All members of the HELP committee, their party affiliations and states:

     Currently there are 12 Democrats and 10 Republicans on the HELP committee, with one vacancy.

·         Democrats:

o   Tom Harkin – Iowa

o   Barbara Mikulski – Maryland

o   Jeff Bingaman – New Mexico

o   Patty Murray – Washington

o   Bernard Sanders – Vermont

o   Robert Casey, Jr. – Pennsylvania

o   Kay Hagan – North Carolina

o   Jeff Merkley – Oregon

o   Al Franken – Minnesota

o   Michael Bennet – Colorado

o   Sheldon Whitehouse – Rhode Island

o   Richard Blumenthal – Connecticut

·         Republicans:

o   Michael Enzi – Wyoming

o   Lamar Alexander – Tennessee

o   Richard Burr – North Carolina

o   Johnny Isakson – Georgia

o   Rand Paul – Kentucky

o   Orrin Hatch – Utah

o   John McCain – Arizona

o   Pat Roberts – Kansas

o   Lisa Murkowski – Alaska

o   Mark Kirk – Illinois
(U.S. Senate, n.d.)