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	493,282	1,234	233
2	Mr. SCHUMER	D	NY	Senate	347,800	972	248
3	Mr. THUNE	R	SD	Senate	317,718	2,893	251
4	Mr. MERKLEY	D	OR	Senate	284,821	437	77
5	Mr. BARRASSO	R	WY	Senate	249,970	1,326	243
6	Mr. BOOKER	D	NJ	Senate	216,574	405	39
7	Mr. SCHWEIKERT	R	AZ	House	201,746	152	47
8	Mr. CORNYN	R	TX	Senate	179,755	236	109
9	Mr. McGOVERN	D	MA	House	178,189	905	70
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	151,812	374	213
13	Mr. WELCH	D	VT	Senate	150,503	198	108
14	Mr. PADILLA	D	CA	Senate	144,715	254	109
15	Mr. LEE	R	UT	Senate	139,768	124	41
16	Mr. MURPHY	D	CT	Senate	131,887	173	57
17	Mr. GREEN of Texas	D	TX	House	128,825	96	63
18	Mr. VAN HOLLEN	D	MD	Senate	125,192	194	86
19	Mr. BLUMENTHAL	D	CT	Senate	124,800	180	81
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	111,803	255	71

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	147	1	0	S 5377, S 5315, S 5230
2	Mr. MARKEY	D	MA	134	3	0	S 5292, S 5257, S 5231
3	Mrs. BLACKBURN	R	TN	126	3	0	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	124	0	0	S 5372, S 5371, S 5347
6	Mr. CRUZ	R	TX	121	10	1	S 5369, S 5289, S 5188
7	Mr. LAWLER	R	NY	113	6	0	HR 10165, HR 10096, HR 10053
8	Ms. CORTEZ MASTO	D	NV	107	5	0	S 5329, S 5328, S 5327
9	Mr. STEUBE	R	FL	104	3	0	HR 10178, HR 10148, HR 10117
10	Mr. DURBIN	D	IL	104	2	0	S 5194, S 5060, S 4979
11	Mr. BLUMENTHAL	D	CT	102	2	0	S 5353, S 5312, S 5311
12	Mr. CASSIDY	R	LA	101	4	1	S 5258, S 5062, S 5038
13	Mr. BIGGS of Arizona	R	AZ	98	4	0	HR 9731, HR 8920, HR 8724
14	Mr. MERKLEY	D	OR	98	2	0	S 5362, S 5357, S 5319
15	Mr. BANKS	R	IN	96	1	0	S 5267, S 5242, S 5172
16	Mr. PADILLA	D	CA	95	4	0	S 5352, S 5309, S 5304
17	Ms. NORTON	D	DC	94	1	0	HR 10172, HR 10062, HR 10035
18	Mr. COTTON	R	AR	90	1	1	S 5083, S 4984, S 4939
19	Mr. BOOKER	D	NJ	88	1	0	S 5376, S 5365, S 5325
20	Ms. ERNST	R	IA	87	6	1	S 5314, S 5294, S 4952
21	Ms. MACE	R	SC	87	3	0	HR 10319, HR 10278, HR 10212
22	Mr. NEGUSE	D	CO	86	2	0	HR 10320, HR 10233, HR 10214
23	Mr. GOTTHEIMER	D	NJ	80	2	0	HR 10315, HR 10314, HR 10112
24	Mr. LUJAN	D	NM	80	1	0	S 5321, S 5282, S 5278
25	Ms. KLOBUCHAR	D	MN	79	3	0	S 5285, S 5241, S 5052

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	Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]	R	AK	11	38	28.9%	HR 6427, HR 5131, HR 3903
4	Mr. CRUZ	R	TX	10	121	8.3%	S 3966, S 2975, S 2503
5	Mr. PFLUGER	R	TX	10	55	18.2%	HR 7084, HR 7022, HR 6409
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	Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas	R	TX	8	32	25.0%	HR 5763, HR 5100, HR 3174
10	Mrs. WAGNER	R	MO	8	18	44.4%	HR 4429, HR 3383, HR 3382
11	Mr. COLE	R	OK	8	15	53.3%	HR 9770, HR 7744, HR 7148
12	Mr. SULLIVAN	R	AK	7	55	12.7%	S 3022, S 688, S 423
13	Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS	R	IA	7	50	14.0%	HR 7266, HR 6703, HR 4707
14	Mr. HILL of Arkansas	R	AR	7	24	29.2%	HR 6955, HR 6644, HR 5317
15	Mr. LAWLER	R	NY	6	113	5.3%	HR 9436, HR 3352, HR 2683
16	Ms. ERNST	R	IA	6	87	6.9%	S 3971, S 1872, S 1199
17	Mr. BARRETT	R	MI	6	45	13.3%	HR 6047, HR 3482, HR 3481
18	Mr. VALADAO	R	CA	6	28	21.4%	HR 3854, HR 3419, HR 2481
19	Mr. HURD of Colorado	R	CO	6	25	24.0%	HR 7342, HR 5911, HR 5631
20	Mr. STAUBER	R	MN	6	22	27.3%	HR 6422, HR 4090, HR 1634
21	Mr. EVANS of Colorado	R	CO	6	20	30.0%	HR 7574, HR 6387, HR 3628
22	Mr. LATTA	R	OH	6	19	31.6%	HR 7257, HR 3638, HR 3109
23	Ms. CORTEZ MASTO	D	NV	5	107	4.7%	S 3041, S 911, S 546
24	Mr. MORAN	R	KS	5	70	7.1%	S 3436, S 2393, S 2392
25	Ms. MURKOWSKI	R	AK	5	49	10.2%	S 4822, S 4472, S 1626

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	55	5.5%	S 423, S 254, S 216
5	Mr. MORAN	R	KS	2	70	2.9%	S 2393, S 2392
6	Mr. KENNEDY	R	LA	2	67	3.0%	S 616, S 269
7	Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]	R	WI	2	28	7.1%	HR 1815, HR 983
8	Mrs. BRITT	R	AL	2	26	7.7%	S 1003, S 5
9	Mr. CONNOLLY	D	VA	2	24	8.3%	HR 3490, HR 1912
10	Mr. CRUZ	R	TX	1	121	0.8%	S 146
11	Mr. CASSIDY	R	LA	1	101	1.0%	S 331
12	Mr. COTTON	R	AR	1	90	1.1%	S 4465
13	Ms. ERNST	R	IA	1	87	1.1%	S 3971
14	Mr. SHEEHY	R	MT	1	74	1.4%	S 160
15	Mr. PETERS	D	MI	1	73	1.4%	S 2878
16	Mr. MARSHALL	R	KS	1	62	1.6%	S 222
17	Mr. LANKFORD	R	OK	1	57	1.8%	S 2283
18	Ms. DUCKWORTH	D	IL	1	52	1.9%	S 260
19	Mr. COONS	D	DE	1	50	2.0%	S 3424
20	Mr. KELLY	D	AZ	1	49	2.0%	S 201
21	Mr. TILLIS	R	NC	1	49	2.0%	S 3705
22	Mr. ARRINGTON	R	TX	1	48	2.1%	HR 1
23	Mr. DAINES	R	MT	1	48	2.1%	S 1020
24	Ms. TITUS	D	NV	1	48	2.1%	HR 972
25	Mr. SMITH of New Jersey	R	NJ	1	43	2.3%	HR 2170

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	76.9	137	0	178,189
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	20.2	6	0	29,687
5	Ms. SLOTKIN	D	MI	cr*p	17.5	5	0	28,649
6	Ms. STANSBURY	D	NM	bu*****t	16.7	8	0	47,887
7	Mr. SCHIFF	D	CA	da*n	14.6	17	0	116,702
8	Mr. TUBERVILLE	R	AL	da*n	13.9	9	0	64,938
9	Mr. KENNEDY	R	LA	da*n	13.9	16	1	115,497
10	Mr. MAST	R	FL	da*n	12.7	6	0	47,360
11	Ms. ROSEN	D	NV	da*n	11.4	5	0	43,972
12	Mr. ROY	R	TX	cr*p	10.2	11	2	108,158
13	Mr. SCHUMER	D	NY	da*n	9.8	34	4	347,800
14	Mr. MERKLEY	D	OR	da*n	9.1	26	2	284,821
15	Mr. TILLIS	R	NC	ba****d	9.0	4	3	44,214
16	Mr. VAN HOLLEN	D	MD	da*n	8.8	11	0	125,192
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	7.6	2	0	26,448
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	139,768
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.