United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

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Senate Aging Committee
Special Committee
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United States Senate
119th Congress
History
FormedFebruary 13, 1961 [1]
Leadership
Chair Rick Scott (R)
Since January 3, 2025
Ranking member Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
Since January 3, 2025
Structure
Political partiesMajority (8)
  •   Republican (8)
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]

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    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

    Majority [3] Minority [4]

    Historical rosters

    115th Congress

    MajorityMinority

    116th Congress

    MajorityMinority

    117th Congress

    MajorityMinority

    118th Congress

    Majority [5] Minority [6]

    Chairs

    NamePartyStateStartEnd
    Patrick McNamara DMI19611963
    George Smathers DFL19631967
    Pete Williams DNJ19671971
    Frank Church DID19711979
    Lawton Chiles DFL19791981
    John Heinz RPA19811987
    John Melcher DMT19871989
    David Pryor DAR19891995
    Bill Cohen RME19951997
    Chuck Grassley RIA19972001
    John Breaux [7] DLA2001
    Larry Craig [7] RID2001
    John Breaux DLA20012003
    Larry Craig RID20032005
    Gordon Smith ROR20052007
    Herb Kohl DWI20072013
    Bill Nelson DFL20132015
    Susan Collins RME20152021
    Bob Casey DPA20212025
    Rick Scott RFL2025present

    Ranking Members

    A list of ranking members is below. [8]

    NamePartyStateStartEnd
    Everett Dirksen RIL19611969
    Winston Prouty RVT19691971
    Hiram Fong RHI19711977
    Pete Domenici RNM19771981
    Lawton Chiles DFL19811983
    John Glenn DOH19831987
    John Heinz RPA19871991
    Bill Cohen RME19911995
    David Pryor DAR19951997
    John Breaux DLA19972001
    Larry Craig RLA20012003
    John Breaux DLA20032005
    Herb Kohl DWI20052007
    Gordon Smith ROR20072009
    Mel Martínez RFL2009
    Bob Corker RTN20092013
    Susan Collins RME20132015
    Claire McCaskill DMO20152017
    Bob Casey DPA20172021
    Tim Scott RSC20212023
    Mike Braun RIN20232025
    Kirsten Gillibrand DNY2025present

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "U.S. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. (2/13/1961 - )". National Archives Catalogue. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
    2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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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