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Senate · SSGA · 119th Congress

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Chair: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) · Ranking member: Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

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Jurisdiction

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the Senate’s primary oversight committee with broad jurisdiction over government operations generally and the Department of Homeland Security in particular. Its primary responsibilities are to study the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the federal government; evaluate the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative and executive branches of government; and study the intergovernmental relationships between the U.S. and states and municipalities, and between the U.S. and international organizations of which the U.S. is a member.

Members (15)

A to Z by last name. Role, side and rank are as the committee lists them.

MemberRoleSideRankOn the committee
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)MemberMinority3Current
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)MemberMajority7Current
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)MemberMinority4Current
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)MemberMinority6Current
Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)MemberMinority2Current
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)MemberMajority5Current
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)MemberMajority2Current
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ)MemberMinority5Current
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)MemberMajority3Current
Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL)MemberMajority8Current
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)MemberMajority6Current
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)ChairmanMajority1Current
Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI)Ranking MemberMinority1Current
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)MemberMajority4Current
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)MemberMinority7Current

Subcommittees (3)

Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs (11)

MemberRoleSideRankOn the committee
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)MemberMajority4Current
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)Ranking MemberMinority1Current
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)MemberMinority3Current
Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)MemberMinority2Current
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)MemberMajority2Current
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)ChairmanMajority1Current
Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL)MemberMajority5Current
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)MemberMajority3Current
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)Ex OfficioMajority6Current
Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI)Ex OfficioMinority5Current
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)MemberMinority4Current

Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census (9)

MemberRoleSideRankOn the committee
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)MemberMinority2Current
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)MemberMajority3Current
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)ChairmanMajority1Current
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ)Ranking MemberMinority1Current
Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL)MemberMajority4Current
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)Ex OfficioMajority5Current
Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI)Ex OfficioMinority4Current
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)MemberMajority2Current
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)MemberMinority3Current

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (11)

MemberRoleSideRankOn the committee
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)Ranking MemberMinority1Current
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)MemberMinority3Current
Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)MemberMinority2Current
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)MemberMajority4Current
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)ChairmanMajority1Current
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ)MemberMinority4Current
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)MemberMajority2Current
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)MemberMajority5Current
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)Ex OfficioMajority6Current
Sen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI)Ex OfficioMinority5Current
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)MemberMajority3Current

Bills referred (545)

H.R., S., H.J.Res. and S.J.Res. referred to this committee or its subcommittees in the 119th Congress, newest first. Stage is how far each bill has gone, from its official actions.

545 bills · page 1 of 22

Reports (0)

No reports on bills this committee reported are listed yet.

Reports listed with bills this committee reported, from each bill’s BILLSTATUS record. House reports are listed for House committees and Senate reports for Senate committees.

Sources: Committees, jurisdictions and assignments: unitedstates/congress-legislators; Bills referred and committee reports: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data, 119th Congress. Dates on the committee are kept from when we started tracking assignments; “Current” means listed now. Updated Nov 2, 2026. How we build these pages.