Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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.

Leadership

Chairman

Rand Paul

Republican • Kentucky

Ranking Member

Gary C. Peters

Democrat • Michigan

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Leadership

Members (22)

Recent Legislation

Subcommittees

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management

Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs

Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census

Upcoming Schedule

Meeting Videos

Hearings to examine from high-risk to high reward, focusing on implementing GAO recommendations for a more accountable government.

Hearings to examine from high-risk to high reward, focusing on implementing GAO recommendations for a more accountable government.

Oversight hearings to examine the Federal Reserve's big bank welfare program, focusing on the IORB regime.

Oversight hearings to examine the Federal Reserve's big bank welfare program, focusing on the IORB regime.

Hearings to examine defining our healthcare problem, and principles we should follow to solve it.

Hearings to examine defining our healthcare problem, and principles we should follow to solve it.

Business meeting to consider the nominations of John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Agriculture, and Thomas Bell, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services.

Business meeting to consider the nominations of John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Agriculture, and Thomas Bell, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services.

Hearing Records

Nomination Of Scott Kupor And Eric M. Ueland

Eliminating Waste By The Foreign Aid Bureaucracy

Nomination Of Hon. Sean Cairncross, Robert Law, James Percival, Kevin Rhodes, And James Woodruff Ii

The Department Of Homeland Security's Budget Request For Fiscal Year 2026

Nomination Of Hon. Troy Edgar And Dan Bishop

Nomination Of Hon. Kristi Noem