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SENATE COMMITTEE

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Republican control · 15R·13D

Chair: Ted Cruz (R)

Ranking Member: Maria Cantwell (D)

28 members in the 119th Congress

About

Has jurisdiction over interstate commerce, science and technology policy, and transportation, including aviation, railroads, shipping, telecommunications, consumer protection and the Coast Guard.

Summary written by InsideGov from the committee’s jurisdiction.

In the 119th Congress

Commerce, Science, and Transportation among Senate and joint committees, ringed below; the rest are faded.

ProEstablishmentAnti
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

A–Z · 25 committees

AgingChair Scott (R)RM Gillibrand (D)Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryChair Boozman (R)RM Klobuchar (D)AppropriationsChair Collins (R)RM Murray (D)Armed ServicesChair Wicker (R)RM Reed (D)Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsChair Scott (R)RM Warren (D)BudgetChair Johnson (R)RM Merkley (D)Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeChair Wicker (R)RM —Energy and Natural ResourcesChair Lee (R)RM Heinrich (D)Environment and Public WorksChair Capito (R)RM Whitehouse (D)EthicsChair Lankford (R)RM —FinanceChair Crapo (R)RM Wyden (D)Foreign RelationsChair Risch (R)RM Shaheen (D)Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsChair Cassidy (R)RM Sanders (I)Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsChair Paul (R)RM Peters (D)Indian AffairsChair Murkowski (R)RM —IntelligenceChair Cotton (R)RM —International Narcotics ControlChair Whitehouse (D)RM —Joint EconomicChair Schweikert (R)RM Hassan (D)Joint LibraryChair Steil (R)RM —Joint PrintingChair McConnell (R)RM —Joint TaxationChair Crapo (R)RM —JudiciaryChair Grassley (R)RM Durbin (D)Rules and AdministrationChair McConnell (R)RM Padilla (D)Small Business and EntrepreneurshipChair Ernst (R)RM Markey (D)Veterans' AffairsChair Moran (R)RM Blumenthal (D)

Member roster · dimension 1

This committee’s 28 members on the same left–right axis. Committee membership isn’t tracked historically — only the 119th Congress — so there’s no trajectory view here the way there is for an individual member.

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Ed MarkeyMAD-0.75Lisa Blunt RochesterDED-0.47Ben LujánNMD-0.47Andy KimNJD-0.46Brian SchatzHID-0.42Tammy DuckworthILD-0.41Tammy BaldwinWID-0.39Maria Cantwell— Ranking MemberWAD-0.34John HickenlooperCOD-0.32Gary PetersMID-0.28Jacky RosenNVD-0.28Amy KlobucharMND-0.26John FettermanPAD-0.16Dan SullivanAKR0.29John ThuneSDR0.36Jerry MoranKSR0.38Shelley CapitoWVR0.41Roger WickerMSR0.41Deb FischerNER0.44Todd YoungINR0.55Tim SheehyMTR0.64Marsha BlackburnTNR0.65John CurtisUTR0.67Ted BuddNCR0.69Eric SchmittMOR0.71Bernie MorenoOHR0.72Ted Cruz— ChairTXR0.85Cynthia LummisWYR0.86

Subcommittees

7 subcommittees of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee. Each row’s tick is the full committee’s own blended position — subcommittee rosters are usually too small for a separate mean to mean much, so there isn’t one here; the dots are the subcommittee’s chair and ranking member.

Legislation in this committee

569 bills and joint resolutions referred this Congress. Loading their steps…