Clean Air and Nuclear Safety

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Key Offices

The Clean Air and Nuclear Safety is led by the following people
Tom Carper - (D)
Chairman
A Vietnam vet, Carper served in the House for Delaware (1983-93) and as Governor (1993-2001) before being elected to the Senate in 2001. As Vice-Chairmen of the moderate Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), he has garnered much bipartisan respect.
George Voinovich - (R)
Ranking Member
A rich career in politics, Voinovich served as Mayor of Cleveland (1980-89) and Governor of Ohio (1991-98) before entering the Senate for Ohio in 1999. Known to be overcome with emotion during important speeches, he has been cricized as disloyal to the GOP

Members of Clean Air and Nuclear Safety

Name Served Since
Lamar Alexander - (R)

Andrew Lamar Alexander is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. Bu
Hillary Clinton - (D)

Hillary Clinton is a junior Democratic Senator from New York. Married to former President Bill Clinton, she was First Lady from 1993 to 2001. She is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for President in 2008 and is considered the front-runner.
Johnny Isakson - (R)

Prior to public office Isakson was president of Northside Realty (1979-2001), a time when it became the biggest independent real estate company in Georgia. Elected to the House for Georgia's 6th (1999-2005), he won a Senate bid in 2005.
Joseph Lieberman

Lierbman, after losing the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2006, the first time since his entrance in 1989, became an Independent with close links to the Dems and Republicans. He ran aside Gore in 2000 in the failed presidential bid.
Bernie Sanders - (I)

The first self-described socialist to be elected to the Senate, Sanders began in Vermont's At Large District in the House (1991-2007) before winning election to the Senate in 2006. Though an Independent (Democratic Socialist), he caucuses with the Dems.