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The '''Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space and Science''' is a subcommittee within the [[Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation]]. It was renamed from the '''Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences''' at the start of the [[111th Congress]].
==Jurisdiction==
The Subcommittee's jurisdiction includes oversight of [[NASA]], the [[National Science Foundation]], the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]], and the [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]]. For the [[111th Congress]], the Subcommittee gained additional jurisdiction on science matters from the former [[United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation]].<ref>[http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ScienceandSpace Science and Space, United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science and Space]</ref>
==Members, 118th Congress==
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! Majority
! Minority
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* <span {{party shading/Independent}}>[[Kyrsten Sinema]], Arizona, ''Chair''<ref name=Sinema>Sen. Sinema is an independent, but caucuses with the Democrats.</ref></span>
*[[Ed Markey]], Massachusetts
* [[Gary Peters (politician)|Gary Peters]], Michigan
* [[Ben Ray Luján]], New Mexico
* [[Raphael Warnock]], Georgia
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* [[Eric Schmitt]], Missouri, ''Ranking Member''
* [[Deb Fischer]], Nebraska
* [[Cynthia Lummis]], Wyoming
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! colspan=2 | ''Ex officio''
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* [[Maria Cantwell]], Washington
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* [[Ted Cruz]], Texas
|}
==Historical subcommittee rosters==
===117th Congress===
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! Majority
! Minority
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* [[John Hickenlooper]], Colorado, ''Chair''
* [[Richard Blumenthal]], Connecticut
*[[Ed Markey]], Massachusetts
* [[Gary Peters (politician)|Gary Peters]], Michigan
* [[Kyrsten Sinema]], Arizona
* [[Ben Ray Luján]], New Mexico
* [[Raphael Warnock]], Georgia
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* [[Cynthia Lummis]], Wyoming, ''Ranking Member''
* [[Ted Cruz]], Texas
* [[Deb Fischer]], Nebraska
*[[Jerry Moran]], Kansas
* [[Todd Young]], Indiana
* [[Mike Lee]], Utah
* [[Rick Scott]], Florida
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! colspan=2 | ''Ex officio''
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* [[Maria Cantwell]], Washington
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* [[Roger Wicker]], Mississippi
|}
===115th Congress===
{| class=wikitable
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! Majority
! Minority
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* [[Ted Cruz]], Texas, ''Chairman''
* [[Jerry Moran]], Kansas
* [[Dan Sullivan (U.S. Senator)|Dan Sullivan]], Alaska
* [[Mike Lee]], Utah
* [[Ron Johnson]], Wisconsin
* [[Shelley Moore Capito]], West Virginia
* [[Cory Gardner]], Colorado
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* [[Ed Markey]], Massachusetts, ''Ranking Member''
* [[Brian Schatz]], Hawaii
* [[Tom Udall]], New Mexico
* [[Gary Peters (politician)|Gary Peters]], Michigan
* [[Tammy Baldwin]], Wisconsin
* [[Maggie Hassan]], New Hampshire
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! colspan=2 | ''Ex officio''
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* [[John Thune]], South Dakota
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* [[Bill Nelson (politician)|Bill Nelson]], Florida
|}
==See also==
*[[United States House Science Subcommittee on Space]]
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://imfeelingpuzzled.com/2017/05/24/former-u-s-presidential-candidate-chair-senate-commerce-subcommittee-space-science-competitiveness/ Which former U.S. presidential candidate is the chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness?]
*[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ScienceandSpace Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation website, Subcommittee page]
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