United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight explained

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight is one of the six subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

The Subcommittee is an ad hoc subcommittee, meaning "for this purpose." Ad Hoc committees are created for a single issue, and are disbanded after the issue is resolved.

Members, 112th Congress

The subcommittee was chaired by Democrat Claire McCaskill of Missouri, and the Ranking Minority Member was Republican Rob Portman of Ohio.

Majority	Minority
valign=top	Claire McCaskill, Missouri, Chairwoman Thomas R. Carper, Delaware Mark Pryor, Arkansas Jon Tester, Montana Mark Begich, Alaska	valign=top	Rob Portman, Ohio, Ranking Member Susan Collins, Maine John McCain, Arizona Rand Paul, Kentucky
Ex officio
valign=top	Joe Lieberman, Connecticut^[1]	valign=top	Susan Collins, Maine

External links

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Contracting Oversight Subcommittee page

Notes and References

Joe Lieberman is an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, and counts as a Democrat for committee purposes.