The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower is one of six subcommittees within the Senate Armed Services Committee

United States Senate Committee on Armed Services

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Jurisdiction

The Seapower Subcommittee has jurisdiction over all U.S. Navy

United States Navy

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, U.S. Marine Corps

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, including non-tactical air programs, and the Naval Reserve

United States Navy Reserve

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Members, 112th Congress

The subcommittee chair is Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island

Rhode Island

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. The Ranking Minority Member

Ranking member

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 position is Roger Wicker

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 of Mississippi

Mississippi

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Majority	Minority
Jack Reed, Rhode Island, Chairman Daniel Akaka Daniel Akaka Daniel Kahikina Akaka is the junior U.S. Senator from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only member of the Senate who has Chinese ancestry.... , Hawaii Jim Webb Jim Webb James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. is the senior United States Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy. He is a member of the Democratic Party.... , Virginia Kay Hagan, North Carolina Richard Blumenthal Richard Blumenthal Richard Blumenthal is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut and a member of the Democratic Party. Previously, he served as Attorney General of Connecticut.... , Connecticut	Roger Wicker Roger Wicker Roger Frederick Wicker is the junior U.S. Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party. In December 2007 he was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour to fill the seat vacated by Trent Lott. He subsequently won the 2008 special election for the remainder of the term. Wicker served... , Mississippi, Ranking Member Jeff Sessions Jeff Sessions Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III is the junior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected in 1996, Sessions is a member of the Republican Party... , Alabama Kelly Ayotte Kelly Ayotte Kelly A. Ayotte is the junior United States Senator from New Hampshire and a member of the Republican Party. She earlier served as the Attorney General of New Hampshire.-Early life, education and career:... , New Hampshire Susan Collins Susan Collins Susan Margaret Collins is the junior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1996, she is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs... , Maine
Ex officio
Carl Levin Carl Levin Carl Milton Levin is a Jewish-American United States Senator from Michigan, serving since 1979. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He is a member of the Democratic Party.... , Michigan	John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.... , Arizona

See also

U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces

External links

• Senate Armed Services Committee home page
• Senate Armed Services Committee subcommittee list and membership page