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Committee on Environment and Public Works

Committee on Environment and Public Works

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has legislative jurisdiction on matters related to environmental protection, resource utilization and conservation, and public infrastructure.

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Leadership

Shelley Moore Capito

Republican • West Virginia

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democrat • Rhode Island

Members (19)

Shelley Moore Capito

Republican • WV

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democrat • RI

Bernard Sanders

Independent • VT

Kevin Cramer

Republican • ND

Cynthia M. Lummis

Republican • WY

Jeff Merkley

Democrat • OR

Edward John Markey

Democrat • MA

John R. Curtis

Republican • UT

Lindsey O. Graham

Republican • SC

Mark Edward Kelly

Democrat • AZ

Alejandro Padilla

Democrat • CA

Daniel Scott Sullivan

Republican • AK

Adam Schiff

Democrat • CA

John Peter Ricketts

Republican • NE

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Democrat • DE

Roger F. Wicker

Republican • MS

Angela Deneece Alsobrooks

Democrat • MD

John Boozman

Republican • AR

Jon Husted

Republican • OH

Legislation

406

Total Bills

9

Became Law

62

Passed House

33

Passed Senate

212

In Committee

Recent Activity

Subcommittees

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Meeting Videos

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Hearings to examine improving the Federal environmental review and permitting process, part 2.

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Lee Beaman, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2030, and Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2026.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Lee Beaman, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Hearings to examine the future of PFAS cleanup and disposal policy.

Hearing Records

27 transcripts available

Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act Implementation And Case Studies

Feb 26, 2025View PDF

Business Meeting

Feb 5, 2025View PDF

Business Meeting

Jan 23, 2025View PDF

Hearing On The Nominations Of David Fotouhi To Be Deputy Administrator Of The Environmental Protection Agency And Aaron Szabo To Be Assistant Administrator For The Office Of Air And Radiation Of The Environmental Protection Agency

Mar 5, 2025View PDF

Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Sequestration Technologies And Ensuring Effective Implementation Of The Use It Act

Feb 12, 2025View PDF

Improving The Federal Environmental Review And Permitting Process

Feb 19, 2025View PDF

Provide for planning and implementation of nonstructural flood risk management solutions, and for other purposes.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Rhode Island senator

3/26/2026Referred To

Require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes.

Richard Joseph Durbin

3/24/2026Referred To

Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026

Richard Joseph Durbin

3/19/2026Referred To

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Air Plan Disapproval; Colorado; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period".

Michael F. Bennet

3/19/2026Discharged From

Local Data for Better Conservation Act

Cynthia M. Lummis

3/19/2026Referred To

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