JBANC has established close contacts with congressional offices and has helped to expand the congressional Baltic Caucuses to include 105 Members of the House of Representatives. The House Baltic Caucus co-chairs are Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA). The Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus (see below) is co-chaired by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) and currently has 21 members of the United States Senate during the 119th Congress.

House Baltic Caucus (date indicates when joined/added, if since 2014):

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) – House Baltic Caucus co-chair – (11/2017)
Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) – House Baltic Caucus co-chair – (7/2017)

Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) – (2/2024)
Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI) – (7/2024)
Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) – (4/2016)
Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO)  – (4/2025)
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) – (6/2024)
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) – (4/2018)
Rep. Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) – (6/2019)
Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) – (7/2016)
Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) – (5/2023)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) – (7/2025)
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) – (4/2017)
Rep. Sheila Cherifilus-McCormick (D-FL) – (8/2025)
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) – (12/2017)
Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA) – (6/2025)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) 
 Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) – (5/2020)
Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) – (9/2017)
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) – (2/2024)
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) – (6/2024)
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) – (2/2024)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) – (9/2015)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) – (6/2025)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) – (7/2025)
Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-TX) – (5/2023)
Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) – (4/2023)
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) – (8/2024)
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) – (3/2025)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) – (1/2019)
Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) – (2/2024)
Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) – (9/2019)
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) – (1/2025)
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) – (4/2023)
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) – (10/2023)
Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) – (7/2025)
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) – (7/2025)
Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) – (5/2025)
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) – (2/2024)
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) – (5/2018)
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) – (5/2024)
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) – (2/2018)
Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) – (4/2025)
Rep. John James (R-MI) – (7/2025)
Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX) – (3/2025)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Rep. William Keating (D-MA) – (3/2017)
Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS) – (7/2024)
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) – (8/2025)
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) – (3/2017)
Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) – (1/2016)
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) – (5/2023)
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) – (4/2016)
Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) – (8/2024)
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) – (7/2025)
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) – (9/2023)
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) – (4/2025)
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) – (8/2025)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) – (1/2025)
Rep. Addison McDowell (R-NC) – (9/2025)
Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) – (1/2016)
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) – (3/2024)
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) – (8/2025)
Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) – (8/2024)
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington, DC) – (9/2017)
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) – (7/2019)
Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) – (4/2023)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) – (1/2022)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) – (2/2019)
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) – (4/2023)
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) – (10/2017)
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) – (5/2019)
Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC) – (5/2025)
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) – (7/2025)
Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) – (5/2024)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) – (5/2022)
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) – (2/2022)
Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) – (5/2023)
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) – (5/2023)
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) – (7/2025)
Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) – (8/2014)
Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) – (3/2024)
Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI) – (6/2023)
Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) – (4/2017)
Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) – (9/2019)
Rep. Michael R. Turner (R-OH) – (2/2014)
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) – (5/2025)
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) – (3/2024)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) – (4/2017)
Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) – (3/2025)
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) – (3/2024)
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)
Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) – (4/2017)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) – (1/2021)
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) – (4/2017)
Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) – (6/2023)
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) – (6/2025)

State Breakdown (38 states + Washington, DC): 13 – California; 8 – Texas; 7 – New York; 6 – Florida, Michigan; 4 – Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia; 3 – Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin; 2 – Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee; 1 – Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Washington, DC, Hawaii, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Washington, West Virginia.

Joined, by year: 2025 (26), 2024 (18), 2023 (13), 2022 (3), 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (7), 2018 (3), 2017 (13), 2016 (5), 2015 (1), 2014 (2), 2013 and earlier (12).

During the 119th Congress (2025-2026), one House Baltic Caucus member—Rep. Gerry E. Connolly (D-VA)— died (5/21/2025). The House Baltic Caucus currently has 56 Democrats and 48 Republicans. For more information on the House Baltic Caucus, please visit http://housebalticcaucus.com.

Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus:

Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), co-chairman
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), co-chairman

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) – joined June 2024
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) – joined May 2025
Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) – joined March 2019
Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) – joined July 2023
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) – joined September 2023
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) – joined March 2019
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) – joined March 2019
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) – joined January 2023
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) – joined July 2023
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) – joined February 2024
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) – joined 2018
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-CT)
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)
Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) – joined February 2024
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) – joined November 2019
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) – joined March 2020
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) – joined February 2025
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) – joined July 2023
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) – joined Nov 2023 

During the 118th Congress, one Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus member resigned – Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and one member passed away – Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Sept. 29, 2023). Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) retired at the end of the 118th Session, and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) was elected as Governor of Indiana.

Last updated: August 15, 2025