Month: May 2020

Subject: Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

U.S Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. She was re-elected to the United States Senate for a second term on November 6, 2018, by the people of Massachusetts. Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of Houston and Rutgers School of Law and was a law professor for over 30 years. She is also a subcommittee member on Economic Policy, Securities, Insurance, and Investment as well as Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), Special Committee on Aging and Armed Services.

Subject: Mark R. Warner (D-VA)

U. S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008 and reelected to a second term in November 2014. From 2002 to 2006, he served as Governor of Virginia. He also Vice-Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence. Warner is a heavy investor in in the cellular technology and co-founded the company that became Nextel.

Subject: Jon Tester (D-MT)

U. S Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. In the Senate, Tester also serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. and member of the Senate Commerce, and Indian Affairs. He earned a degree in Music from the College of Great Falls and taught Music at F.E. Miley Elementary for several years.

Subject: Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)

U. S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. Other Committee Appointments include: Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs , Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Commerce, Science, & Transportation , Veterans’ Affairs, and Special Committee on Aging.

Subject: Tina Smith (D-MN)

U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. She serves as United States Senator for Minnesota. She graduated from Stanford University and in 1984, earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. She’s served as Chief of Staff to both Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Governor Mark Dayton. In 2014, Tina was elected to serve as Minnesota’s 48th Lieutenant Governor. Other Committee Assignments include: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

Subject: Doug Jones (D-AL)

U.S Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. After graduating from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, he worked as staff counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for Senator Howell Heflin. Following his stint in Washington, Senator Jones served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1980-1984. He left government service in 1984 and was in the private practice of law in Birmingham, Alabama, until President Bill Clinton nominated him to the position of United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. He also sits on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Senate Committee on Armed Services, and Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Subject: Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. She served two terms as Attorney General of Nevada and in November 2016. She also sits on the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; the Committee on Rules and Administration; and the Committee on Indian Affairs. Cortez Masto currently serves as the Ranking Member of the Economic Policy Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Ranking Member of the Water and Power Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1986, and a J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1990.

Subject: Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

U. S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. Elected to the United States Senate by the people of Maryland in November 2016. Chris Van Hollen is a graduate of Swarthmore College, the John F. Kennedy School of Public Policy at Harvard University, and Georgetown University Law Center. He also serves as member of Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, Member, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, and Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations.

Subject: Brian Schatz (D-HI)

U. S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. Brian serves on other Senate Committees including: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; and Indian Affairs. Senator Schatz also serves as Chair of Senate Democratic Special Committee on the Climate Crisis as well as Chief Deputy Whip. From 1998 to 2006, Schatz was a member of the State House of Representatives. He graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California.