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1 113 th Congress - Key Committees All members of Congress are important; state delegations should attempt to visit as many members of Congress as possible on the Society s annual Hill Day. When choosing members to target, we urge you to prioritize those in leadership and those on the House & Senate Appropriations, House Energy and Commerce, House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees. The chart below indicates which committees have jurisdiction and immediate authority over our priority issues. Priority Issue Key Senate Committee Key House Committee MS Research Funding in the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP ) Appropriations (Defense Appropriations (Defense National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Funding Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) Bill Appropriations (Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations (Agriculture, FDA, and Related Agencies Finance Appropriations (LHHS Appropriations (Agriculture, FDA, and Related Agencies Energy and Commerce & Ways and Means The committees listed below are arranged by alphabetical order, as opposed to by rank, following the Chairman or Ranking Member of the party. U.S. Senate SENATE LEADERSHIP Majority Leader Majority Whip Minority Leader Minority Whip Harry Reid (NV) Richard Durbin (IL) Mitch McConnell (KY) John Cornyn (TX) (*) Denotes membership on the Defense subcommittee that determines funding for MS research in the CDMRP (+) Denotes membership on the Labor Health and Human Services (LHHS) subcommittee that determines funding for the NIH (^) Denotes membership on the Agriculture subcommittee that determines funding for the FDA SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Chairman: Barbara A. Mikulski (MD)*+^ Mark Begich (AK)

2 Chris Coons (DE) Richard Durbin (IL)*+ Dianne Feinstein (CA)*^ Tom Harkin (IA)*+^ Tim Johnson (SD)*^ Mary L. Landrieu (LA)*+ Patrick J. Leahy (VT)* Jeff Merkley (OR)^ Patty Murray (WA)*+ Mark L. Pryor (AR)*+^ Jack Reed (RI)*+ Jeanne Shaheen (NH)+ Jon Tester (MT)+^ Tom Udall (NM)^ Ranking Member: Richard C. Shelby (AL)*+^ Lamar Alexander (TN)*+ Roy D. Blunt (MO)*^ John N. Boozman (AR)+ Daniel R. Coats (IN)* Thad Cochran (MS)*+^ Susan M. Collins (ME)*^ Lindsey Graham (SC)*+ John Hoeven (ND)^ Mike Johanns (NE)+ Mark Steven Kirk (IL)+ Mitch McConnell (KY)*^ Jerry Moran (KS)+^ Lisa Murkowski (AK)* SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE Chairman: Ron Wyden (OR) Michael F. Bennet (CO) Sherrod C. Brown (OH) Maria Cantwell (WA) Benjamin L. Cardin (MD) Thomas R. Carper (DE) Robert P. Casey, Jr. (PA) Robert Menendez (NJ) Bill Nelson (FL) John D. Rockefeller IV (WV) Charles E. Schumer (NY) Debbie A. Stabenow (MI) Mark Warner (VA) Ranking Member: Orrin G. Hatch (UT) Richard Burr (NC) John Cornyn, III (TX)

3 Mike Crapo (ID) Michael B. Enzi (WY) Chuck Grassley (IA) Johnny Isakson (GA) Robert J. Portman (OH) Pat Roberts (KS) John Thune (SD) Patrick J. Toomey (PA) U.S. House of Representatives HOUSE LEADERSHIP Speaker Majority Leader Majority Whip Minority Leader Minority Whip John A. Boehner (OH-8) Eric Cantor (VA-7) Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) Steny Hoyer (MD-5) (*) Denotes membership on the Defense subcommittee that determines funding for MS research in the CDMRP (+) Denotes membership on the Labor Health and Human Services (LHHS) subcommittee that determines funding for the NIH (^) Denotes membership on the Agriculture subcommittee that determines funding for the FDA HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Chairman: Hal Rogers (KY-5) Robert B. Aderholt (AL-4)^ Mark Amodei (NV-2) Jamie Herrera Beutler (WA-3) Ken Calvert (CA-42)* John R. Carter (TX-31) Tom Cole (OK-4)* Ander Crenshaw (FL-4)* John A. Culberson (TX-7) Charlie W. Dent (PA-15) Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) Chuck Fleischmann (TN-3)+ Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)^ Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)* Kay Granger (TX-12)* Tom Graves, Jr. (GA-14) Andy Harris, MD (MD-1)+ David P. Joyce (OH-14)+ Jack Kingston (GA-1)+* Tom Latham (IA-3)^ Alan Nunnelee (MS-1)^ Martha Roby (AL-2)+ Thomas J. Rooney (FL-17)^ Mike Simpson (ID-2)+

4 Chris Stewart (UT-2)+ David G. Valadao (CA-21)^ Frank R. Wolf (VA-10) Steve Womack (AR-3)+* Kevin W. Yoder (KS-3)^ Ranking Member: Nita M. Lowey (NY-17) Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-2)^ Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3)+^ Sam Farr (CA-20)^ Chaka Fattah (PA-2) Mike Honda (CA-17)+ Marcy C. Kaptur (OH-9)* Barbara J. Lee (CA-13)+ Betty McCollum (MN-4)* Jim P. Moran, Jr. (VA-8)* Bill L. Owens (NY-21)* Ed Pastor (AZ-7) Chellie M. Pingree (ME-1)^ David E. Price (NC-4) Mike Quigley (IL-5) Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)+ Tim J. Ryan (OH-13)* Adam B. Schiff (CA-28) Jose E. Serrano (NY-15) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) Pete J. Visclosky (IN-1)* HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE (+) denotes membership on the Health Subcommittee. Chairman: Fred Upton (MI-6)+ Joe Barton (TX-6)+ Gus M. Bilirakis (FL-12)+ Marsha Blackburn (TN-7)+ Michael C. Burgess (TX-26)+ Bill Cassidy (LA-6)+ Renee L. Ellmers (NC-2)+ Cory Gardner (CO-4) Phil Gingrey (GA-11)+ Morgan M. Griffith (VA-9)+ Brett Guthrie (KY-2)+ Ralph M. Hall (TX-4) Gregg Harper (MS-3) Bill Johnson (OH-6) Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) Leonard Lance (NJ-7)+

5 Bob Latta (OH-5) Billy Long (MO-7) David B. McKinley (WV-1) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5)+ Tim Murphy (PA-18)+ Pete Olson (TX-22) Joe R. Pitts (PA-16)+ Mike Pompeo (KS-4) Mike J. Rogers (MI-8)+ Steve Scalise (LA-1) John M. Shimkus (IL-15)+ Lee Terry (NE-2) Greg Walden (OR-2) Edward Whitfield (KY-1)+ Ranking Member: Henry Waxman (CA-33)+ John Barrow (GA-12)+ Bruce L. Braley (IA-1) G.K. Butterfield, Jr. (NC-1)+ Lois Capps (CA-24)+ Kathy Castor (FL-14)+ Donna M. Christensen (VI-1)+ Diana DeGette (CO-1) John D. Dingell (MI-12)+ Mike F. Doyle (PA-14) Eliot L. Engel (NY-16)+ Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) Gene Green (TX-29)+ Ben Ray Luian (NM-3) Jim D. Matheson (UT-4)+ Doris O. Matsui (CA-6) Jerry McNerney (CA-9) Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6)+ Bobby L. Rush (IL-1) John P. Sarbanes (MD-3)+ Jan D. Schakowsky (IL-9)+ Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) John Yarmuth (KY-3) Peter F. Welch (VT-1) HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE (+) denotes membership on the Health Subcommittee Chairman: Dave Camp (MI-4) Diane Black (TN-6) Charles W. Boustany Jr. (LA-3) Kevin Brady (TX-8)+ Vern Buchanan (FL-16)+

6 Jim Gerlach (PA-6)+ Tim Griffin (AR-2) Lynn Jenkins (KS-2) Sam Johnson (TX-3)+ Mike Kelly (PA-3) Kenny Marchant (TX-24) Devin Nunes (CA-22)+ Erik Paulsen (MN-3) Tom Price (GA-6)+ Tom Reed (NY-23) David G. Reichert (WA-8) Jim B. Renacci (OH-16) Peter J. Roskam (IL-6)+ Paul Ryan (WI-1)+ Aaron Schock (IL-18) Adrian Smith (NE-3)+ Pat Tiberi (OH-12) Todd Young (IN-9) Ranking Member: Sander Levin (MI-9) Xavier Becerra (CA-34) Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)+ Joseph Crowley (NY-14) Danny Davis (IL-7) Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) Ron Kind (WI-3)+ John B. Larson (CT-1) John Lewis (GA-5) Jim McDermott (WA-7)+ Richard E. Neal (MA-1) Bill Pascrell Jr. (NJ-9)+ Charles B. Rangel (NY-13) Linda Sánchez (CA-38) Allyson Schwartz (PA-13) Mike Thompson (CA-5)+

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