittee) John Cornyn (TX) Orrin Hatch (UT) (Chair, Full Committee) Michael Enzi (WY) (Health Subcommittee) Democrats Michael Bennet (CO) Tom Carper (DE) (Health Subcommittee) Bill Nelson (FL) Benjamin Cardin (MD) (Health Subcommittee) Debbie Stabenow (MI) (Ranking Member, Health Subcommittee) Claire McCaskill (MO) Robert Menendez (NJ) (Health Subcommittee) Sherrod Brown (OH) (Health Subcommittee) Ron Wyden (OR) (Ranking Member, Full Committee; Health Subcommittee) Robert Casey Jr. (PA) Mark Warner (VA) (Health Subcommittee) Maria Cantwell (WA) (Health Subcommittee) SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING Republicans Jeff Flake (AZ) Marco Rubio (FL) Susan Collins (ME) (Chair) Deb Fischer (NE) Richard M. Burr (NC) Thom Tillis (NC) Tim Scott (SC) Bob Corker (TN) Orrin G. Hatch (UT) Democrats Richard Blumenthal (CT) Bill Nelson (FL) Joe Donnelly (IN) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Elizabeth Warren (MA) Bob Casey (PA) (Ranking Member) Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) 3 As of March 7, 2017 **NOTE: Since it is a new Congress, Committee assignments may shift a bit more. U.S. House of Representatives *All committee and subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members are bolded. **Committee members are listed in alphabetical order (not seniority). HOUSE LEADERSHIP Speaker: Paul Ryan (WI-1) Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) Majority Whip: Steve Scalise (LA-1) Majority Conference Chair: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5) Majority Conference Vice-Chair: Doug Collins (GA-9) Majority Conference Secretary: Jason Smith (MO-8) Majority Policy Committee Chair: Luke Messer (IN-6) Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer (MD-5) Asst. Democratic Leader: James Clyburn SC-6) Minority Caucus Chair: Joe Crowley (NY-14) HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Republicans Robert Aderholt (AL-4) (Defense Subcommittee) Martha Roby (AL-2) (LHHS Subcommittee; Defense Subcommittee) Steve Womack (AR-3) (Vice Chair, LHHS Subcommittee; Defense Subcommittee) Ken Calvert (CA-42) (Vice-Chair, Defense Subcommittee) David Valadao (CA-21) Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) (Defense Subcommittee) Thomas Rooney (FL-17) Tom Graves (GA-14) (Defense Subcommittee) David Young (IA-3) Michael Simpson (ID-2) (LHHS Subcommittee) Kevin Yoder (KS-3) Harold Rogers (KY-5) (Defense Subcommittee) Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-1) (LHHS Subcommittee) John Moolenaar (MI-4) (LHHS Subcommittee) Steven Palazzo (MS-4) Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) (Chair, Full Committee) Mark Amodei (NV-2) David Joyce (OH-14) Tom Cole (OK-4) (Chair, LHHS Subcommittee; Defense Subcommittee) Charles Dent (PA-15) Charles Fleischmann (TN-3) (LHHS Subcommittee) John Carter (TX-31) (Defense Subcommittee) John Culberson (TX-7) Kay Granger (TX-12) (Chair, Defense Subcommittee) Chris Stewart (UT-2) Scott Taylor (VA-2) Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3) (LHHS Subcommittee) Dan Newhouse (WA-4) Evan Jenkins (WV-3) 4 As of March 7, 2017 **NOTE: Since it is a new Congress, Committee assignments may shift a bit more. Democrats Pete Aguilar (CA-31) Barbara Lee (CA-13) (LHHS Subcommittee) Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) (LHHS Subcommittee) Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) (Ranking Member, LHHS Subcommittee) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) Sanford Bishop Jr. (GA-2) Mike Quigley (IL-5) Peter Visclosky (IN-1) (Ranking Member, Defense Subcommittee) C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-2) (Defense Subcommittee) Katherine Clark (MA-5) Chellie Pingree (ME-1) Betty McCollum (MN-4) (Defense Subcommittee) David Price (NC-4) Nita Lowey (NY-17) (Ranking Member, Full Committee) Grace Meng (NY-6) Jose Serrano (NY-15) Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) (Defense Subcommittee) Tim Ryan (OH-13) (Defense Subcommittee) Chaka Fattah (PA-2) (LHHS Subcommittee) Matt Cartwright (PA-17) Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Derek Kilmer (WA-6) Mark Pocan (WI-2) HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE Republicans Mimi Walters (CA-45) Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) (Health Subcommittee) Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-1) (Health Subcommittee) Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) John Shimkus (IL-15) (Health Subcommittee) Susan Brooks (IN-5) (Health Subcommittee) Larry Bucshon (IN-8) (Health Subcommittee) Brett Guthrie (KY-2) (Vice-Chair, Health Subcommittee) Steve