Congressional member activity and bills

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

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	498,474	1,247	236
2	Mr. SCHUMER	D	NY	Senate	350,882	980	251
3	Mr. THUNE	R	SD	Senate	321,210	2,934	254
4	Mr. MERKLEY	D	OR	Senate	284,821	437	77
5	Mr. BARRASSO	R	WY	Senate	252,783	1,335	246
6	Mr. BOOKER	D	NJ	Senate	221,978	421	41
7	Mr. SCHWEIKERT	R	AZ	House	201,746	152	47
8	Mr. McGOVERN	D	MA	House	182,072	914	71
9	Mr. CORNYN	R	TX	Senate	179,755	236	109
10	Mr. WHITEHOUSE	D	RI	Senate	173,769	222	93
11	Mr. KAINE	D	VA	Senate	161,162	171	87
12	Mr. GRASSLEY	R	IA	Senate	153,119	377	215
13	Mr. WELCH	D	VT	Senate	150,753	199	109
14	Mr. PADILLA	D	CA	Senate	146,394	257	111
15	Mr. LEE	R	UT	Senate	139,788	125	42
16	Mr. MURPHY	D	CT	Senate	133,310	175	58
17	Mr. GREEN of Texas	D	TX	House	132,935	103	65
18	Mr. BLUMENTHAL	D	CT	Senate	125,907	181	82
19	Mr. VAN HOLLEN	D	MD	Senate	125,231	195	87
20	Mrs. MURRAY	D	WA	Senate	124,492	179	82
21	Mr. SCHIFF	D	CA	Senate	116,702	127	65
22	Mr. KENNEDY	R	LA	Senate	115,497	203	66
23	Mr. REED	D	RI	Senate	114,657	178	87
24	Mr. MARKEY	D	MA	Senate	114,107	131	63
25	Mr. KILEY of California	I	CA	House	112,164	256	72

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	0	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	88	3	0	HR 10447, HR 10319, HR 10278
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	83	2	0	HR 10405, HR 10363, HR 10362
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	Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]	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	28	21.4%	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	Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]	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	Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]	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. CASSIDY	R	LA	1	103	1.0%	S 331
13	Mr. COTTON	R	AR	1	91	1.1%	S 4465
14	Ms. ERNST	R	IA	1	87	1.1%	S 3971
15	Mr. SHEEHY	R	MT	1	74	1.4%	S 160
16	Mr. PETERS	D	MI	1	73	1.4%	S 2878
17	Mr. MARSHALL	R	KS	1	62	1.6%	S 222
18	Mr. LANKFORD	R	OK	1	57	1.8%	S 2283
19	Ms. DUCKWORTH	D	IL	1	53	1.9%	S 260
20	Mr. COONS	D	DE	1	50	2.0%	S 3424
21	Mr. KELLY	D	AZ	1	49	2.0%	S 201
22	Ms. TITUS	D	NV	1	49	2.0%	HR 972
23	Mr. TILLIS	R	NC	1	49	2.0%	S 3705
24	Mr. ARRINGTON	R	TX	1	48	2.1%	HR 1
25	Mr. DAINES	R	MT	1	48	2.1%	S 1020

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	77.4	141	0	182,072
2	Mr. SCHWEIKERT	R	AZ	cr*p	69.9	141	0	201,746
3	Mr. SCHATZ	D	HI	da*n	34.7	33	2	95,207
4	Ms. DUCKWORTH	D	IL	da*n	20.0	6	0	29,956
5	Ms. SLOTKIN	D	MI	cr*p	17.5	5	0	28,649
6	Ms. STANSBURY	D	NM	bu*****t	16.5	8	0	48,553
7	Mr. SCHIFF	D	CA	da*n	14.6	17	0	116,702
8	Mr. KENNEDY	R	LA	da*n	13.9	16	1	115,497
9	Mr. TUBERVILLE	R	AL	da*n	13.8	9	0	65,281
10	Mr. MAST	R	FL	da*n	11.8	6	0	50,809
11	Ms. ROSEN	D	NV	da*n	11.0	5	0	45,377
12	Mr. ROY	R	TX	cr*p	10.2	11	2	108,158
13	Mr. SCHUMER	D	NY	da*n	9.7	34	4	350,882
14	Mr. MERKLEY	D	OR	da*n	9.1	26	2	284,821
15	Mr. TILLIS	R	NC	ba****d	9.0	4	3	44,301
16	Mr. VAN HOLLEN	D	MD	da*n	8.8	11	0	125,231
17	Mr. GRAHAM	R	SC	da*n	8.6	5	0	58,440
18	Mr. WARNER	D	VA	pi*s off	7.9	3	0	37,929
19	Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ	D	NM	da*n	7.4	2	0	27,146
20	Ms. HIRONO	D	HI	a*s	7.2	2	0	27,920
21	Mr. WHITEHOUSE	D	RI	da*n	6.9	12	4	173,769
22	Mr. BIGGS of Arizona	R	AZ	cr*p	6.5	2	0	30,899
23	Mr. LEE	R	UT	da*n	6.4	9	0	139,788
24	Mr. JEFFRIES	D	NY	da*n	6.4	3	0	46,620
25	Mr. KIM	D	NJ	pi*s off	4.0	2	0	49,403

Data notes 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.