Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection

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Key Offices

The Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection is led by the following people
Bob Menendez - (D)
Chairman
Appointed to the New Jersey Senate seat in 2006, the Cuban-American Menendez got his political start serving New Jersey's 13th District in the House (1993-2006). He has since been a vocal opponent to the selling of U.S. ports to foreign governments.
Chuck Hagel - (R)
Ranking Member
A millionaire after co-founding Vanguard Cellular, Hagel was elected to the Senate in 1996. A Republican, he's been vocal about his critique of the Bush Administration and the Iraq War. There's whispering of a Bloomberg/Hagel Independent '08 ticket.

Members of Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection

Name Served Since
Barbara Boxer - (D)

The first female Jewish Senator, Boxer is considered a liberal who is vocal on issues such as the environment, abortion, gun control and medical research. Serving as California Junior Senator since 1992, she is now the Chief Deputy Whip in Majority.
Bob Casey Jr. - (D)

At the request of Senators Schumer and Reid, Casey ran, and won, the Senate seat for Pennsylvania in 2006. He is strictly pro-life yet falls in line with his party on issues such as the environment and immigration.
Bob Corker - (R)

Bob Corker is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee. He was formerly the mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee and a successful businessman. He is the only freshman Republican Senator in the 110th Congress. Tennessee holds the distinction of being the
Jim DeMint - (R)

Elected to the House for South Carolina's 4th (1999-2005), DeMint then ran successfully for the Senate in 2005. In 2007 he was ranked most conservative, insisting there are WMDs in Iraq, and that troop deaths are caused by Dems 'cut and run' talk.
John Kerry - (D)

John Forbes Kerry is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in his fourth term of office. Kerry was the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 election.
Lisa Murkowski - (R)

After serving in Alaska's House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002, Lisa was appointed by her Alaska Senator father to his unexpired seat which she renewed in 2004. With a pro-choice, pro-stem cell research beliefs, she's seen as a moderate in her party.
Barack Obama - (D)

Entering the U.S. Senate in 2005 for Illinois, Barack Obama is currently a front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008.