Key Districts
The primary component of RE-ENERGYSE, proposed by the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, is under the jurisdiction of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. These subcommittee members are listed below, including some of their state or district’s most relevant universities and colleges.
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Majority Subcommittee Members
- Senator Byron Dorgan (ND) (Chairman)
- Major schools:
- North Dakota University
- North Dakota State University
- Major schools:
- Senator Robert C. Byrd (WV)
- Major schools:
- West Virginia University
- Major schools:
- Senator Patty Murray (WA)
- Major schools:
- University of Washington
- Washington State University
- Major schools:
- Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Major schools:
- University of California System
- Stanford University
- Major schools:
- Senator Tim Johnson (SD)
- Major schools:
- South Dakota State University
- Major schools:
- Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Major schools:
- Louisiana State University
- Louisiana Tech University
- Major schools:
- Senator Jack Reed (RI)
- Major schools:
- University of Rhode Island
- Brown University
- Major schools:
- Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Major schools:
- Rutgers University
- Princeton University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Major schools:
- Senator Tom Harkin (IA)
- Major schools:
- University of Iowa
- Iowa State University
- Major schools:
- Senator Jon Tester (MT)
- Major schools:
- Montana State University
- Montana University
- Major schools:
Minority Subcommittee Members
- Senator Robert Bennett (Ranking) (UT)
- Senator Thad Cochran (MS)
- Senator Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Senator Christopher Bond (MO)
- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
- Senator Richard Shelby (AL)
- Senator Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Senator George Voinovich (OH)
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Majority Subcommittee Members
- Representative Peter J. Visclosky (IN) (Chairman)
- Relevant schools:
- Indiana University Northwest
- Relevant schools:
- Representative Chet Edwards (TX)
- Relevant schools:
- Baylor University
- Texas A&M University
- Relevant schools:
- Representative Ed Pastor (AZ)
- Relevant schools:
- Attended Arizona State University
- Relevant schools:
- Representative Marion Berry (AR) (retiring)
- Relevant schools:
- Arkansas State University
- Relevant schools:
- Representative Chaka Fattah (PA)
- Relevant schools:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Trustee at Community College of Philadelphia, Lincoln University, Penn State University, Temple University
- Relevant schools:
- Representative Steve Israel (NY)
- Relevant schools:
- SUNY-Farmingdale, Hofstra University, Long Island University
- Relevant schools:
- Representative Tim Ryan (OH)
- Relevant schools:
- Kent State University
- Youngstown State University
- Attended Bowling Green University
- Relevant schools:
- Representative John W. Olver (MA)
- Relevant schools:
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Williams College
- Amherst College
- Mount Holyoke College
- Hampshire College
- PhD in Chemistry from MIT and taught Chemistry at UMass-Amherst
- Simons Rock College
- Fitchburg State
- Westfield State
- Relevant schools:
- Representative Lincoln Davis (TN)
- Relevant schools:
- Attended Tennessee Technological University
- Relevant schools:
- Representative John T. Salazar (CO)
- Relevant schools:
- Colorado State University-Pueblo
- Adams State College
- Western State College
- Relevant schools:
Minority Subcommittee Members
- Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ) (Ranking Member)
- Representative Zach Wamp (TN)
- Representative Michael K. Simpson (ID)
- Representative Dennis R. Rehberg (MT)
- Representative Ken Calvert (CA)
- Representative Rodney Alexander (LA)
- Representative Jerry Lewis (CA), Ex Officio




