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United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

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Senate Aging Committee
Special Committee

United States Senate
119th Congress
History
FormedFebruary 13, 1961[1]
Leadership
ChairRick Scott (R)
Since January 3, 2025
Ranking memberKirsten Gillibrand (D)
Since January 3, 2025
Structure
Political partiesMajority (7)
  •   Republican (7)
Minority (6)
Website
https://www.aging.senate.gov/

The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging is a special committee in the United States Senate established on 1961. It was initially established as a temporary committee. It became a permanent Senate committee in 1977. As a special committee, it has no legislative authority, but it studies issues related to older Americans, particularly Medicare and Social Security.[2]

Before the passage of Medicare, the committee was studying healthcare insurance coverage for elderly American citizens. The committee conducts oversight of the Medicare program, Social Security and the Older Americans Act. Some of the issues that have been examined by the committee include unacceptable conditions in nursing homes, protection from age discrimination, and pricing practices for prescription drugs.[2]

Members, 119th Congress

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Majority[3] Minority[4]

Historical rosters

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115th Congress

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116th Congress

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117th Congress

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Majority Minority

118th Congress

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Majority[5] Minority[6]

Chairs

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Name Party State Start End
Patrick McNamara D MI 1961 1963
George Smathers D FL 1963 1967
Pete Williams D NJ 1967 1971
Frank Church D ID 1971 1979
Lawton Chiles D FL 1979 1981
John Heinz R PA 1981 1987
John Melcher D MT 1987 1989
David Pryor D AR 1989 1995
Bill Cohen R ME 1995 1997
Chuck Grassley R IA 1997 2001
John Breaux[7] D LA 2001
Larry Craig[7] R ID 2001
John Breaux D LA 2001 2003
Larry Craig R ID 2003 2005
Gordon Smith R OR 2005 2007
Herb Kohl D WI 2007 2013
Bill Nelson D FL 2013 2015
Susan Collins R ME 2015 2021
Bob Casey D PA 2021 2025
Rick Scott R FL 2025 present

Ranking members

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A list of ranking members is below.[8]

Name Party State Start End
Everett Dirksen R IL 1961 1969
Winston Prouty R VT 1969 1971
Hiram Fong R HI 1971 1977
Pete Domenici R NM 1977 1981
Lawton Chiles D FL 1981 1983
John Glenn D OH 1983 1987
John Heinz R PA 1987 1991
Bill Cohen R ME 1991 1995
David Pryor D AR 1995 1997
John Breaux D LA 1997 2001
Larry Craig R LA 2001 2003
John Breaux D LA 2003 2005
Herb Kohl D WI 2005 2007
Gordon Smith R OR 2007 2009
Mel Martínez R FL 2009
Bob Corker R TN 2009 2013
Susan Collins R ME 2013 2015
Claire McCaskill D MO 2015 2017
Bob Casey D PA 2017 2021
Tim Scott R SC 2021 2023
Mike Braun R IN 2023 2025
Kirsten Gillibrand D NY 2025 present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. (2/13/1961 - )". National Archives Catalogue. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "About the Aging Committee". U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Archived from the original on January 31, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2005.
  3. ^ S.Res. 16, S.Res. 26, S.Res. 38 (119th Congress)
  4. ^ S.Res. 17 (119th Congress)
  5. ^ S.Res. 30 (118th Congress)
  6. ^ S.Res. 31 (118th Congress)
  7. ^ a b Pursuant to S.Res. 7 John Breaux served as chair from January 3, 2001 until noon on January 20, 2001. Larry Craig served as chair from noon on January 20, 2001 until June 6, 2001.
  8. ^ "America's Opportunity" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-01-28.
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