Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Banks, banking and financial institutions, deposit insurance, federal monetary policy including the Federal Reserve System, money, credit and coinage, financial aid to commerce and industry, export controls and foreign trade promotion, and public and private housing.

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has 24 members, made up of 13 Republicans and 11 Democrats. Tim Scott chairs it. Elizabeth Warren is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. 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: Senate Rule XXV

How business reaches this committee

Senate Rule XXV lists the subjects above and assigns them here. A bill introduced in the Senate is referred to the committee whose Rule XXV jurisdiction covers its main subject, so measures on these topics start with this committee. From there it can hold hearings, amend the text, report the bill to the full Senate, or leave it alone, which is what happens to most bills.

Subcommittees

The committee divides its work among 6 subcommittees:

  • Subcommittee on Digital Assets
  • Subcommittee on Economic Policy
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
  • Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
  • Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance
  • Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment

Who serves on it

24 senators sit on the committee: 13 Republicans and 11 Democrats. That gives the majority 13 of the 24 seats. Tim Scott is the chairman. Elizabeth Warren is the ranking member. They come from 23 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

24 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.

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