Jeanne Shaheen is the first woman in United States history to be elected to both a governorship and a US senator. She served for three terms as New Hampshire's governor between 1997 and 2003. In 2008 she became the first woman elected to the US Senate from New Hampshire. Senator Shaheen is on the Committee of Appropriations, where she sits as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. Senator Shaheen is also a member of the Armed Services Committee, Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Select Committee on Ethics, and Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.