Makes a continuing study of matters relating to the Economic Report of the President, studies means of coordinating programs to further federal economic policy, and files an annual report with both chambers. It reports no legislation.
Joint Economic Committee has 20 members, made up of 12 Republicans and 8 Democrats. David Schweikert chairs it. Margaret Wood Hassan is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. A joint committee draws members from both the House and the Senate and generally studies issues or handles administration rather than reporting legislation. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.
Jurisdiction source: 15 U.S.C. 1024
How business reaches this committee
This is a joint committee, so its membership is drawn from both the House and the Senate. Joint committees study, oversee and publish. Bills are not referred to them and they do not report legislation to either floor, so their influence runs through the reports and analysis they produce for the committees that do.
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.
Joint committees are small by design, with members drawn from both chambers. Working in full committee keeps the House and Senate members in the same room, which is the reason for having a joint committee in the first place.
Who serves on it
20 members sit on the committee: 12 Republicans and 8 Democrats. That gives the majority 12 of the 20 seats. David Schweikert is the chairman. Eric Schmitt is the vice chairman. Margaret Wood Hassan is the ranking member. They come from 20 states and districts between them.
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
- David SchweikertRArizona 1Chairman
- Eric SchmittRMissouriVice Chairman
- Margaret Wood HassanDNew HampshireRanking Member
- Dave MinDCalifornia 47
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr.DVirginia 8
- Gwen MooreDWisconsin 4
- Jodey C. ArringtonRTexas 19
- Lloyd SmuckerRPennsylvania 11
- Nicole MalliotakisRNew York 11
- Ron EstesRKansas 4
- Sean CastenDIllinois 6
- Victoria SpartzRIndiana 5
- Amy KlobucharDMinnesota
- Ashley MoodyRFlorida
- David McCormickRPennsylvania
- Mark KellyDArizona
- Marsha BlackburnRTennessee
- Martin HeinrichDNew Mexico
- Ted BuddRNorth Carolina
- Tom CottonRArkansas
20 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.