Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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United States Senate committee chairmanship leadership position in the United States Senate parliamentary office

The Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is the U.S. senator who leads the powerful committee responsible for shaping federal policy and legislation on healthcare, education, workforce issues, and retirement security.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Senate committee chairmanship ⓘ leadership position in the United States Senate ⓘ parliamentary office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chair of the Senate HELP Committee ⓘ HELP Committee chair ⓘ
appointedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
canInfluence	confirmation process for certain executive branch nominees within committee jurisdiction ⓘ
canInitiate	committee investigations and oversight hearings ⓘ
canRefer	proposed legislation to subcommittees ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	legislation related to biomedical research policy within committee jurisdiction ⓘ legislation related to elementary and secondary education ⓘ legislation related to higher education ⓘ legislation related to labor standards and workplace safety ⓘ legislation related to pensions and retirement security ⓘ legislation related to public health programs ⓘ legislation related to some aspects of health insurance and the Affordable Care Act ⓘ legislation related to workforce training and development programs ⓘ
heldBy	United States senator ⓘ
inception	position created following establishment and evolution of the committee’s predecessors in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativeBody	United States Senate ⓘ
locatedIn	United States Capitol ⓘ
oversees	Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ⓘ surface form: United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
partOf	Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ⓘ surface form: United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
playsKeyRoleIn	development of federal education legislation ⓘ development of federal health legislation ⓘ development of federal labor and workforce legislation ⓘ development of federal retirement and pension legislation ⓘ
reportsTo	majority leadership of the United States Senate ⓘ
responsibleFor	guiding legislation through the committee ⓘ leadership of committee hearings ⓘ managing committee staff ⓘ negotiating with Senate leadership on committee business ⓘ overseeing federal education policy within committee jurisdiction ⓘ overseeing federal health policy within committee jurisdiction ⓘ overseeing federal labor and workforce policy within committee jurisdiction ⓘ overseeing federal retirement and pension policy within committee jurisdiction ⓘ presiding over committee meetings ⓘ scheduling committee hearings and markups ⓘ setting the committee’s legislative agenda ⓘ
selectionCriteria	typically the most senior majority-party member of the committee ⓘ
supervises	majority staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ⓘ
termDependsOn	membership on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ⓘ party control of the United States Senate ⓘ

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Edward M. Kennedy → positionHeld → Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ⓘ