The Gang of Eight of the 119th Congress
Who held the eight statutory seats between January 3, 2025 and January 3, 2027.
PERMANENT RECORD · 119TH CONGRESSCongressional Leadership
4 seats
Speaker of the House
Mike Johnson
Holds a Gang of Eight seat as Speaker of the House.
House Minority Leader
Hakeem Jeffries
Holds a Gang of Eight seat as House Minority Leader.
Senate Majority Leader
John Thune
Holds a Gang of Eight seat as Senate Majority Leader.
Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer
Holds a Gang of Eight seat as Senate Minority Leader.
Intelligence Committee Leadership
4 seats
Chairman, House Intelligence Committee
Rick Crawford
Holds a Gang of Eight seat as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Ranking Member, House Intelligence Committee
Jim Himes
Holds a Gang of Eight seat as ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Chairman, Senate Intelligence Committee
Tom Cotton
Holds a Gang of Eight seat as chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Vice Chairman, Senate Intelligence Committee
Mark Warner
Holds a Gang of Eight seat as vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Record covers the 119th Congress (January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027). Last verified August 27, 2026. This Congress is currently sitting. This page is its permanent record and will not be rewritten when the Congress ends — it will simply stop being the current one.
Why this page exists
Most references answer the question "who is in the Gang of Eight?" as though it had one permanent answer. It does not. The statute names offices, and the occupants change with elections, leadership contests, and committee assignments.
So this site keeps a separate, closed record for each Congress instead of overwriting a single page. A record from a past Congress is not out of date — it is an accurate account of who held those eight seats during that period, and it stays accurate permanently.