Committees of Interest
Below are the specific committees that appropriate funds, authorize programs, or oversee activities of the National Cancer Institute.
Appropriations Committees
Appropriations committees provide the funding for federal programs.
House
Chair: Rosa DeLauro – CT
Ranking: Kay Granger - TX
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
Chair: Rosa DeLauro - CT
Ranking: Tom Cole - OK
Senate
Chair: Patrick Leahy – VT
Ranking: Richard Shelby – AL
Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies
Chair: Patty Murray - WA
Ranking: Roy Blunt - MO
Authorizing Committees
Authorizing committees write laws that either create new or renew existing federal programs.
House
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chair: Frank Pallone, Jr. - NJ
Ranking: Cathy McMorris Rodgers - WA
Chair: Anna Eshoo - CA
Ranking: Brett Guthrie – KY
Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions
Chair: Patty Murray - WA
Ranking: Richard Burr - NC
Oversight Committees
Oversight committees conduct audits on federal programs to ensure that the public trust is not misused or broken.
House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Chair: Carolyn Maloney – NY
Ranking: James Comer - KY
Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Chair: Diana DeGette - CO
Ranking: H. Morgan Griffith – VA
Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Chair: Gary Peters - MI
Ranking: Rob Portman – OH
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
Chair: Margaret Wood Hassan – NH
Ranking: Rand Paul - KY
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
Chair: Kyrsten Sinema - AZ
Ranking: James Lankford - OK