The scope of oversight responsibilities can differ vastly from committee to committee. For this reason, each committee is scored against its own historical baseline. Explore how the size of each committee differs and how well committees are performing against their own historical standards.
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Investigative Oversight Hearings
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Policy/Legislative Hearings
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| Committee | Hearings | Historical Avg. | % of Avg. | Hearings | Historical Avg. | % of Avg. | Hearings | Historical Avg. | % of Avg. |
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| Agriculture | 0 | 0.1 | 0% | 25 | 26.0 | 100% | 61 | 48.1 | 132% |
| Appropriations | 1 | 2.1 | 50% | 178 | 163.3 | 114% | 225 | 193.9 | 121% |
| Armed Services | 2 | 2.0 | 104% | 76 | 109.1 | 73% | 102 | 133.9 | 79% |
| Budget | 0 | 0.3 | 0% | 9 | 8.9 | 105% | 14 | 18.0 | 81% |
| Education and Labor | 0 | 4.3 | 0% | 23 | 21.7 | 111% | 63 | 63.4 | 104% |
| Energy and Commerce | 1 | 14.3 | 7% | 42 | 97.4 | 45% | 94 | 167.3 | 59% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 7.3 | 100% | 40 | 69.9 | 60% | 109 | 125.9 | 90% |
| Foreign Affairs | 0 | 4.0 | 0% | 69 | 71.4 | 101% | 158 | 173.9 | 95% |
| Homeland Security | 1 | 5.9 | 18% | 26 | 52.7 | 51% | 75 | 90.3 | 87% |
| House Administration | 4 | 0.7 | 596% | 4 | 7.4 | 56% | 29 | 16.9 | 179% |
| Intelligence (Permanent Select) | 0 | 1.7 | 0% | 1 | 13.0 | 8% | 1 | 18.0 | 6% |
| Judiciary | 1 | 9.0 | 12% | 11 | 38.1 | 30% | 76 | 99.4 | 80% |
| Natural Resources | 9 | 5.7 | 165% | 68 | 68.4 | 104% | 110 | 113.1 | 101% |
| Oversight and Reform | 3 | 25.3 | 12% | 27 | 48.0 | 59% | 92 | 125.0 | 77% |
| Rules | 0 | 0.0 | 0% | 42 | 82.7 | 53% | 56 | 84.9 | 69% |
| Science, Space, and Technology | 0 | 5.4 | 0% | 13 | 46.6 | 29% | 72 | 95.6 | 79% |
| Small Business | 1 | 3.9 | 27% | 15 | 28.1 | 56% | 59 | 73.4 | 84% |
| Transportation and Infrastructure | 0 | 3.7 | 0% | 24 | 40.4 | 62% | 68 | 78.4 | 90% |
| Veterans' Affairs | 0 | 8.7 | 0% | 53 | 53.1 | 104% | 78 | 86.9 | 94% |
| Ways and Means | 0 | 2.4 | 0% | 12 | 36.0 | 35% | 40 | 67.7 | 62% |
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| Committee | Hearings | Historical Avg. | % of Avg. | Hearings | Historical Avg. | % of Avg. | Hearings | Historical Avg. | % of Avg. |
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| Aging | 0 | 1.7 | 0% | 1 | 8.0 | 13% | 25 | 25.9 | 101% |
| Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry | 0 | 0.3 | 0% | 5 | 10.7 | 49% | 31 | 22.0 | 147% |
| Appropriations | 0 | 1.4 | 0% | 83 | 95.7 | 90% | 85 | 105.7 | 84% |
| Armed Services | 2 | 2.4 | 87% | 66 | 84.6 | 81% | 105 | 115.6 | 95% |
| Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | 1 | 2.0 | 52% | 30 | 41.9 | 75% | 114 | 83.9 | 142% |
| Budget | 0 | 0.6 | 0% | 5 | 15.9 | 33% | 15 | 27.4 | 57% |
| Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 4 | 6.3 | 66% | 16 | 37.3 | 45% | 76 | 95.1 | 83% |
| Energy and Natural Resources | 0 | 0.7 | 0% | 42 | 49.0 | 89% | 70 | 78.1 | 93% |
| Environment and Public Works | 0 | 2.7 | 0% | 28 | 35.0 | 83% | 62 | 63.6 | 102% |
| Finance | 1 | 1.7 | 61% | 21 | 24.0 | 91% | 58 | 58.9 | 103% |
| Foreign Relations | 1 | 0.6 | 174% | 64 | 69.1 | 97% | 127 | 138.3 | 96% |
| Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | 0 | 0.9 | 0% | 13 | 21.7 | 62% | 57 | 59.9 | 99% |
| Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | 9 | 14.1 | 67% | 25 | 64.4 | 40% | 83 | 112.4 | 77% |
| Indian Affairs | 0 | 1.7 | 0% | 26 | 29.3 | 93% | 39 | 43.7 | 93% |
| Intelligence | 0 | 0.6 | 0% | 80 | 97.4 | 86% | 94 | 105.6 | 93% |
| Judiciary | 3 | 8.9 | 35% | 22 | 37.0 | 62% | 118 | 115.7 | 106% |
| Rules and Administration | 4 | 0.6 | 695% | 5 | 4.6 | 113% | 15 | 9.0 | 174% |
| Small Business and Entrepreneurship | 0 | 0.1 | 0% | 8 | 11.7 | 71% | 19 | 27.6 | 72% |
| Veterans' Affairs | 0 | 1.4 | 0% | 26 | 26.4 | 103% | 39 | 37.7 | 108% |