A Senate caucus that examines international drug trafficking and the federal response to it, and holds hearings on the subject. It is chaired by a Senator with a co-chair from the other party.
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control has 7 members, made up of 4 Republicans and 3 Democrats. John Cornyn chairs it. Senate committee seats are held for the length of a senator term, so membership turns over more slowly than in the House. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.
Jurisdiction source: United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
How business reaches this committee
The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control was established by law in 1985 and is the one officially recognised caucus in the Senate. It does not receive bills. It holds hearings, requests reports from federal agencies and publishes findings on drug production, trafficking and control policy.
Subcommittees
The committee has no subcommittees. Every hearing, markup and vote happens in full committee, which keeps the whole membership on the same set of questions.
Its members meet as one body, take testimony, request information from federal agencies and publish what they find. There is no intermediate layer between a hearing and the published record.
Who serves on it
7 senators sit on the committee: 4 Republicans and 3 Democrats. That gives the majority 4 of the 7 seats. John Cornyn and Sheldon Whitehouse are both listed as chairman. They come from 7 states.
Following its work
Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at U.S. senators by state.
Members
- John CornynRTexasChairman
- Sheldon WhitehouseDRhode IslandChairman
- Ben Ray LujánDNew Mexico
- Bernie MorenoROhio
- Chuck GrassleyRIowa
- James E. RischRIdaho
- Richard BlumenthalDConnecticut
7 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.