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U.S. Senate Committee on Banking and Currency

The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development and mass transit, and government contracts. It is chaired by Senator Richard Shelby (Republican-Alabama). The ranking Democrat is Paul Sarbanes of Maryland.

Members

The members of the committee are as follows:

• Richard Shelby (R-AL), Chairman
• Robert Bennett (R-UT)
• Wayne Allard (R-CO)
• Mike Enzi (R-WY)
• Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
• Rick Santorum (R-PA)
• Jim Bunning (R-KY)
• Mike Crapo (R-ID)
• John E. Sununu (R-NH)
• Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
• Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
• Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Ranking Member
• Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
• Tim Johnson (D-SD)
• Jack Reed (D-RI)
• Charles Schumer (D-NY)
• Evan Bayh (D-IN)
• Zell Miller (D-GA)
• Thomas Carper (D-DE)
• Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
• Jon Corzine (D-NJ)

Subcommittees

• Mike Enzi (R-WY)
  • Ranking Member: Chris Dodd (D-CT)
• Robert Bennett (R-UT)
  • Ranking Member: Tim Johnson (D-SD)
• Wayne Allard (R-CO)
  • Ranking Member: Jack Reed (D-RI)
• Jim Bunning (R-KY)
  • Ranking Member: Charles Schumer (D-NY)
• Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
  • Ranking Member: Evan Bayh (D-IN)

Chairmen

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913-1970

• Robert L. Owen (D-OK) 1913-1919
• George P. McLean (R-CT) 1919-1927
• Peter Norbeck (R-SD) 1927-1933
• Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) 1933-1936
• Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) 1936-1947
• Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) 1947-1949
• Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) 1949-1953
• Homer Capehart (R-IN) 1953-1955
• J. William Fulbright (D-AR) 1955-1959
• A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) 1959-1966
• John J. Sparkman (D-AL) 1966-1970

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

• John J. Sparkman (D-AL) 1970-1975
• William Proxmire (D-WI) 1975-1981
• Jake Garn (R-UT) 1981-1987
• William Proxmire (D-WI) 1987-1989
• Donald Riegle (D-MI) 1989-1995
• Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) 1995-1999
• Phil Gramm (R-TX) 1999-2001
• Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) 2001
• Phil Gramm (R-TX) 2001
• Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) 2001-2003
• Richard Shelby (R-AL) 2003-