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Member activity & bills

Explore member speech, bill sponsorship, passage, enactment, and profanity by Congress.

By Hans W. A. Hanley

Updated through October 9, 2026

Who talks the most

Attributed non-procedural spoken words; turns and active days provide context.

Attributed non-procedural spoken words; turns and active days provide context.
#	Member	Party	State	Chamber	Words	Turns	Active days
1	Mr. DURBIN	D	IL	Senate	321,806	1,260	241
2	Mr. SCHUMER	D	NY	Senate	318,836	1,004	258
3	Mr. THUNE	R	SD	Senate	279,183	3,020	261
4	Mr. BARRASSO	R	WY	Senate	207,340	1,363	253
5	Mr. SCHWEIKERT	R	AZ	House	198,757	152	47
6	Mr. McGOVERN	D	MA	House	179,741	914	71
7	Mr. MERKLEY	D	OR	Senate	167,974	453	81
8	Mr. CORNYN	R	TX	Senate	148,482	237	110
9	Mr. GRASSLEY	R	IA	Senate	136,398	384	220
10	Mr. WELCH	D	VT	Senate	131,374	206	112
11	Mr. WHITEHOUSE	D	RI	Senate	130,656	223	93
12	Mr. GREEN of Texas	D	TX	House	130,371	103	65
13	Mr. LEE	R	UT	Senate	122,951	157	43
14	Mr. KAINE	D	VA	Senate	121,710	169	84
15	Mr. BOOKER	D	NJ	Senate	119,943	431	41
16	Mr. PADILLA	D	CA	Senate	115,336	259	111
17	Mr. KENNEDY	R	LA	Senate	114,248	212	68
18	Mr. MURPHY	D	CT	Senate	113,979	179	61
19	Mrs. MURRAY	D	WA	Senate	111,979	183	85
20	Mr. KILEY of California	I	CA	House	111,573	258	73
21	Mr. RASKIN	D	MD	House	111,568	407	48
22	Mr. ROY	R	TX	House	111,341	286	47
23	Mr. BLUMENTHAL	D	CT	Senate	103,051	174	77
24	Mr. MARKEY	D	MA	Senate	102,869	134	65
25	Mr. LaMALFA	R	CA	House	88,320	161	87

Distinct H.R. and S. bills for which the member is the official sponsor.

Distinct H.R. and S. bills for which the member is the official sponsor.
#	Member	Party	State	Bills	Passed	Enacted	Examples
1	Mr. SCOTT of Florida	R	FL	149	1	0	S 5442, S 5427, S 5377
2	Mr. MARKEY	D	MA	134	3	0	S 5292, S 5257, S 5231
3	Mrs. BLACKBURN	R	TN	126	3	1	S 5179, S 5152, S 5098
4	Mr. CORNYN	R	TX	125	16	3	S 5349, S 5348, S 5334
5	Mr. LEE	R	UT	125	0	0	S 5408, S 5372, S 5371
6	Mr. CRUZ	R	TX	121	10	2	S 5369, S 5289, S 5188
7	Mr. LAWLER	R	NY	114	7	0	HR 10379, HR 10165, HR 10096
8	Ms. CORTEZ MASTO	D	NV	108	5	0	S 5395, S 5329, S 5328
9	Mr. STEUBE	R	FL	104	4	1	HR 10178, HR 10148, HR 10117
10	Mr. DURBIN	D	IL	104	2	0	S 5194, S 5060, S 4979
11	Mr. CASSIDY	R	LA	103	4	1	S 5421, S 5420, S 5258
12	Mr. BLUMENTHAL	D	CT	102	2	0	S 5353, S 5312, S 5311
13	Mr. BIGGS of Arizona	R	AZ	99	4	0	HR 10420, HR 9731, HR 8920
14	Mr. MERKLEY	D	OR	99	2	0	S 5440, S 5362, S 5357
15	Mr. PADILLA	D	CA	96	4	0	S 5433, S 5352, S 5309
16	Mr. BANKS	R	IN	96	1	0	S 5267, S 5242, S 5172
17	Ms. NORTON	D	DC	95	1	0	HR 10396, HR 10172, HR 10062
18	Mr. BOOKER	D	NJ	91	1	0	S 5431, S 5430, S 5410
19	Mr. COTTON	R	AR	91	1	1	S 5422, S 5083, S 4984
20	Ms. MACE	R	SC	89	3	0	HR 10523, HR 10447, HR 10319
21	Ms. ERNST	R	IA	87	6	1	S 5314, S 5294, S 4952
22	Mr. NEGUSE	D	CO	86	2	0	HR 10320, HR 10233, HR 10214
23	Mr. GOTTHEIMER	D	NJ	84	2	0	HR 10519, HR 10405, HR 10363
24	Mr. SCHIFF	D	CA	82	0	0	S 5439, S 5432, S 5429
25	Mr. LUJAN	D	NM	80	1	0	S 5321, S 5282, S 5278

Sponsored bills with an official measure-level House or Senate passage action.

Sponsored bills with an official measure-level House or Senate passage action.
#	Member	Party	State	Passed	Sponsored	Passage share	Examples
1	Mr. CORNYN	R	TX	16	125	12.8%	S 4394, S 4123, S 3021
2	Mr. PETERS	D	MI	14	73	19.2%	S 4631, S 2878, S 2542
3	Mr. PFLUGER	R	TX	12	55	21.8%	HR 9616, HR 7443, HR 7084
4	Mr. BEGICH	R	AK	12	38	31.6%	HR 6427, HR 6021, HR 5131
5	Mr. CRUZ	R	TX	10	121	8.3%	S 3966, S 2975, S 2503
6	Mrs. KIM	R	CA	10	43	23.3%	HR 7037, HR 5587, HR 5248
7	Mr. CISCOMANI	R	AZ	9	31	29.0%	HR 8029, HR 6380, HR 6247
8	Mr. GRASSLEY	R	IA	8	64	12.5%	S 4460, S 3977, S 2677
9	Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS	R	IA	8	51	15.7%	HR 9615, HR 7266, HR 6703
10	Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas	R	TX	8	32	25.0%	HR 5763, HR 5100, HR 3174
11	Mr. EVANS of Colorado	R	CO	8	21	38.1%	HR 9340, HR 8005, HR 7574
12	Mrs. WAGNER	R	MO	8	18	44.4%	HR 4429, HR 3383, HR 3382
13	Mr. COLE	R	OK	8	15	53.3%	HR 9770, HR 7744, HR 7148
14	Mr. LAWLER	R	NY	7	114	6.1%	HR 9436, HR 9086, HR 3352
15	Mr. SULLIVAN	R	AK	7	57	12.3%	S 3022, S 688, S 423
16	Mr. BARRETT	R	MI	7	47	14.9%	HR 9570, HR 6047, HR 3482
17	Mr. HILL of Arkansas	R	AR	7	27	25.9%	HR 6955, HR 6644, HR 5317
18	Ms. ERNST	R	IA	6	87	6.9%	S 3971, S 1872, S 1199
19	Mr. KENNEDY of Utah	R	UT	6	34	17.6%	HR 8658, HR 7831, HR 4684
20	Mr. VALADAO	R	CA	6	29	20.7%	HR 3854, HR 3419, HR 2481
21	Mr. HURD of Colorado	R	CO	6	26	23.1%	HR 7342, HR 5911, HR 5631
22	Mr. STAUBER	R	MN	6	22	27.3%	HR 6422, HR 4090, HR 1634
23	Mr. BALDERSON	R	OH	6	20	30.0%	HR 9332, HR 3747, HR 3616
24	Mr. LATTA	R	OH	6	19	31.6%	HR 7257, HR 3638, HR 3109
25	Ms. CORTEZ MASTO	D	NV	5	108	4.6%	S 3041, S 911, S 546

Sponsored bills with an assigned public or private law number.

Sponsored bills with an assigned public or private law number.
#	Member	Party	State	Enacted	Sponsored	Enactment share	Examples
1	Mr. COLE	R	OK	5	15	33.3%	HR 7148, HR 7147, HR 6938
2	Mr. BEGICH	R	AK	4	38	10.5%	HR 2815, HR 410, HR 43
3	Mr. CORNYN	R	TX	3	125	2.4%	S 1884, S 1596, S 1071
4	Mr. SULLIVAN	R	AK	3	57	5.3%	S 423, S 254, S 216
5	Mr. CRUZ	R	TX	2	121	1.7%	S 146, S 32
6	Mr. MORAN	R	KS	2	70	2.9%	S 2393, S 2392
7	Mr. KENNEDY	R	LA	2	69	2.9%	S 616, S 269
8	Mr. VAN ORDEN	R	WI	2	28	7.1%	HR 1815, HR 983
9	Mrs. BRITT	R	AL	2	26	7.7%	S 1003, S 5
10	Mr. CONNOLLY	D	VA	2	24	8.3%	HR 3490, HR 1912
11	Mrs. BLACKBURN	R	TN	1	126	0.8%	S 307
12	Mr. STEUBE	R	FL	1	104	1.0%	HR 5366
13	Mr. CASSIDY	R	LA	1	103	1.0%	S 331
14	Mr. COTTON	R	AR	1	91	1.1%	S 4465
15	Ms. ERNST	R	IA	1	87	1.1%	S 3971
16	Mr. SHEEHY	R	MT	1	74	1.4%	S 160
17	Mr. PETERS	D	MI	1	73	1.4%	S 2878
18	Mr. MARSHALL	R	KS	1	62	1.6%	S 222
19	Mr. LANKFORD	R	OK	1	57	1.8%	S 2283
20	Ms. DUCKWORTH	D	IL	1	53	1.9%	S 260
21	Mr. COONS	D	DE	1	50	2.0%	S 3424
22	Mr. PANETTA	D	CA	1	50	2.0%	HR 5334
23	Mr. KELLY	D	AZ	1	49	2.0%	S 201
24	Ms. TITUS	D	NV	1	49	2.0%	HR 972
25	Mr. TILLIS	R	NC	1	49	2.0%	S 3705

Unquoted curated profanity hits per 100,000 attributed words.

Unquoted curated profanity hits per 100,000 attributed words.
#	Member	Party	State	Most-used term	Per 100k	Hits	Quoted (excl.)	Words
1	Mr. McGOVERN	D	MA	he*l	79.0	142	0	179,741
2	Mr. SCHWEIKERT	R	AZ	cr*p	70.9	141	0	198,757
3	Ms. SLOTKIN	D	MI	cr*p	18.6	5	0	26,897
4	Mr. SCHATZ	D	HI	da*n	17.5	12	0	68,596
5	Mr. KENNEDY	R	LA	da*n	16.6	19	1	114,248
6	Ms. STANSBURY	D	NM	bu*****t	16.5	8	0	48,451
7	Mr. SCHIFF	D	CA	da*n	16.1	13	0	80,820
8	Mr. TUBERVILLE	R	AL	da*n	15.9	9	0	56,660
9	Mr. MAST	R	FL	da*n	14.4	7	0	48,756
10	Mr. ROY	R	TX	da*n	11.7	13	2	111,341
11	Mr. MERKLEY	D	OR	da*n	10.7	18	0	167,974
12	Ms. ROSEN	D	NV	da*n	10.7	4	0	37,427
13	Mr. VAN HOLLEN	D	MD	da*n	10.2	9	0	88,128
14	Mr. MASSIE	R	KY	da*n	10.1	3	0	29,757
15	Mr. TILLIS	R	NC	ba****d	9.7	4	3	41,074
16	Mr. SCHUMER	D	NY	da*n	9.4	30	4	318,836
17	Mr. GRAHAM	R	SC	he*l	9.0	4	0	44,559
18	Mr. WARNER	D	VA	pi*s off	7.5	3	0	40,155
19	Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ	D	NM	da*n	7.4	2	0	27,054
20	Mr. BIGGS of Arizona	R	AZ	cr*p	6.6	2	0	30,392
21	Ms. WARREN	D	MA	da*n	6.3	3	0	47,614
22	Mr. LEE	R	UT	cr*p	5.7	7	0	122,951
23	Mr. KIM	D	NJ	pi*s off	5.4	2	0	36,930
24	Ms. SMITH	D	MN	da*n	4.5	2	0	44,746
25	Mr. JEFFRIES	D	NY	da*n	4.4	3	0	68,816

Data notes, coverage, and exclusions

Speech counts include only remarks attributable to a specific member by Bioguide ID; procedural speech, submitted Extensions of Remarks, and material printed into the Record are excluded. Named-member coverage begins January 25, 1994; the separate long-run party charts use the Stanford Hein corpus back to 1873.
Profanity uses a conservative, hand-curated list rather than an exhaustive dictionary. Passages marked as quotations are excluded from a member's rate and retained as a separate audit count.
A member's most-used profanity term is the most frequent accepted, unquoted surface form in the selected period; alphabetical order breaks ties. It does not imply personal preference.
Legislative counts cover sponsored House and Senate bills (H.R. and S.) only; cosponsorships, resolutions, and amendments are outside this version.
A sponsored bill passing or becoming law is descriptive. It does not establish that one member personally caused the outcome or measure legislative effectiveness by itself.
The Congressional Record is lightly edited rather than verbatim, and source metadata can be corrected after publication.

Speech coverage 2025-01-06 to 2026-10-09; 15,951 H.R./S. bill records. Site data snapshot: 2026-10-09T00:00:00+00:00.