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Pete Aguilar

Democratic · CA · U.S. Representative for California's 33rd Congressional District

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U.S. Representative and Chair of the House Democratic Caucus. Previously served on the Redlands City Council and as Mayor of Redlands.

Where Pete Aguilar stands, based on their records

Supports

AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (34 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (11 records),

Mixed record

Environment and Public Health (92 support · 4 oppose), Labor Rights (21 support · 1 oppose), Anti-Corruption (16 support · 1 oppose),

Track record

Track record — AI Regulation

AI Regulation · 1 support
  • Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which makes posting nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, a crime and orders 48-hour takedowns. The House passed it 409-2, and it became law on May 19, 2025.

    April 28, 2025Supports AI Regulation

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 34 support
  • Voted to pass H.R. 4541, which reauthorizes through 2030 the federal program paying for breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment for low-income women. It passed the House 394-6.

    July 20, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to stay the ruling in the Louisiana mifepristone litigation, defending FDA rules permitting dispensing by mail and preserving patients’ access to medication abortion.

    May 4, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: democrats.senate.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 2493, which renews through 2030 the federal grant programs that fund health care providers serving rural America. It passed the House 406-4.

    April 21, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 1834, which extends the larger Affordable Care Act premium tax credits through 2028, including for higher-earning households. It passed the House 230-196.

    January 8, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Cosigned a July 16 letter seeking release of $928 million in frozen California education funds, including after-school and mental-health services. A July 28 official release confirmed that the funding had been restored the preceding week.

    July 16, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: torres.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025. It renews federal drug addiction prevention, treatment, recovery, and mental health programs through 2030. The House passed it 366-57, and it became law on December 1, 2025 (Public Law 119-44).

    June 4, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final S. 141 veterans-care deal, expanding VA community-care protections, caregiver support, home and community care, education benefits and homelessness assistance. The House passed the proposal.

    December 16, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief asking the Fifth Circuit to stay the ruling against FDA’s mifepristone approval, defending access to medication abortion and the agency’s drug-review authority.

    April 11, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: vanhollen.senate.gov

  • Voted for S. 3846, a proposal expanding justice-and-mental-health grants for diversion, crisis-response teams, suicide prevention, case management and the 988 hotline. The House passed the proposal.

    November 29, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8542, a proposal creating federal grants to train and dispatch mental-health professionals instead of law-enforcement officers for qualifying behavioral-health emergencies. The House passed the proposal.

    September 22, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to send H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, to the President: Medicare drug price negotiation, a $35 insulin cap and clean energy credits. The House passed it 220-207.

    August 12, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 3373, the final Honoring our PACT Act, expanding health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins. The House passed it 342-88, and it became law.

    July 13, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1916, which required private health plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of birth defects and other conditions present at birth. The House passed it 310-110.

    April 4, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3967, the Honoring our PACT Act, expanding health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins. The House passed it 256-174.

    March 3, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 610, which delayed automatic Medicare payment cuts through March 2022 and eased other scheduled reductions. The House passed it 222-212.

    December 7, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization urging the Supreme Court to preserve Roe and Casey’s protections for abortion access and reject Mississippi’s fifteen-week ban.

    September 20, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: help.senate.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1629, which limited seven years of sole-sales rights for rare-disease drugs to those not expected to make a profit. It failed 250-168 under a fast-track process needing two-thirds support, so it did not become law.

    May 11, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1868, which paused automatic Medicare budget cuts through the end of 2021. The House passed it 246-175.

    March 19, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 266, a proposal providing additional Paycheck Protection Programme lending, small-business disaster assistance, healthcare-provider funding and COVID-19 testing funds. The House passed the proposal.

    April 23, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, providing paid sick leave, free COVID-19 testing, food and unemployment assistance and increased Medicaid funding. The House passed the proposal.

    March 14, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3239, a proposal requiring health screenings, treatment, water, food, sanitation and shelter for people in CBP custody. It required unannounced inspections and public reporting of abuse complaints. The House passed the proposal.

    July 24, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 840, a proposal providing VA childcare assistance for eligible veterans attending mental-health, substance-use and other covered treatment appointments. The House passed the proposal.

    February 8, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 36, a proposal criminalizing most abortions at twenty weeks after fertilization, with specified life-saving, rape and incest exceptions. The House passed the proposal.

    October 3, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the July 18, 2017 release that he had supported North Park Elementary’s school-recovery grant application through a letter; the Education Department awarded $69,651 for counselling, substitute teachers and recovery services after the school shooting.

    July 18, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, to reduce Medicaid and ACA funding and restrict federal payments to certain family-planning providers. The House passed the proposal.

    May 4, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 43, a proposal cancelling the rule preventing exclusion of family-planning grant subrecipients for reasons unrelated to their ability to provide services. The House passed the proposal.

    February 16, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 7, a proposal making federal abortion-funding restrictions permanent and limiting abortion coverage in ACA insurance plans. The House passed the proposal.

    January 24, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the December 23, 2016 release that he had advocated through a support letter and agency follow-up for Inland Regional Center terror-attack victims; the Justice Department awarded $4 million for survivors’ and families’ income replacement, medical care and recovery services.

    December 23, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 670, a proposal allowing people with disabilities to establish their own qualifying special-needs trusts without losing Medicaid eligibility and extending maternal tobacco-cessation coverage. The House passed the proposal.

    September 20, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against overriding President Obama’s veto of H.R. 3762, a reconciliation bill repealing major ACA provisions and restricting certain federal health funding. The House failed to override the veto.

    February 2, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined the Supreme Court amicus brief in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt opposing Texas abortion-clinic admitting-privileges and surgical-centre requirements that restricted access to abortion care.

    January 4, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: wyden.senate.gov

  • Reported in the September 30, 2015 release that he had supported Loma Linda University Health’s grant application through a letter; the Commerce Department awarded $1,437,132 for its San Bernardino campus, including healthcare job training and an expanded Medi-Cal clinic.

    September 30, 2015Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, replacing Medicare’s physician-payment formula and extending funding for children’s health insurance. The House passed the proposal.

    March 26, 2015Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 30, a proposal raising the ACA employer-health-coverage threshold from thirty to forty working hours per week. The House passed the proposal.

    January 8, 2015Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 92 support · 4 oppose
  • Voted against passing H.J.Res. 213, which would revoke EPA's approval of California's stricter engine pollution rules for tugboats, ferries, fishing boats and harbor craft. It passed the House 214-208.

    September 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.J.Res. 210, which would revoke EPA's approval of California's rule requiring more ocean-going ships to cut engine pollution while docked. It passed the House 216-211.

    September 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 2140, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, which would extend EPA grants through 2029 for replacing or cleaning up old diesel engines. It passed the House 343-79.

    September 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 3276, which would write the Urban Bird Treaty Program into law, funding grants for groups that protect birds in cities. It passed the House 345-60.

    September 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 4219, which would write the Fish and Wildlife Service's invasive species strike teams for national wildlife refuges into law. It passed the House 371-33.

    September 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 1501, the Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025, which permanently makes certain mining infrastructure projects eligible for faster federal environmental review. It passed the House 218-201.

    September 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 9436, a bill to delay new right whale protection rules for lobster and crab gear from 2028 to 2035. It passed the House 219-196.

    September 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass S. 629, which widens who can get federal payments to repair farmland and forest land damaged by natural disasters. It passed the House 368-19.

    June 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 2860, which reauthorizes for seven years the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative that protects and restores marine waters and habitats. It passed the House 374-49.

    June 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 1346, a bill to let higher-ethanol gasoline be sold through the summer smog season under a Clean Air Act waiver. It passed the House 218-203.

    May 13, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4690, the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act, repealing the standards phasing fossil fuel use out of new federal buildings by 2030. It passed the House 215-202.

    April 22, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act, dropping the Clean Air Act requirement that the EPA review and comment on major federal projects. It passed the House 222-205.

    April 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6409, the FENCES Act, which shields states from Clean Air Act penalties for pollution that blows in from outside their borders. It passed the House 220-208.

    April 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 1011, which widens who can get federal payments to repair farmland and forest land damaged by natural disasters. It passed the House 395-10.

    April 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 6422, the American Water Stewardship Act, renewing EPA water quality and restoration programs through 2031, including the Great Lakes program. It passed the House 378-32.

    March 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 556, a bill stopping federal land agencies from banning or regulating lead ammunition and fishing tackle on federal land. It passed the House 215-202.

    March 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 4294, the MAWS Act, which has NOAA run a pilot program buying invasive blue catfish caught in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. It passed the House 320-66.

    March 17, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4758, the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act, repealing the Energy Department's home electrification rebates for lower-income households and contractor training grants. It passed the House 210-199.

    February 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4626, a bill to change how the Energy Department sets appliance efficiency standards, adding cost factors it must weigh. It passed the House 217-190.

    February 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 261, the Undersea Cable Protection Act, ending Commerce Department permits for undersea fiber optic cable work inside national marine sanctuaries. It passed the House 218-212.

    February 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 140, which cancels the land order protecting about 225,504 acres of northeastern Minnesota national forest and reopens it to mineral leasing. It passed the House 214-208.

    January 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4593, the SHOWER Act, which writes a looser definition of showerhead into law for federal water efficiency rules. It passed the House 226-197.

    January 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 5184, the Affordable HOMES Act, cancelling Energy Department efficiency rules for manufactured housing and its power to issue similar rules. It passed the House 263-147.

    January 9, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted no on H.R. 845, a bill ordering the Interior Department to drop the gray wolf from the endangered species list, beyond court review. The House passed it 211-204; the bill is in a Senate committee and has not become law.

    December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted no on H.R. 1366, the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, opposing wider mining use of federal land where no valuable mineral deposit was proven. The House passed it 219-198. The Senate has not voted, so it is not law.

    December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted no on H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, opposing cuts to federal environmental reviews and to court challenges against them. The House passed it 221-196. It is pending in a Senate committee and has not become law.

    December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 1949, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, ending Energy Department approval of gas exports, deemed in the public interest. The House passed it 217-188, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    November 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against sending S.J.Res. 80 to the President, cancelling the 2022 plan that closed about 48% of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to drilling. The House passed it 216-209, and it became Public Law 119-47 on December 5, 2025.

    November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 131, which cancelled the 2024 decision closing about 1.2 million acres of the Arctic refuge to oil and gas leasing. The House passed it 217-209, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-52 on December 11, 2025.

    November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 130, which cancelled a federal plan change that had ended new coal leasing in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. The House passed it 214-212, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-51 on December 11, 2025.

    November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 105, which canceled the federal land plan for North Dakota. That plan guided mineral leasing there and set aside one 960-acre protected area. The House passed it 215-211 and it became law on December 11, 2025 (Public Law 119-49).

    September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 106, which canceled the federal land plan covering 13.3 million acres in Alaska's Central Yukon area. The plan had protected about 3.6 million acres. The House passed it 215-210 and it became law on December 11, 2025 (Public Law 119-50).

    September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 104 to cancel the federal land plan for the Miles City field office in eastern Montana, reopening those lands to coal leasing. The House passed it 211-208.

    September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against sending S.J.Res. 31 to the President, canceling the EPA rule keeping toxic air pollutant controls on plants moving to a lower category. The House passed it 216-212, and it became law on June 20, 2025 (Public Law 119-20).

    May 22, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 88, which revoked the Clean Air Act waiver letting California enforce Advanced Clean Cars II, its zero-emission new car rule. The House passed it 246-164. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-16.

    May 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 78, which would cancel the Fish and Wildlife Service rule listing the San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt as endangered. The House passed it 216-195 anyway. The Senate never acted, so the fish still has Endangered Species Act protection.

    May 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 89, which revoked the Clean Air Act waiver letting California enforce its Omnibus Low NOx limits on heavy-duty engine pollution. The House passed it 225-196. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-17.

    April 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 87, which revoked the Clean Air Act waivers letting California enforce its Advanced Clean Trucks and zero-emission fleet standards. The House passed it 231-191. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-15.

    April 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.J.Res. 60 by 219-205, cancelling the National Park Service rule that closed an off-road route and shoreline driving areas at Lake Powell. It became law on May 23, 2025 (Public Law 119-13).

    April 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 973, a proposal requiring federal product-safety standards for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in electric bikes, scooters and similar devices. The House passed the proposal.

    April 28, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 75, which canceled the Energy Department's new efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators and freezers. It passed the House 214-193 and became law.

    March 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 24, which canceled the Energy Department's new efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants. It passed the House 203-182 and became law.

    March 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing S.J.Res. 11, canceling the new rule that made offshore oil and gas companies list possible shipwrecks in their drilling plans. The House passed it 221-202, and it became law.

    March 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 42, which canceled the Energy Department's new rule tightening testing, labeling, and enforcement for appliance efficiency standards. It passed the House 222-203 and became law.

    March 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 61, which canceled the EPA's 2024 limits on hazardous air pollution from rubber tire factories. It passed the House 216-202 and became law.

    March 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 20, which cancelled the Energy Department's energy efficiency standards for consumer gas-fired tankless water heaters. The House passed it 221-198, the Senate agreed, and it became law in May 2025.

    February 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 35, which cancelled the EPA rule setting up the charge for methane released by oil and gas facilities. The House passed it 220-206, the Senate agreed, and it became law in March 2025.

    February 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 26, the Protecting American Energy Production Act, a bill to bar the President from halting fracking without a law from Congress. The House passed it 226-188, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

    February 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, speeding tree-thinning in high-risk wildfire zones on federal land by skipping full environmental review. The House passed it 279-141, but the Senate has not passed it.

    January 23, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forests Act, speeding federal wildfire work by exempting many forest projects from environmental review. The House passed it 268-151, but the Senate never acted, so the bill died when the 118th Congress ended.

    September 24, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted no on H.R. 7700, the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act, opposing new limits on the Energy Department's dishwasher efficiency rules. The House passed it anyway, 214-192. The Senate never took it up, so the bill died at the end of the 118th Congress.

    July 9, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 2925, a bill letting mining claim holders use federal land for roads and facilities without finding a valuable mineral deposit. The House passed it 216-195, but the Senate never took it up and it died.

    May 8, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6192, a bill to end the Energy Department's duty to keep tightening home appliance efficiency rules. The House passed it 212-195, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.

    May 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 6285, a bill to reissue cancelled Arctic Refuge oil and gas leases and order another coastal plain lease sale. The House passed it 214-199, but the Senate never voted, so it died.

    May 1, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3195, a bill to cancel the 20-year mining ban near Minnesota's Boundary Waters and reissue cancelled mineral leases. The House passed it 212-203, but the Senate never voted, so the bill died.

    April 30, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 764, the Trust the Science Act, ordering the Interior Department to drop the gray wolf from the endangered species list. The House passed it 209-205, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.

    April 30, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 615, the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, blocking federal land agencies from banning lead ammunition or fishing tackle. The House passed it 214-201, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.

    April 30, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 3397, the WEST Act, voiding the public lands rule that put conservation on equal footing with grazing and drilling. The House passed it 212-202, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.

    April 30, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act, which passed the House 209-204. A no vote was a vote to keep the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and the methane fee from the 2022 climate law. The bill never passed the Senate and died with the 118th Congress.

    March 22, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act, which passed the House 213-205. A no vote was a vote to keep the existing Clean Water Act permit rules and court deadlines. The bill never passed the Senate and died when the 118th Congress ended.

    March 21, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 6009, the Restoring American Energy Dominance Act, forcing the Bureau of Land Management to drop its proposed leasing rule. The House passed it 216-200, but it died in the Senate.

    March 20, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 1121, the Protecting American Energy Production Act, a bill to bar any President from halting fracking without approval from Congress. The House passed it 229-188, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

    March 20, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7176, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, ending Energy Department approval of gas exports, deemed in the public interest. The House passed it 224-200, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

    February 15, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 4468, a bill to stop the EPA's 2027-and-later vehicle emissions rule and limit tailpipe rules that reduce vehicle choice. The House passed it 221-197, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.

    December 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1435, which would have blocked and revoked Clean Air Act permissions for state rules limiting sales of gas-powered vehicles. It cleared the House 222-190. The Senate took no action, so the bill died and the waivers stand.

    September 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against sending S.J.Res. 24 to the President, so the northern long-eared bat kept its endangered listing. The House approved it 220-209, but a veto stopped it. The override attempt fell short, and the protections stayed in place.

    July 27, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against sending S.J.Res. 9 to the President, so the lesser prairie-chicken kept its threatened and endangered listing. It cleared the House 221-206 but was vetoed. The override attempt fell short, and the protections stayed in place.

    July 27, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 1640, the Save Our Gas Stoves Act, a bill to block the Energy Department's efficiency rule for kitchen ranges and ovens. The House passed it 249-181, but the Senate never voted, so the bill died.

    June 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, which the House passed 248-180. The bill would stop the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves or restricting their sale and use. The Senate never acted, so it never became law.

    June 13, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S.J.Res. 11, which sought to scrap the EPA rule tightening nitrogen oxide pollution limits for new heavy-duty trucks. It passed the House 221-203 but was vetoed on June 14, 2023. The Senate override attempt failed 50-50, so the EPA rule remained in effect.

    May 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1, a bill to expand oil, gas and mineral leasing on federal land, speed permits and repeal the methane fee. The House passed it 225-204, but the Senate never voted, so it died.

    March 30, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 27, which sought to cancel the federal rule defining which streams and wetlands the Clean Water Act protects. It passed the House 227-198, but the President vetoed it and the override failed.

    March 9, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 21, a bill to block the next non-emergency Strategic Petroleum Reserve release until officials planned more federal drilling leases. The House passed it 221-205, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

    January 27, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to send H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, to the President: Medicare drug price negotiation, a $35 insulin cap and clean energy credits. The House passed it 220-207.

    August 12, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act, funding wildfire mitigation and drought planning and raising pay for federal wildland firefighters. The House passed it 218-199.

    July 29, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2773, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, sending dedicated federal funding to states and tribes to conserve wildlife and plants most in need. The House passed it 231-190.

    June 14, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2467, which directed the EPA to label long-lasting PFAS chemicals hazardous, set drinking water limits and fund cleanup of contaminated sites. The House passed it 241-183.

    July 21, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for sending S.J.Res. 14 to the President to cancel the 2020 EPA rule that had dropped methane limits on new oil and gas sources. The House passed it 229-191.

    June 25, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 803, the Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act, designating new wilderness, conservation and recreation areas on federal land in eight states. The House passed it 227-200.

    February 26, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 266, a proposal providing additional Paycheck Protection Programme lending, small-business disaster assistance, healthcare-provider funding and COVID-19 testing funds. The House passed the proposal.

    April 23, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, providing paid sick leave, free COVID-19 testing, food and unemployment assistance and increased Medicaid funding. The House passed the proposal.

    March 14, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5430, the U.S.–Mexico–Canada trade-agreement implementation bill, including labor and environmental monitoring and enforcement provisions. The House passed the proposal.

    December 19, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4863, a proposal reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank through fiscal 2029 and increasing its lending cap. The bill also created renewable-energy export financing and minority-and-women inclusion offices. The House passed the proposal.

    November 15, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 9, a proposal requiring a plan to meet U.S. Paris climate-agreement commitments and prohibiting federal spending to withdraw from the agreement. The House passed the proposal.

    May 2, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7279, a proposal allowing municipalities to integrate wastewater and stormwater plans and use green infrastructure and water reuse under Clean Water Act permits. The House passed the proposal.

    December 19, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against the final H.R. 1 tax bill, lowering individual and corporate income-tax rates and authorizing oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. The House passed the proposal.

    December 20, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 23, the GROW Act, to change Central Valley Project water-allocation rules, restrict fish-protection requirements and expedite water transfers. The House passed the proposal.

    July 12, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Testified before the House Natural Resources Committee for the proposed Santa Ana River Wash land exchange, supporting water-recharge facilities, habitat conservation and a consolidated area for aggregate mining.

    April 5, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 38, a proposal cancelling the Stream Protection Rule governing coal mining’s effects on streams, groundwater and mining sites. The House passed the proposal.

    February 1, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final H.R. 34 Cures package, funding NIH medical research, FDA work and state responses to opioid abuse. The House passed the package.

    November 30, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S.J.Res. 22, a proposal cancelling the federal Waters of the United States rule defining waters covered by Clean Water Act protections. The House passed the proposal.

    January 13, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S.J.Res. 24, a proposal cancelling the EPA rule requiring carbon-emission reductions from existing fossil-fuel power plants. The House passed the proposal.

    December 1, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S.J.Res. 23, a proposal cancelling the EPA carbon-emission standards for new, modified and reconstructed fossil-fuel power plants. The House passed the proposal.

    December 1, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Was credited in IEUA’s May 21, 2015 release with leading a congressional support letter for the Chino Desalter expansion; the Bureau of Reclamation had announced a $5 million WaterSMART grant for the desalination and water-reclamation project the previous day.

    May 21, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: ieua.org

  • Testified as Redlands mayor before the House Natural Resources Committee against the expanded Santa Ana sucker critical-habitat designation, arguing that it constrained local water recharge and economic development.

    October 18, 2011Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: naturalresources.house.gov

  • Voted No on Redlands Resolution 6936 supporting the California Jobs Initiative and requesting suspension or repeal of California’s AB 32 climate law. The council passed the resolution despite his opposition.

    May 4, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: redlands.gov

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 11 support
  • Reported in the October 2, 2026 release that he had supported Cal State San Bernardino’s Strengthening Institutions grant application through a letter; the Education Department awarded $1,329,385 for STEM and healthcare education and career pathways for low-income and rural students.

    October 2, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, setting deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sending stalled talks to arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.

    June 9, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass S. 723, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, setting deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process tribal land mortgages. It passed the House 384-40.

    March 4, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, stopping certain voluntary training outside normal hours from counting as paid work time. It failed the House 209-215.

    January 13, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2543, a bill to widen access to credit and banking, strengthen lending discrimination rules, and make racial equity a Federal Reserve duty. The House passed it 215-207.

    June 15, 2022Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Announced in the June 9, 2020 release that he co-led a letter requesting an Inspector General review of DACA recipients’ exclusion from FHA mortgages. HUD’s Inspector General opened an evaluation in December 2020 and closed it on March 31, 2021 after HUD restored eligibility effective January 19.

    June 9, 2020Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act, to increase the federal minimum wage and phase out separate tipped-worker, youth and disability subminimum wages. The House passed the proposal.

    July 18, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the September 27, 2016 release that he had supported the trade-adjustment-assistance petition for workers laid off from Ashley Furniture’s Colton facility; the Labor Department approved eligibility for training, counselling and income-support benefits after finding jobs had moved overseas.

    September 27, 2016Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1105, a proposal to repeal federal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduce the top gift-tax rate. The House passed the proposal.

    April 16, 2015Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Moved to authorize low- and moderate-income housing set-aside funds for North Redlands’ Neighborhood Revitalization Programme under Resolution 439. The redevelopment board approved the funding action.

    January 19, 2010Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to adopt revised first-time homebuyer loans and housing-rehabilitation grants, plus a new emergency housing-grant programme, through the Redlands Redevelopment Agency. The board approved the programmes.

    July 5, 2006Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: redlands.gov

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 21 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted to pass H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, setting deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sending stalled talks to arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.

    June 9, 2026Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, stopping certain voluntary training outside normal hours from counting as paid work time. It failed the House 209-215.

    January 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2550, the Protect America's Workforce Act, cancelling the March 2025 executive order that stripped union bargaining rights from most federal workers. The House passed it 231-195, and the Senate has not voted on it.

    December 11, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.J.Res. 98 by 206-177, a resolution cancelling a labor board rule that eased treating franchise chains and owners as joint employers. The Senate agreed, but the president vetoed it on May 3, 2024, and the House override failed.

    January 12, 2024Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1948, the VA Employee Fairness Act, letting doctors and nurses at veterans' hospitals bargain and file grievances over patient care and pay. The House passed it 219-201, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    December 15, 2022Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 302, a bill to bar moving federal civil service jobs into new categories outside the merit system. The House passed it 225-204, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    September 15, 2022Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6087, a bill letting injured federal workers be treated by nurse practitioners and physician assistants under federal workers' compensation. The House passed it 325-83, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    June 7, 2022Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 903, the Rights for the TSA Workforce Act, giving airport security screeners the same union and appeal rights as most federal workers. The House passed it 220-201, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    May 12, 2022Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2499, the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, presuming certain cancers and heart and lung conditions in federal firefighters came from the job. The House passed it 288-131; Congress enacted the same provisions in December 2022 in the annual defense bill.

    May 11, 2022Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1155, a proposal restricting imports made with forced labor in Xinjiang and sanctioning people responsible for related human-rights violations. The House passed the proposal.

    December 8, 2021Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, extending break time and a private space to pump breast milk to salaried workers. The House passed it 276-149.

    October 22, 2021Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which required employers to make reasonable work changes for workers affected by pregnancy or childbirth. The House passed it 315-101.

    May 14, 2021Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1195, a bill to require a federal workplace safety standard against violence in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and social service settings. The House passed it 254-166, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    April 16, 2021Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, narrowing employers' defenses for paying men and women differently and protecting workers who discuss pay. The House passed it 217-210.

    April 15, 2021Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 842, the PRO Act, a bill to strengthen workers' right to unionize, bar permanently replacing strikers and override state right-to-work laws. The House passed it 225-206, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

    March 9, 2021Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, providing paid sick leave, free COVID-19 testing, food and unemployment assistance and increased Medicaid funding. The House passed the proposal.

    March 14, 2020Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5430, the U.S.–Mexico–Canada trade-agreement implementation bill, including labor and environmental monitoring and enforcement provisions. The House passed the proposal.

    December 19, 2019Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final S. 1790 defense-authorization bill for fiscal 2020, authorizing military programmes and adding paid parental leave for covered federal employees. The House approved the conference report.

    December 11, 2019Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act, to increase the federal minimum wage and phase out separate tipped-worker, youth and disability subminimum wages. The House passed the proposal.

    July 18, 2019Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 83, a proposal cancelling the Labor Department’s ongoing employer recordkeeping requirements for workplace injuries and illnesses. The House passed the proposal.

    March 1, 2017Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 511, a proposal excluding tribes and tribally owned enterprises on tribal lands from National Labor Relations Act coverage. The House passed the proposal.

    November 17, 2015Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S.J.Res. 8, a proposal cancelling the National Labor Relations Board’s union-representation election-procedure rule. The House passed the proposal.

    March 19, 2015Supports Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 16 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted to pass H.R. 9576, which would write the Justice Department's new National Fraud Enforcement Division into law. The division, set up in April 2026, investigates fraud against taxpayer-funded programs. It passed the House 352-72.

    September 16, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, barring members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from buying stocks. It passed the House 232-198.

    July 22, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 7401, which makes Small Business Administration staff certify they have no conflict of interest before working on a loan. It passed the House 415-0.

    June 24, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 7959, the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act, which strengthens awards and protections for people who report tax cheating. It passed the House 346-10.

    April 27, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, ordering the Justice Department to publish its unclassified Jeffrey Epstein investigation records, including flight logs. The House passed it 427-1, the Senate agreed the next day, and it became law on November 19, 2025.

    November 18, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against overriding the President’s veto of H.J.Res. 42, a proposal cancelling D.C. police-reform rules on neck restraints, body-worn cameras and access to disciplinary records. The House failed to override the veto.

    June 13, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 9640, which required audits of every sitting president's tax return and public release of the returns and findings. The House passed it 222-201.

    December 22, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted Aye to approve the January6 Select Committee’s final report for submission to the House. The report included recommendations for criminal referrals concerning efforts to overturn the 2020 election; the committee’s recorded vote was 9–0.

    December 19, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: govinfo.gov

  • Voted for S. 3905, which required federal purchasing rules to be rewritten to identify and limit conflicts between contractors' private interests and government work. The House passed it 219-205, and it became law.

    December 14, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2988, the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act, strengthening protections for federal employees who report wrongdoing and barring retaliatory personnel actions. The House passed it 221-203.

    September 15, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5314, the Protecting Our Democracy Act, a bill to tighten limits on presidential pardons and emergency powers and strengthen congressional subpoenas. The House passed it 220-208.

    December 9, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2662, a bill to limit the President's power to fire inspectors general and strengthen their subpoena and reporting powers. The House passed it 221-182.

    June 29, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1, the For the People Act, to expand voter registration and voting access, require independent congressional redistricting, strengthen campaign disclosures and establish public campaign-financing programmes. The House passed the proposal.

    March 3, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for both articles of H.Res. 755 impeaching President Trump for abuse of power involving Ukraine and obstruction of Congress. The House approved both articles.

    December 18, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3239, a proposal requiring health screenings, treatment, water, food, sanitation and shelter for people in CBP custody. It required unannounced inspections and public reporting of abuse complaints. The House passed the proposal.

    July 24, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined the congressional lawsuit against President Trump alleging acceptance of foreign-government benefits without Congress’s consent under the Foreign Emoluments Clause. The filed complaint names him as a plaintiff.

    June 14, 2017Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: courthousenews.com

  • Voted for S. 1094, a proposal creating VA’s accountability and whistleblower-protection office and revising employee discipline and appeals. It included protections against retaliation and procedures for handling misconduct. The House passed the proposal.

    June 13, 2017Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 6 support
  • Voted to pass H.R. 1118, the Value Over Cost Act, letting the General Services Administration award supply-schedule contracts on best value rather than lowest price. It passed the House 421-1.

    July 21, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 8823, which lets the Labor Department stop paying federal workers' compensation claims to medical providers convicted of fraud. It passed the House 396-0.

    July 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 8428, the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act, which requires anti-fraud training for federal employees who handle or oversee federal money. It passed the House 393-0.

    June 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 8466, the TRUE Accountability Act, making federal agencies write and follow plans to stop fraud and improper payments in disaster spending. It passed the House 384-0.

    June 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 6329, a bill to make the White House budget office rewrite the rules agencies follow when publishing influential information. It passed the House 362-1.

    February 24, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act, which ended prefunding of retiree health benefits, tied postal retirees to Medicare and required six-day delivery. The House passed it 342-92, and it became law.

    February 8, 2022Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Cost of Living Reduction

Cost of Living Reduction · 4 support
  • Voted to pass H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act. It would require state regulators to consider making big data centers pay the full cost of grid upgrades built for them. It passed the House 417-3.

    September 16, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing S.J.Res. 18, sending it to the President to repeal the consumer bureau rule limiting overdraft fees at very large banks to $5. The House passed it 217-211, and it became Public Law 119-10 on May 9, 2025.

    April 9, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7606, the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, which funded technology-guided farming, expanded biofuel infrastructure and strengthened oversight of meat markets. The House passed it 221-204.

    June 16, 2022Supports Cost of Living Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7688, a bill to ban selling fuel at grossly unfair prices during a declared energy emergency. The House passed it 217-207.

    May 19, 2022Supports Cost of Living Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Immigration

Immigration · 27 support · 1 oppose
  • Visited hunger strikers at Adelanto’s ICE detention centre with Judy Chu and Jimmy Gomez, inspected conditions, and criticized unsafe and unsanitary detention while calling for the facility’s closure.

    June 1, 2026Supports Immigration

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 1689, which orders Homeland Security to grant Haitians temporary protected status for 18 months, shielding them from immigration detention. It passed the House 224-204.

    April 16, 2026Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Participated in a Chicago field hearing and press conference criticizing ICE raids and detention without due process, including detention of citizens and law-abiding immigrants, and objecting to targeting people by appearance or language.

    October 24, 2025Supports Immigration

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, raising prison penalties for illegal entry and re-entry, up to life for serious criminals. The House passed it 226-197, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    September 11, 2025Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 2966, the American Entrepreneurs First Act, a bill to limit Small Business Administration loans to citizens, nationals, and green card holders. The House passed it 217-190; the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    June 6, 2025Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in Washington v. Trump defending birthright citizenship and opposing the executive order denying it to certain children born in the United States.

    April 11, 2025Supports Immigration

    Source: litigationtaskforce.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, making federal officers detain immigrants here unlawfully who are charged with theft or burglary. The House passed it 264-159; the Senate's broader version, S. 5, became law instead in January 2025.

    January 7, 2025Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8368, a proposal establishing a State Department coordinator for relocating and resettling eligible Afghan allies and assisting departing U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The House passed the proposal.

    November 20, 2024Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 7343, a bill to make federal officials detain immigrants lacking legal status who are charged with assaulting a police officer. The House passed it 265-148, but the Senate never acted and it died.

    May 15, 2024Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 5283, a bill to bar housing certain immigrants on federal land and cancel New York City's Floyd Bennett Field lease. The House passed it 224-203, but the Senate never acted and the bill died in the 118th Congress.

    November 30, 2023Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 2494, the POLICE Act, which would make assaulting a police officer, firefighter, or other first responder grounds to deport a noncitizen. It passed the House 255-175 and then died without Senate action.

    May 17, 2023Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, restarting border wall building, narrowing asylum and requiring employers to verify workers' legal status. The House passed it 219-213, but the Senate never acted, so it died.

    May 11, 2023Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7946, the Veteran Service Recognition Act, letting Homeland Security grant green cards to noncitizen military veterans facing deportation. The House passed it 220-208.

    December 6, 2022Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1573, the Access to Counsel Act, guaranteeing citizens, green card and visa holders a lawyer when held for extra border screening. The House passed it 217-207.

    April 21, 2021Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1333, the NO BAN Act, which limited the President's power to bar entry and barred religious discrimination in immigration decisions. The House passed it 218-208.

    April 21, 2021Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which created legal status and a path to permanent residence for undocumented farmworkers. The House passed it 247-174.

    March 18, 2021Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, offering green cards to immigrants brought here as children and others under temporary protection. The House passed it 228-197.

    March 18, 2021Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Announced in the June 9, 2020 release that he co-led a letter requesting an Inspector General review of DACA recipients’ exclusion from FHA mortgages. HUD’s Inspector General opened an evaluation in December 2020 and closed it on March 31, 2021 after HUD restored eligibility effective January 19.

    June 9, 2020Supports Immigration

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Joined a Supreme Court amicus brief in the DACA rescission cases defending the programme’s lawfulness and opposing the Trump administration’s attempt to end it.

    October 4, 2019Supports Immigration

    Source: supremecourt.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3239, a proposal requiring health screenings, treatment, water, food, sanitation and shelter for people in CBP custody. It required unannounced inspections and public reporting of abuse complaints. The House passed the proposal.

    July 24, 2019Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1044, a proposal eliminating per-country caps for employment-based immigrant visas and raising the per-country cap for family-based visas. The House passed the proposal.

    July 10, 2019Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 6136, a proposal funding border infrastructure and enforcement, including a southern-border wall, while revising legal-immigration and status-adjustment rules. The House rejected the proposal.

    June 27, 2018Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 4760, a proposal eliminating diversity visas, reducing family-based immigration and expanding immigration enforcement and employment-verification requirements. The House rejected the proposal.

    June 21, 2018Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3697, a proposal expanding gang-based immigration exclusion and removal, mandatory detention and disqualification from asylum and other protections. The House passed the proposal.

    September 14, 2017Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3003, a proposal penalizing sanctuary jurisdictions through federal grant restrictions and expanding immigration detention and detainer rules. The House passed the proposal.

    June 29, 2017Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3004, Kate’s Law, a proposal increasing prison terms for repeated unlawful reentry and restricting challenges to earlier removal orders. The House passed the proposal.

    June 29, 2017Supports Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in United States v. Texas supporting DAPA and expanded DACA and defending the executive branch’s statutory discretion to defer removal of eligible immigrant families.

    March 8, 2016Supports Immigration

    Source: bennet.senate.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4038, the American SAFE Act, to require additional FBI investigations and security certifications for admitting refugees from Syria or Iraq. The House passed the proposal.

    November 19, 2015Opposes Immigration

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 5 support · 67 oppose
  • Reported in the October 2, 2026 release that he had supported Cal State San Bernardino’s Strengthening Institutions grant application through a letter; the Education Department awarded $1,329,385 for STEM and healthcare education and career pathways for low-income and rural students.

    October 2, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted to accept the Senate's changes to H.R. 6500, the 2027 stopgap funding law, keeping agencies at 2026 levels through December 11, 2026. The House agreed 370-48.

    September 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support Act, sending aid to Ukraine and certain European countries, setting up a reconstruction fund and penalizing Russia. It passed the House 226-195.

    June 4, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 8469, the 2027 appropriations bill setting the year's funding for military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs. It passed the House 400-15.

    May 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 139, a proposed constitutional amendment capping yearly federal spending at the prior three years' average revenue, adjusted for population and inflation. It failed the House 211-207, short of the two-thirds majority needed.

    March 18, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 7006, which sets 2026 funding for financial services and general government agencies and the State Department. It passed the House 341-79.

    January 14, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 6938, which sets 2026 funding for the Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy, Water, Interior and Environment parts of the budget. It passed the House 397-28.

    January 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in New York v. Trump opposing the executive freeze of congressionally appropriated federal funding, including disrupted Head Start grants.

    July 25, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: brennancenter.org

  • Cosigned a July 16 letter seeking release of $928 million in frozen California education funds, including after-school and mental-health services. A July 28 official release confirmed that the funding had been restored the preceding week.

    July 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: torres.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief opposing the shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including the cutoff of funding and staff dismissals, and defending its congressionally mandated consumer-protection work.

    May 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: democrats.senate.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief opposing the dismantling of the Education Department and defending distribution of congressionally appropriated special-education, student-aid and K–12 funds.

    April 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: assistantdemocraticleader.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus filing opposing the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID and defending Congress’s authorization and appropriations for the foreign-assistance agency.

    March 31, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: litigationandresponse.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1156, a proposal extending the limitations period for pandemic unemployment-fraud enforcement to ten years and rescinding unused federal antifraud programme funds. The House passed the proposal.

    March 11, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1101, a proposal extending federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe and eligibility for services and benefits available to federally recognized tribes. The House passed the proposal.

    December 17, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final S. 141 veterans-care deal, expanding VA community-care protections, caregiver support, home and community care, education benefits and homelessness assistance. The House passed the proposal.

    December 16, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 82, a proposal repealing the government-pension offset and windfall-elimination rules that reduce certain recipients’ Social Security benefit payments. The House passed the proposal.

    November 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8035, a proposal providing emergency appropriations for military and economic assistance to Ukraine, refugee support and related federal activities. The House passed the proposal.

    April 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2766, a proposal authorizing State Department coordination, Uyghur-language training and funded public diplomacy in support of persecuted Uyghurs and other minority groups. The House passed the proposal.

    February 15, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Coannounced in the December 13, 2023 release a $19,808,986 Safe Streets grant for Fontana’s Foothill Boulevard improvements. The funded project included bike lanes, ADA-compliant sidewalks and ramps, and four bus stops. He described working with Torres to deliver the investment.

    December 13, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: torres.house.gov

  • Voted for final House passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, the law that funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year. The House agreed 225-201 and it became Public Law 117-328.

    December 23, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

    Also on this bill

    • March 9, 2022 · Voted for the second half of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which the House split into two questions. The act funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year and became Public Law 117-103. The House agreed to this half 260-171. (Opposes Government Spending Reduction)
    • March 9, 2022 · Voted for the first half of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which the House split into two questions. The act funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year and became Public Law 117-103. The House agreed to this half 361-69. (Opposes Government Spending Reduction)
  • Voted for the Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023, a stopgap that kept federal agencies funded to December 23, 2022. The House agreed 224-201 and it became Public Law 117-229.

    December 14, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 3846, a proposal expanding justice-and-mental-health grants for diversion, crisis-response teams, suicide prevention, case management and the 988 hotline. The House passed the proposal.

    November 29, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8987, a proposal funding catch-up compensation payments for 9/11 victims and their families and rescinding specified unused Paycheck Protection Programme funds. The House passed the proposal.

    September 30, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8542, a proposal creating federal grants to train and dispatch mental-health professionals instead of law-enforcement officers for qualifying behavioral-health emergencies. The House passed the proposal.

    September 22, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Coannounced in the August 10, 2022 release a $15 million federal RAISE grant for Fontana’s transportation-corridor improvements. He described partnering with Torres to secure the award; Fontana’s mayor credited both members’ work.

    August 10, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: torres.house.gov

  • Voted for final House passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, which put about $52 billion into U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research. The House agreed 243-187 and it became Public Law 117-167.

    July 28, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7691, a proposal providing $40.1 billion in emergency Ukraine-related appropriations for defense equipment, humanitarian assistance and other response activities. The House passed the proposal.

    May 10, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the second half of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which the House split into two questions. The act funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year and became Public Law 117-103. The House agreed to this half 260-171.

    March 9, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

    Also on this bill

    • December 23, 2022 · Voted for final House passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, the law that funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year. The House agreed 225-201 and it became Public Law 117-328. (Opposes Government Spending Reduction)
    • March 9, 2022 · Voted for the first half of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which the House split into two questions. The act funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year and became Public Law 117-103. The House agreed to this half 361-69. (Opposes Government Spending Reduction)
  • Voted for the first half of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which the House split into two questions. The act funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year and became Public Law 117-103. The House agreed to this half 361-69.

    March 9, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

    Also on this bill

    • December 23, 2022 · Voted for final House passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, the law that funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year. The House agreed 225-201 and it became Public Law 117-328. (Opposes Government Spending Reduction)
    • March 9, 2022 · Voted for the second half of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which the House split into two questions. The act funded the federal government for the rest of the budget year and became Public Law 117-103. The House agreed to this half 260-171. (Opposes Government Spending Reduction)
  • Sent a support letter for San Bernardino City Unified School District’s school-violence-prevention grant application, including security improvements and safety training. DOJ later awarded $336,147, documented in his January 31, 2022 release.

    June 16, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Sent a support letter for San Bernardino Valley College’s aviation-maintenance workforce grant application, including training equipment and student scholarships. The FAA later awarded $400,000, documented in his January 31, 2022 release.

    May 19, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1, the For the People Act, to expand voter registration and voting access, require independent congressional redistricting, strengthen campaign disclosures and establish public campaign-financing programmes. The House passed the proposal.

    March 3, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final fiscal-2021 appropriations and COVID-19 relief package in H.R. 133, funding federal agencies and providing additional pandemic assistance. The House passed the proposal.

    December 21, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the updated HEROES proposal in H.R. 925, providing additional COVID-19 relief appropriations and expanding assistance for governments, households and businesses. The House passed the proposal.

    October 1, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Sent a support letter for IVDA’s Sterling Avenue Upgrade Project, including airport-access road, bridge and sidewalk improvements. EDA later awarded the project $3 million, as documented in his December 3, 2021 release.

    June 24, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7010, a proposal extending Paycheck Protection Programme loan-forgiveness periods and relaxing payroll-use requirements for qualifying businesses. The House passed the proposal.

    May 28, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 266, a proposal providing additional Paycheck Protection Programme lending, small-business disaster assistance, healthcare-provider funding and COVID-19 testing funds. The House passed the proposal.

    April 23, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, providing paid sick leave, free COVID-19 testing, food and unemployment assistance and increased Medicaid funding. The House passed the proposal.

    March 14, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final S. 1790 defense-authorization bill for fiscal 2020, authorizing military programmes and adding paid parental leave for covered federal employees. The House approved the conference report.

    December 11, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4863, a proposal reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank through fiscal 2029 and increasing its lending cap. The bill also created renewable-energy export financing and minority-and-women inclusion offices. The House passed the proposal.

    November 15, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 840, a proposal providing VA childcare assistance for eligible veterans attending mental-health, substance-use and other covered treatment appointments. The House passed the proposal.

    February 8, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 756, the First Step Act, to expand earned prison-release credits, reform certain federal sentencing rules and fund recidivism-reduction programmes. The House passed the proposal.

    December 20, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 6136, a proposal funding border infrastructure and enforcement, including a southern-border wall, while revising legal-immigration and status-adjustment rules. The House rejected the proposal.

    June 27, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 2, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring balanced federal budgets except for specified congressional waivers. It required three-fifths votes to raise the debt limit. The House rejected the proposal.

    April 12, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against the fiscal-2018 omnibus appropriations deal in H.R. 1625, funding federal agencies and overseas military operations for the remainder of the budget year. The House passed the proposal.

    March 22, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against the final H.R. 1892 budget deal, raising federal spending limits and providing disaster-relief appropriations and additional funding for government programmes. The House passed the proposal.

    February 9, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the January 24, 2018 release that he had supported the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians’ EDA grant application through a letter; the agency awarded $2.9 million for Third and Fifth Street corridor improvements in Highland.

    January 24, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Reported in the July 18, 2017 release that he had supported North Park Elementary’s school-recovery grant application through a letter; the Education Department awarded $69,651 for counselling, substitute teachers and recovery services after the school shooting.

    July 18, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3003, a proposal penalizing sanctuary jurisdictions through federal grant restrictions and expanding immigration detention and detainer rules. The House passed the proposal.

    June 29, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, to reduce Medicaid and ACA funding and restrict federal payments to certain family-planning providers. The House passed the proposal.

    May 4, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 7, a proposal making federal abortion-funding restrictions permanent and limiting abortion coverage in ACA insurance plans. The House passed the proposal.

    January 24, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the December 23, 2016 release that he had advocated through a support letter and agency follow-up for Inland Regional Center terror-attack victims; the Justice Department awarded $4 million for survivors’ and families’ income replacement, medical care and recovery services.

    December 23, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for the final H.R. 34 Cures package, funding NIH medical research, FDA work and state responses to opioid abuse. The House passed the package.

    November 30, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the September 27, 2016 release that he had supported the trade-adjustment-assistance petition for workers laid off from Ashley Furniture’s Colton facility; the Labor Department approved eligibility for training, counselling and income-support benefits after finding jobs had moved overseas.

    September 27, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Reported in the July 28, 2016 release that he had advocated by letter and directly to the Transportation Secretary for the Redlands Passenger Rail Project; the Transportation Department awarded SANBAG an $8,678,312 TIGER grant for the nine-mile rail extension.

    July 28, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 1252, the Global Food Security Act, authorizing international food-security and emergency food-assistance programmes to address hunger and malnutrition. The House passed the proposal.

    July 6, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 5243, a proposal appropriating funds for Zika-virus response while rescinding earlier unobligated appropriations. The House passed the proposal.

    May 18, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against overriding President Obama’s veto of H.R. 3762, a reconciliation bill repealing major ACA provisions and restricting certain federal health funding. The House failed to override the veto.

    February 2, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the full-year fiscal-2016 appropriations package in H.R. 2029, funding federal agencies and authorizing voluntary cybersecurity-threat sharing among businesses and government. The House passed the proposal.

    December 18, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final H.R. 1314 budget deal to raise discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 and extend the federal debt limit. The House passed the proposal.

    October 28, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the September 30, 2015 release that he had supported Loma Linda University Health’s grant application through a letter; the Commerce Department awarded $1,437,132 for its San Bernardino campus, including healthcare job training and an expanded Medi-Cal clinic.

    September 30, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Was credited in IEUA’s May 21, 2015 release with leading a congressional support letter for the Chino Desalter expansion; the Bureau of Reclamation had announced a $5 million WaterSMART grant for the desalination and water-reclamation project the previous day.

    May 21, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: ieua.org

  • Voted for H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, replacing Medicare’s physician-payment formula and extending funding for children’s health insurance. The House passed the proposal.

    March 26, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Moved to address Redlands’ budget shortfall with $477,227 in services-and-supplies cuts, $45,708 in reallocations and $183,060 in cost savings, while using $171,371 in tax revenues instead of the proposed layoffs. The council approved his budget motion.

    January 4, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to accept a $473,161 Justice Department grant to develop an iPhone-based crime-mapping application for Redlands law-enforcement officers. The council approved the cooperative grant agreement.

    October 5, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to appropriate and pay $2,389,188 from Redlands Redevelopment Agency funds into the county’s Supplemental Education and Revenue Augmentation Fund as required by state law. The board approved the appropriation and payment authorization.

    February 16, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to authorize low- and moderate-income housing set-aside funds for North Redlands’ Neighborhood Revitalization Programme under Resolution 439. The redevelopment board approved the funding action.

    January 19, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to appropriate $607,250 from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund for Orange Street and Redlands Boulevard street improvements and the downtown pedestrian-improvement project. The council approved the appropriation.

    January 19, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to balance Redlands’ fiscal-year 2009–2010 budget by allocating $1,788,085 from General Fund reserves. His budget amendment passed the required four-fifths vote.

    July 21, 2009Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to award a $415,093 contract for Redlands’ citywide sidewalk and ADA-ramp improvements and authorize $645,000 in Community Development Block Grant spending. The council approved the project.

    June 22, 2009Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to adopt revised first-time homebuyer loans and housing-rehabilitation grants, plus a new emergency housing-grant programme, through the Redlands Redevelopment Agency. The board approved the programmes.

    July 5, 2006Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to appropriate $121,664 from Redlands’ General Fund and award an emergency contract to repair the collapsed storm-drain trench on Ford Street. The council approved the motions.

    June 20, 2006Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: redlands.gov

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
  • Voted to pass H.R. 2978, the GUARD Act, which would let police spend federal grants investigating elder financial fraud and crypto 'pig butchering' scams. It passed the House 414-7.

    September 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 4003, the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act, funding police training to calm tense situations and respond to mental health crises. The House passed it 264-162, and it became law.

    December 14, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3372, the One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act, funding community organizations that help people leaving prison find housing and jobs. The House passed it 259-167.

    December 1, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5768, which funded state, local and tribal investigators and prosecutors to solve more murders and other violent crimes. The House passed it 250-178.

    September 22, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4118, the Break the Cycle of Violence Act, funding community violence intervention and job training in neighborhoods with high gun violence. The House passed it 220-207.

    September 22, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6538, the Active Shooter Alert Act, creating a national alert network to warn the public during an active shooter emergency. The House passed it 260-169.

    July 13, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 350, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, creating domestic terrorism teams at the FBI, Justice Department and Homeland Security with regular threat reporting. The House passed it 222-203.

    May 18, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 15 support · 2 oppose
  • Visited hunger strikers at Adelanto’s ICE detention centre with Judy Chu and Jimmy Gomez, inspected conditions, and criticized unsafe and unsanitary detention while calling for the facility’s closure.

    June 1, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Joined a Supreme Court amicus brief in Trump v. Illinois arguing against the President’s asserted power to federalize National Guard units and deploy them to Chicago without the statutory conditions Congress required.

    November 10, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: durbin.senate.gov

  • Participated in a Chicago field hearing and press conference criticizing ICE raids and detention without due process, including detention of citizens and law-abiding immigrants, and objecting to targeting people by appearance or language.

    October 24, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted against overriding the President’s veto of H.J.Res. 42, a proposal cancelling D.C. police-reform rules on neck restraints, body-worn cameras and access to disciplinary records. The House failed to override the veto.

    June 13, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3089, a proposal requiring more specific judicial findings and narrowly tailored orders before investigators can delay notice of electronic-record demands to affected users. The House passed the proposal.

    May 15, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 3846, a proposal expanding justice-and-mental-health grants for diversion, crisis-response teams, suicide prevention, case management and the 988 hotline. The House passed the proposal.

    November 29, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8542, a proposal creating federal grants to train and dispatch mental-health professionals instead of law-enforcement officers for qualifying behavioral-health emergencies. The House passed the proposal.

    September 22, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1280, which restricted chokeholds and no-knock warrants, made it easier to sue officers for misconduct, and set national police standards. The House passed it 220-212.

    March 3, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3239, a proposal requiring health screenings, treatment, water, food, sanitation and shelter for people in CBP custody. It required unannounced inspections and public reporting of abuse complaints. The House passed the proposal.

    July 24, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 756, the First Step Act, to expand earned prison-release credits, reform certain federal sentencing rules and fund recidivism-reduction programmes. The House passed the proposal.

    December 20, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 139, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act, renewing Section 702 foreign-intelligence surveillance authority and setting rules for querying collected information about Americans. The House passed the proposal.

    January 11, 2018Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3697, a proposal expanding gang-based immigration exclusion and removal, mandatory detention and disqualification from asylum and other protections. The House passed the proposal.

    September 14, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3003, a proposal penalizing sanctuary jurisdictions through federal grant restrictions and expanding immigration detention and detainer rules. The House passed the proposal.

    June 29, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3004, Kate’s Law, a proposal increasing prison terms for repeated unlawful reentry and restricting challenges to earlier removal orders. The House passed the proposal.

    June 29, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 42, a proposal cancelling the Labor Department rule limiting drug testing of unemployment-benefit applicants. The House passed the proposal.

    February 15, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2048, the USA FREEDOM Act, to end bulk telephone-record collection under Section 215 and require specific selectors for surveillance-record requests. The House passed the proposal.

    May 13, 2015Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted No on removing a required police video-surveillance camera from a proposed residential development after the removal motion cited privacy concerns. The motion failed 3–2; the council then moved the required camera to a roof near the entrance.

    April 3, 2012Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: redlands.gov

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 38 support
  • Voted to pass H.R. 227, the Clergy Act, giving clergy a two-year window to undo their exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes. It passed the House 350-5.

    April 27, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 6472, which makes public colleges taking federal student aid charge in-state tuition to students from U.S. territories. It passed the House 351-72.

    March 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 3123, which sets out how Veterans Affairs pays a pension that was owed but unpaid when a veteran died. It passed the House 405-1.

    February 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Introduced H.R. 4874, the Affordable Housing Resident Services Act, to authorize grants for services in federally assisted affordable housing.

    August 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: congress.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in New York v. Trump opposing the executive freeze of congressionally appropriated federal funding, including disrupted Head Start grants.

    July 25, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: brennancenter.org

  • Cosigned a July 16 letter seeking release of $928 million in frozen California education funds, including after-school and mental-health services. A July 28 official release confirmed that the funding had been restored the preceding week.

    July 16, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: torres.house.gov

  • Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214, and it was signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21.

    July 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

    Also on this bill

    • May 22, 2025 · Voted against H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the House's first vote on it, 215-214. The package extended the 2017 income tax cuts, reduced Medicaid and food assistance, and raised the debt limit. The House later agreed to the Senate's version 218-214, and it was signed into law.
  • Joined an amicus filing opposing the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID and defending Congress’s authorization and appropriations for the foreign-assistance agency.

    March 31, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: litigationandresponse.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1101, a proposal extending federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe and eligibility for services and benefits available to federally recognized tribes. The House passed the proposal.

    December 17, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final S. 141 veterans-care deal, expanding VA community-care protections, caregiver support, home and community care, education benefits and homelessness assistance. The House passed the proposal.

    December 16, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 82, a proposal repealing the government-pension offset and windfall-elimination rules that reduce certain recipients’ Social Security benefit payments. The House passed the proposal.

    November 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8035, a proposal providing emergency appropriations for military and economic assistance to Ukraine, refugee support and related federal activities. The House passed the proposal.

    April 20, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 88 to cancel the Education Department's SAVE plan, the student loan plan that lowered payments based on income. The House passed it 210-189.

    December 7, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Sponsored the Wounded Warrior Access Act, which became Public Law 118-21 and requires an online system for veterans to request their own records.

    November 13, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: govinfo.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 45, a resolution to cancel the Education Department rule pausing student loan payments and forgiving up to $20,000 per borrower. The House passed it 218-203 and sent it to the Senate. It was vetoed on June 7, 2023, and the House override attempt failed.

    May 24, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8987, a proposal funding catch-up compensation payments for 9/11 victims and their families and rescinding specified unused Paycheck Protection Programme funds. The House passed the proposal.

    September 30, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5129, which renewed through 2032 federal grants for local antipoverty services and raised the income eligibility threshold. The House passed it 246-169.

    May 13, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7081, a proposal directing U.S. advocacy for suspension and relief of Ukraine’s debt payments and financial support for Ukraine and refugees. The House passed the proposal.

    May 11, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7691, a proposal providing $40.1 billion in emergency Ukraine-related appropriations for defense equipment, humanitarian assistance and other response activities. The House passed the proposal.

    May 10, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 1095, a proposal requiring public colleges receiving qualifying VA education funding to offer in-state tuition to survivors and dependents using the relevant education-assistance programme. The House passed the proposal.

    November 15, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2119, which renewed and expanded federal funding for emergency shelters and support services for domestic violence victims through 2026. The House passed it 228-200.

    October 26, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to send H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, to the President: $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief with $1,400 payments. The House passed it 220-211.

    March 10, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final fiscal-2021 appropriations and COVID-19 relief package in H.R. 133, funding federal agencies and providing additional pandemic assistance. The House passed the proposal.

    December 21, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the updated HEROES proposal in H.R. 925, providing additional COVID-19 relief appropriations and expanding assistance for governments, households and businesses. The House passed the proposal.

    October 1, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, providing paid sick leave, free COVID-19 testing, food and unemployment assistance and increased Medicaid funding. The House passed the proposal.

    March 14, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 840, a proposal providing VA childcare assistance for eligible veterans attending mental-health, substance-use and other covered treatment appointments. The House passed the proposal.

    February 8, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, to reduce Medicaid and ACA funding and restrict federal payments to certain family-planning providers. The House passed the proposal.

    May 4, 2017Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 42, a proposal cancelling the Labor Department rule limiting drug testing of unemployment-benefit applicants. The House passed the proposal.

    February 15, 2017Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the December 23, 2016 release that he had advocated through a support letter and agency follow-up for Inland Regional Center terror-attack victims; the Justice Department awarded $4 million for survivors’ and families’ income replacement, medical care and recovery services.

    December 23, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Reported in the September 27, 2016 release that he had supported the trade-adjustment-assistance petition for workers laid off from Ashley Furniture’s Colton facility; the Labor Department approved eligibility for training, counselling and income-support benefits after finding jobs had moved overseas.

    September 27, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 670, a proposal allowing people with disabilities to establish their own qualifying special-needs trusts without losing Medicaid eligibility and extending maternal tobacco-cessation coverage. The House passed the proposal.

    September 20, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 1252, the Global Food Security Act, authorizing international food-security and emergency food-assistance programmes to address hunger and malnutrition. The House passed the proposal.

    July 6, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against overriding President Obama’s veto of H.R. 3762, a reconciliation bill repealing major ACA provisions and restricting certain federal health funding. The House failed to override the veto.

    February 2, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3700, the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act, modifying Section 8 rental assistance, public-housing rules and FHA condominium mortgage insurance. The House passed the proposal.

    February 2, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the September 30, 2015 release that he had supported Loma Linda University Health’s grant application through a letter; the Commerce Department awarded $1,437,132 for its San Bernardino campus, including healthcare job training and an expanded Medi-Cal clinic.

    September 30, 2015Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, replacing Medicare’s physician-payment formula and extending funding for children’s health insurance. The House passed the proposal.

    March 26, 2015Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Moved to authorize low- and moderate-income housing set-aside funds for North Redlands’ Neighborhood Revitalization Programme under Resolution 439. The redevelopment board approved the funding action.

    January 19, 2010Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to adopt revised first-time homebuyer loans and housing-rehabilitation grants, plus a new emergency housing-grant programme, through the Redlands Redevelopment Agency. The board approved the programmes.

    July 5, 2006Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: redlands.gov

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 13 support
  • Voted against passing H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, barring payment card networks from using a merchant code that singles out gun retailers. It passed the House 221-201.

    July 14, 2026Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, barring Veterans Affairs from reporting certain veterans to the federal gun background check system. It passed the House 216-201.

    May 21, 2026Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 2243, the LEOSA Reform Act, letting qualified working and retired police carry concealed guns in school zones and national parks. The House passed it 229-193, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    May 14, 2025Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 354, the LEOSA Reform Act, letting qualified current and retired police carry concealed guns in school zones and national parks. The House passed it 221-185, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

    May 16, 2024Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.J.Res. 44, a resolution to cancel the federal rule treating pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles needing stricter registration. The House passed it 219-210, but the Senate rejected it on June 22, 2023, so the rule stayed in force.

    June 13, 2023Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, criminalizing the sale, making or import of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity magazines. The House passed it 217-213.

    July 29, 2022Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for final House passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which widened background checks for buyers under 21 and closed the dating-partner gun loophole. The House agreed 234-193 and it became Public Law 117-159.

    June 24, 2022Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2377, a bill letting federal courts temporarily take guns from someone found dangerous and funding state red flag laws. The House passed it 224-202.

    June 9, 2022Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act, raising the buying age for many semiautomatic rifles to 21 and banning new large-capacity magazines. The House passed it 223-204.

    June 8, 2022Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act, a bill giving dealers at least ten business days, up from three, for a background check. The House passed it 219-210.

    March 11, 2021Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, a bill requiring a background check on nearly every private gun sale, including at gun shows. The House passed it 227-203.

    March 11, 2021Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 38, a proposal requiring interstate recognition of qualifying concealed-handgun permissions and allowing carry in school zones and certain federal lands. The House passed the proposal.

    December 6, 2017Supports Gun Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Participated in the House-floor sit-in pressing for votes on gun background checks and restrictions on gun purchases by people on the no-fly list.

    June 22, 2016Supports Gun Control

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 18 support
  • Joined an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to stay the ruling in the Louisiana mifepristone litigation, defending FDA rules permitting dispensing by mail and preserving patients’ access to medication abortion.

    May 4, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: democrats.senate.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6945, a bill letting states spend federal welfare block grant money on pregnancy centers that promote carrying to term. It passed the House 215-209.

    January 21, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, requiring newborn care for a baby born alive after an attempted abortion. The House passed it 217-204, but the Senate has not passed it.

    January 23, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief asking the Fifth Circuit to stay the ruling against FDA’s mifepristone approval, defending access to medication abortion and the agency’s drug-review authority.

    April 11, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: vanhollen.senate.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 26, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, requiring medical care for a child born alive after an attempted abortion. The House passed it 220-210, but the Senate never took it up.

    January 11, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8373, the Right to Contraception Act, writing into federal law the right to obtain contraception and providers' right to supply it. The House passed it 228-195.

    July 21, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8297, which barred states from interfering with travel across state lines for abortion care or with anyone who helps. The House passed it 223-205.

    July 15, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8296, the Women's Health Protection Act of 2022, creating a federal right to abortion care after Roe v. Wade was overturned. The House passed it 219-210.

    July 15, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3755, the Women's Health Protection Act, creating a federal right to abortion care and barring state restrictions such as waiting periods. The House passed it 218-211.

    September 24, 2021Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization urging the Supreme Court to preserve Roe and Casey’s protections for abortion access and reject Mississippi’s fifteen-week ban.

    September 20, 2021Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: help.senate.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 239, a bill to bar the veterans agency from charging veterans copays for contraceptives that private insurance must cover free. The House passed it 245-181.

    June 24, 2021Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 36, a proposal criminalizing most abortions at twenty weeks after fertilization, with specified life-saving, rape and incest exceptions. The House passed the proposal.

    October 3, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, to reduce Medicaid and ACA funding and restrict federal payments to certain family-planning providers. The House passed the proposal.

    May 4, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 43, a proposal cancelling the rule preventing exclusion of family-planning grant subrecipients for reasons unrelated to their ability to provide services. The House passed the proposal.

    February 16, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 7, a proposal making federal abortion-funding restrictions permanent and limiting abortion coverage in ACA insurance plans. The House passed the proposal.

    January 24, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against overriding President Obama’s veto of H.R. 3762, a reconciliation bill repealing major ACA provisions and restricting certain federal health funding. The House failed to override the veto.

    February 2, 2016Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined the Supreme Court amicus brief in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt opposing Texas abortion-clinic admitting-privileges and surgical-centre requirements that restricted access to abortion care.

    January 4, 2016Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: wyden.senate.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 43, a proposal cancelling Washington, D.C.’s protection against employment discrimination based on reproductive-health decisions. The House passed the proposal.

    April 30, 2015Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support
  • Voted for H.R. 8873, the Presidential Election Reform Act, requiring electors be chosen under state law set before election day and narrowing grounds for objections. The House passed it 229-203.

    September 21, 2022Supports Election Integrity

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Limit Foreign Influence

Limit Foreign Influence · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted against H.R. 8314, which would have stopped larger tax-exempt groups taking foreign money from giving to political committees for eight years. The 218-181 count fell short of the two-thirds needed, so the bill failed in the House.

    September 17, 2024Opposes Limit Foreign Influence

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined the congressional lawsuit against President Trump alleging acceptance of foreign-government benefits without Congress’s consent under the Foreign Emoluments Clause. The filed complaint names him as a plaintiff.

    June 14, 2017Supports Limit Foreign Influence

    Source: courthousenews.com

Track record — National Defense

National Defense · 16 support
  • Voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, placed into S. 1071, setting defense policy and Defense Department spending. The House passed it 312-112, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-60 on December 18, 2025.

    December 10, 2025Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for final House passage of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military policy and spending and raises junior enlisted pay. The House agreed 281-140 and it became Public Law 118-159.

    December 11, 2024Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8035, a proposal providing emergency appropriations for military and economic assistance to Ukraine, refugee support and related federal activities. The House passed the proposal.

    April 20, 2024Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final House-Senate deal on H.R. 2670, the 2024 defense policy law, setting Defense Department policy and approving its programs and military construction. The House agreed 310-118 and it became law December 22, 2023 (Public Law 118-31).

    December 14, 2023Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which set defense policy and approved Defense Department programs and military construction. The House passed it 329-101.

    July 14, 2022Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7691, a proposal providing $40.1 billion in emergency Ukraine-related appropriations for defense equipment, humanitarian assistance and other response activities. The House passed the proposal.

    May 10, 2022Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 3522, a proposal temporarily easing restrictions on lending or leasing U.S. defense equipment to Ukraine and affected Eastern European countries. The House passed the proposal.

    April 28, 2022Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which set defense policy and approved Defense Department programs and military construction. The House passed it 316-113.

    September 23, 2021Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to override President Trump’s veto of H.R. 6395, the fiscal-2021 defense-authorization bill, setting military policy and authorizing Defense Department and military-construction funding. The House approved the override.

    December 28, 2020Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final S. 1790 defense-authorization bill for fiscal 2020, authorizing military programmes and adding paid parental leave for covered federal employees. The House approved the conference report.

    December 11, 2019Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 676, a proposal prohibiting the appropriation or use of federal funds to withdraw the United States from NATO. The House passed the proposal.

    January 22, 2019Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final H.R. 5515 defense-authorization bill for fiscal 2019, expanding national-security review of foreign investment and authorizing military programmes. The House approved the conference report.

    July 26, 2018Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 139, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act, renewing Section 702 foreign-intelligence surveillance authority and setting rules for querying collected information about Americans. The House passed the proposal.

    January 11, 2018Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final H.R. 2810 defense-authorization bill for fiscal 2018, including Navy procurement authority for up to fifteen Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The House approved the conference report.

    November 14, 2017Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the House’s H.R. 4909 defense-authorization proposal for fiscal 2017, setting military policy and authorizing Defense Department and military-construction funding. The House passed this version; he did not cast a vote on the later final conference deal.

    May 18, 2016Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 1356, the fiscal-2016 defense-authorization bill, setting military policy and authorizing appropriations for Defense Department programmes and military construction. The House passed the proposal.

    November 5, 2015Supports National Defense

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support · 2 oppose
  • Voted to pass H.R. 9500, the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act. It would let scam victims deduct the stolen money on their federal taxes again and waive the 10% penalty on related early retirement withdrawals. It passed the House 408-17.

    September 15, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214, and it was signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21.

    July 3, 2025Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

    Also on this bill

    • May 22, 2025 · Voted against H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the House's first vote on it, 215-214. The package extended the 2017 income tax cuts, reduced Medicaid and food assistance, and raised the debt limit. The House later agreed to the Senate's version 218-214, and it was signed into law.
  • Voted against the final H.R. 1 tax bill, lowering individual and corporate income-tax rates and authorizing oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. The House passed the proposal.

    December 20, 2017Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Foreign Trade

Foreign Trade · 5 support · 4 oppose
  • Voted to pass H.R. 2071, the Save Our Shrimpers Act, which blocks U.S. money to international financial institutions for financing foreign shrimp farms. It passed the House 391-18.

    May 12, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to terminate the national emergency the President declared on February 1, 2025 in Executive Order 14193, the order used to impose tariffs. It passed the House 219-211.

    February 11, 2026Supports Foreign Trade

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 6504, the Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act, which keeps duty-free treatment for clothing imported from Haiti through 2028. It passed the House 345-45.

    January 12, 2026Supports Foreign Trade

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 2683, the Remote Access Security Act, which extends U.S. export controls to cover foreign access to controlled technology over a network. It passed the House 369-22.

    January 12, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in V.O.S. Selections v. Trump arguing that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not authorize the President’s challenged tariff programme.

    July 8, 2025Supports Foreign Trade

    Source: foreign.senate.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1155, a proposal restricting imports made with forced labor in Xinjiang and sanctioning people responsible for related human-rights violations. The House passed the proposal.

    December 8, 2021Opposes Foreign Trade

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5430, the U.S.–Mexico–Canada trade-agreement implementation bill, including labor and environmental monitoring and enforcement provisions. The House passed the proposal.

    December 19, 2019Supports Foreign Trade

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4863, a proposal reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank through fiscal 2029 and increasing its lending cap. The bill also created renewable-energy export financing and minority-and-women inclusion offices. The House passed the proposal.

    November 15, 2019Supports Foreign Trade

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against the Senate-amendment deal on H.R. 2146 granting the President fast-track trade-promotion authority for trade agreements. The House passed the proposal.

    June 18, 2015Opposes Foreign Trade

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 9 support · 5 oppose
  • Voted to pass H.R. 7757, the KIDS Act, which makes online platforms limit minors' access to sexual material and give parents controls. It passed the House 267-117.

    June 29, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against extending until July 2, 2026 the foreign intelligence surveillance authorities in Title VII of FISA, covering surveillance of targets outside the United States. It failed the House 198-218, short of the two-thirds majority needed.

    June 11, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass S. 4465, which extends the FISA Title VII foreign surveillance authorities until June 12, 2026. It passed the House 261-111.

    April 30, 2026Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 859, a proposal requiring manufacturers to tell buyers when internet-connected appliances and similar devices include a camera or microphone. The House passed the proposal.

    April 29, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which makes posting nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, a crime and orders 48-hour takedowns. The House passed it 409-2, and it became law on May 19, 2025.

    April 28, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.J.Res. 25, canceling the IRS rule that made crypto trading services without a central operator report users' sale proceeds. The House passed it 292-132, and it became law.

    March 11, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which the House passed 219-199. It would bar police and intelligence agencies from buying Americans' personal records from data brokers instead of getting a warrant. The Senate never acted, and the bill died.

    April 17, 2024Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3089, a proposal requiring more specific judicial findings and narrowly tailored orders before investigators can delay notice of electronic-record demands to affected users. The House passed the proposal.

    May 15, 2023Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3621, the Comprehensive CREDIT Act, to strengthen credit-report disputes, require disclosure to affected consumers and restrict damaging information on credit reports. The House passed the proposal.

    January 29, 2020Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 139, the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act, renewing Section 702 foreign-intelligence surveillance authority and setting rules for querying collected information about Americans. The House passed the proposal.

    January 11, 2018Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S.J.Res. 34, a proposal cancelling the FCC’s broadband-customer privacy, consent, data-security and breach-notification rules. The House passed the proposal.

    March 28, 2017Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the full-year fiscal-2016 appropriations package in H.R. 2029, funding federal agencies and authorizing voluntary cybersecurity-threat sharing among businesses and government. The House passed the proposal.

    December 18, 2015Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2048, the USA FREEDOM Act, to end bulk telephone-record collection under Section 215 and require specific selectors for surveillance-record requests. The House passed the proposal.

    May 13, 2015Supports Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted No on removing a required police video-surveillance camera from a proposed residential development after the removal motion cited privacy concerns. The motion failed 3–2; the council then moved the required camera to a roof near the entrance.

    April 3, 2012Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: redlands.gov

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 39 support
  • Voted against passing H.R. 2616, the PROTECT Kids Act, requiring parental consent before federally funded elementary and middle schools change a student's gender on forms. It passed the House 217-198.

    May 20, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing S. 1383 as rewritten by the House into the SAVE America Act, requiring citizenship proof to register and photo ID to vote. It passed the House 218-213.

    February 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted no on H.R. 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, opposing a ban on federal Medicaid payment for gender transition care for minors. The House passed it 215-201. It is not law.

    December 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted no on H.R. 3492, the Protect Children's Innocence Act, opposing federal criminal penalties for providing gender-transition care to minors. The House passed it 216-211. The bill sits in a Senate committee and has not become law.

    December 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. arguing that categorical bans on transgender students’ participation in school sports violate Title IX and equal protection.

    November 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: hirono.senate.gov

  • Participated in a Chicago field hearing and press conference criticizing ICE raids and detention without due process, including detention of citizens and law-abiding immigrants, and objecting to targeting people by appearance or language.

    October 24, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief in Washington v. Trump defending birthright citizenship and opposing the executive order denying it to certain children born in the United States.

    April 11, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: litigationtaskforce.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 28, a bill to bar federally funded schools from letting anyone male at birth play on girls' or women's teams. The House passed it 218-206, but the Senate has not passed it.

    January 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1101, a proposal extending federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe and eligibility for services and benefits available to federally recognized tribes. The House passed the proposal.

    December 17, 2024Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted no on H.J. Res. 165, a resolution to wipe out the 2024 Title IX rule that extended sex discrimination protections to gender identity and sexual orientation. The House passed it 210-205, but the Senate never voted, so Congress did not repeal the rule.

    July 11, 2024Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2766, a proposal authorizing State Department coordination, Uyghur-language training and funded public diplomacy in support of persecuted Uyghurs and other minority groups. The House passed the proposal.

    February 15, 2024Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Coannounced in the December 13, 2023 release a $19,808,986 Safe Streets grant for Fontana’s Foothill Boulevard improvements. The funded project included bike lanes, ADA-compliant sidewalks and ramps, and four bus stops. He described working with Torres to deliver the investment.

    December 13, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: torres.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 734, which would have barred schools getting federal money from letting anyone male at birth join a women's or girls' team. The bill treated that as sex discrimination under Title IX. It passed the House 219-203 and died in the Senate.

    April 20, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for sending H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, to the President: it made states recognize valid same-sex and interracial marriages. The House passed it 258-169, and it became law.

    December 8, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 4524, which made contract terms barring sharing facts or criticism unenforceable in sexual assault and sexual harassment cases. The House passed it 315-109, and it became law.

    November 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4176, the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act, which required federal government surveys to offer voluntary questions on sexual orientation and gender identity. The House passed it 220-201.

    June 23, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 496, a proposal requiring consideration of Russian religious-freedom violations in occupied Ukraine when applying U.S. religious-freedom sanctions policy. The House passed the proposal.

    April 27, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2116, the CROWN Act, barring discrimination based on hair texture or hairstyles associated with race in jobs, housing and education. The House passed it 235-189.

    March 18, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 55, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, to make lynching a federal hate-crime offence with penalties for qualifying conspiracies involving death or serious harm. The House passed the proposal.

    February 28, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3485, which imposed entry bans on foreigners responsible for human rights abuses against people for their sexual orientation or gender identity. The House passed it 227-206.

    February 9, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4445, which let people alleging sexual assault or harassment take their claim to court despite a contract requiring private arbitration. The House passed it 335-97, and it became law.

    February 7, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, a bill to expand early and mail voting and restore the Voting Rights Act. The House sent it to the Senate 220-203. The Senate never passed it.

    January 13, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1155, a proposal restricting imports made with forced labor in Xinjiang and sanctioning people responsible for related human-rights violations. The House passed the proposal.

    December 8, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, extending break time and a private space to pump breast milk to salaried workers. The House passed it 276-149.

    October 22, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, restoring federal approval of voting changes in places with a record of discrimination. The House passed it 219-212.

    August 24, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1443, a bill to make lenders report credit application data for LGBTQ-owned businesses so fair lending laws can be enforced. The House passed it 252-176.

    June 24, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2062, a bill letting workers win an age discrimination claim by showing age was a motivating factor, not the sole cause. The House passed it 247-178.

    June 23, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which required employers to make reasonable work changes for workers affected by pregnancy or childbirth. The House passed it 315-101.

    May 14, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 51, a proposal admitting most of Washington, D.C. as a state with two senators and a voting House representative while retaining a smaller federal capital district. The House passed the proposal.

    April 22, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, narrowing employers' defenses for paying men and women differently and protecting workers who discuss pay. The House passed it 217-210.

    April 15, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1620, a bill to renew the Violence Against Women Act through 2026 and add housing protections and gun restrictions for convicted abusers. The House passed it 244-172.

    March 17, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.J.Res. 17, which removed the deadline for states to approve the Equal Rights Amendment, which would bar discrimination based on sex. The House passed it 222-204.

    March 17, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1, the For the People Act, to expand voter registration and voting access, require independent congressional redistricting, strengthen campaign disclosures and establish public campaign-financing programmes. The House passed the proposal.

    March 3, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5, which added sexual orientation and gender identity to the categories protected from discrimination in jobs, housing, credit, education and public accommodations. The House passed it 224-206.

    February 25, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined a Supreme Court amicus brief in Bostock and related cases arguing that Title VII’s ban on sex discrimination also protects employees from sexual-orientation and gender-identity discrimination.

    July 3, 2019Supports Civil Rights

    Source: supremecourt.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 670, a proposal allowing people with disabilities to establish their own qualifying special-needs trusts without losing Medicaid eligibility and extending maternal tobacco-cessation coverage. The House passed the proposal.

    September 20, 2016Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 43, a proposal cancelling Washington, D.C.’s protection against employment discrimination based on reproductive-health decisions. The House passed the proposal.

    April 30, 2015Supports Civil Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined the congressional Supreme Court amicus brief in Obergefell v. Hodges arguing that state bans on same-sex marriage and refusal to recognize lawful marriages violated equal protection.

    March 6, 2015Supports Civil Rights

    Source: assets.aclu.org

  • Moved to award a $415,093 contract for Redlands’ citywide sidewalk and ADA-ramp improvements and authorize $645,000 in Community Development Block Grant spending. The council approved the project.

    June 22, 2009Supports Civil Rights

    Source: redlands.gov

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 30 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted to pass H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act. It would require state regulators to consider making big data centers pay the full cost of grid upgrades built for them. It passed the House 417-3.

    September 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6955, the Main Street Act, which loosens banking rules on new bank formation, federal supervision, mergers, and capital and leverage requirements. It passed the House 270-155.

    July 21, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 2478, the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act, letting investment companies delay cashing out an account of a possibly exploited older investor. It passed the House 414-2.

    June 25, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 2988, which requires managers of workplace retirement plans to make investment choices on financial factors alone. It passed the House 213-205.

    January 15, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass S. 1582, the GENIUS Act, setting federal rules for payment stablecoins, digital tokens meant to hold a steady value. Only approved banks and licensed issuers may issue them, backed one-for-one by reserves. The House passed it 308-122 and it became Public Law 119-27 on July 18, 2025.

    July 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against sending S.J.Res. 13 to the President; the House approved it anyway, 220-207. It cancelled the bank regulator's 2024 rule that had ended fast automatic approvals and short application forms for bank mergers. It was signed into law on June 20, 2025 as Public Law 119-19.

    May 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Joined an amicus brief opposing the shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including the cutoff of funding and staff dismissals, and defending its congressionally mandated consumer-protection work.

    May 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: democrats.senate.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 859, a proposal requiring manufacturers to tell buyers when internet-connected appliances and similar devices include a camera or microphone. The House passed the proposal.

    April 29, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 973, a proposal requiring federal product-safety standards for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in electric bikes, scooters and similar devices. The House passed the proposal.

    April 28, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing S.J.Res. 18, sending it to the President to repeal the consumer bureau rule limiting overdraft fees at very large banks to $5. The House passed it 217-211, and it became Public Law 119-10 on May 9, 2025.

    April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing S.J.Res. 28, 219-211, sending it to the President to repeal the rule that put the largest digital payment apps under federal supervision. It was signed on May 9, 2025 as Public Law 119-11.

    April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 109, a measure to wipe out SEC guidance requiring firms holding customers' crypto to carry those assets on their own books. It passed the House 228-182 and the Senate, but was vetoed. The July 11, 2024 override failed, so the guidance remained.

    May 8, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 2799, the Expanding Access to Capital Act, a bill to loosen securities rules for smaller companies and widen access to private offerings. The House passed it 212-205, but the Senate never took it up, so it did not become law.

    March 8, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.J.Res. 98 by 206-177, a resolution cancelling a labor board rule that eased treating franchise chains and owners as joint employers. The Senate agreed, but the president vetoed it on May 3, 2024, and the House override failed.

    January 12, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against sending S.J.Res. 32 to the President to cancel the consumer bureau rule making lenders report small-business loan data, including loans to minority-owned firms. The House passed it 221-202, but the President vetoed it and the Senate override failed, so the rule stayed.

    December 1, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3843, a bill to raise merger filing fees on the largest deals to fund anti-monopoly enforcement and require disclosure of foreign subsidies. The House passed it 242-184.

    September 29, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7688, a bill to ban selling fuel at grossly unfair prices during a declared energy emergency. The House passed it 217-207.

    May 19, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 963, the FAIR Act, which let people reject forced private arbitration in employment, consumer, competition law, and civil rights disputes. The House passed it 222-209.

    March 17, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2668, a bill restoring the Federal Trade Commission's power to seek court-ordered refunds from companies engaged in fraud or false advertising. The House passed it 221-205.

    July 20, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for sending S.J.Res. 13 to the President to cancel a rule giving employers the evidence behind a discrimination finding before settlement talks. The House passed it 219-210.

    June 24, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for sending S.J.Res. 15 to the President to cancel the true lender rule, which let national banks front loans escaping state rate caps. The House passed it 218-208.

    June 24, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1187, a bill to make public companies disclose climate risk, political spending, executive pay, and other environmental, social, and governance measures. The House passed it 215-214.

    June 16, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 2547, the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act, which restricted debt collection practices and extended student loan protections to private loans. The House passed it 215-207.

    May 13, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3621, the Comprehensive CREDIT Act, to strengthen credit-report disputes, require disclosure to affected consumers and restrict damaging information on credit reports. The House passed the proposal.

    January 29, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1644, a proposal restoring the FCC’s net-neutrality framework and prohibitions on internet blocking, throttling and paid prioritization. The House passed the proposal.

    April 10, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S. 2155, a proposal relaxing specified bank-supervision, mortgage-lending and financial-regulation requirements, including for certain smaller banks. The House passed the proposal.

    May 22, 2018Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 111, a proposal cancelling the CFPB rule restricting forced arbitration clauses that prevent consumers from joining class-action lawsuits. The House passed the proposal.

    July 25, 2017Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S.J.Res. 34, a proposal cancelling the FCC’s broadband-customer privacy, consent, data-security and breach-notification rules. The House passed the proposal.

    March 28, 2017Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 83, a proposal cancelling the Labor Department’s ongoing employer recordkeeping requirements for workplace injuries and illnesses. The House passed the proposal.

    March 1, 2017Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against overriding the President’s veto of H.J.Res. 88, which sought to cancel the Labor Department’s retirement-advice fiduciary and conflict-of-interest rule. The override failed.

    June 22, 2016Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 650, a proposal relaxing federal mortgage-originator and high-cost-loan rules for manufactured housing. The House passed the proposal.

    April 14, 2015Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 19 support
  • Voted to pass H.R. 9497, the Water Resources Development Act of 2026. It would authorize Army Corps of Engineers projects for ports, waterways, flood protection and ecosystem restoration nationwide. It passed the House 415-9.

    September 16, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Secured $17.6 million for 20 Inland Empire projects through House Appropriations Committee funding bills, including water, road, transit, housing, healthcare, and public-safety projects.

    August 3, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted to pass S. 1020, which lets federal energy regulators extend construction deadlines for hydropower projects licensed before March 2020. It passed the House 394-14.

    April 21, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 5201, the Kari's Law Reporting Act, making the FCC report on enforcing the rule that office phones allow direct 911 calls. It passed the House 405-5.

    April 21, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 5200, the Emergency Reporting Act, which makes the FCC investigate and report on 911 and other emergency communications outages. It passed the House 386-7.

    April 20, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 1681, which sets up an interagency team to speed federal review of requests to run communications lines across federal land. It passed the House 384-9.

    April 20, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Coannounced in the December 13, 2023 release a $19,808,986 Safe Streets grant for Fontana’s Foothill Boulevard improvements. The funded project included bike lanes, ADA-compliant sidewalks and ramps, and four bus stops. He described working with Torres to deliver the investment.

    December 13, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: torres.house.gov

  • Coannounced in the August 10, 2022 release a $15 million federal RAISE grant for Fontana’s transportation-corridor improvements. He described partnering with Torres to secure the award; Fontana’s mayor credited both members’ work.

    August 10, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: torres.house.gov

  • Voted to send H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to the President: roughly $1 trillion for roads, bridges, transit, broadband and water. The House passed it 228-206.

    November 5, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Sent a support letter for IVDA’s Sterling Avenue Upgrade Project, including airport-access road, bridge and sidewalk improvements. EDA later awarded the project $3 million, as documented in his December 3, 2021 release.

    June 24, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7279, a proposal allowing municipalities to integrate wastewater and stormwater plans and use green infrastructure and water reuse under Clean Water Act permits. The House passed the proposal.

    December 19, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Reported in the January 24, 2018 release that he had supported the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians’ EDA grant application through a letter; the agency awarded $2.9 million for Third and Fifth Street corridor improvements in Highland.

    January 24, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Testified before the House Natural Resources Committee for the proposed Santa Ana River Wash land exchange, supporting water-recharge facilities, habitat conservation and a consolidated area for aggregate mining.

    April 5, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Reported in the July 28, 2016 release that he had advocated by letter and directly to the Transportation Secretary for the Redlands Passenger Rail Project; the Transportation Department awarded SANBAG an $8,678,312 TIGER grant for the nine-mile rail extension.

    July 28, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Was credited in IEUA’s May 21, 2015 release with leading a congressional support letter for the Chino Desalter expansion; the Bureau of Reclamation had announced a $5 million WaterSMART grant for the desalination and water-reclamation project the previous day.

    May 21, 2015Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: ieua.org

  • Testified as Redlands mayor before the House Natural Resources Committee against the expanded Santa Ana sucker critical-habitat designation, arguing that it constrained local water recharge and economic development.

    October 18, 2011Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: naturalresources.house.gov

  • Moved to appropriate $607,250 from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund for Orange Street and Redlands Boulevard street improvements and the downtown pedestrian-improvement project. The council approved the appropriation.

    January 19, 2010Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to award a $415,093 contract for Redlands’ citywide sidewalk and ADA-ramp improvements and authorize $645,000 in Community Development Block Grant spending. The council approved the project.

    June 22, 2009Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to appropriate $121,664 from Redlands’ General Fund and award an emergency contract to repair the collapsed storm-drain trench on Ford Street. The council approved the motions.

    June 20, 2006Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: redlands.gov

Track record — Peaceful Foreign Policy

Peaceful Foreign Policy · 5 support
  • Voted for H.Con.Res. 93, directing the President to pull U.S. forces out of hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or authorizes force. Forces needed to stop an imminent attack were exempt. It passed the House 220-204.

    September 15, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 256, which repealed the 2002 law allowing military force against Iraq, withdrawing the standing legal basis for military action there. The House passed it 268-161.

    June 17, 2021Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S.J.Res. 68, a proposal directing the President to terminate unauthorized U.S. armed-force hostilities against Iran. The House passed the proposal.

    March 11, 2020Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S.J.Res. 7, a proposal directing withdrawal of U.S. armed forces from unauthorized hostilities in or affecting Yemen, including in-flight refuelling support. The House passed the proposal.

    April 4, 2019Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 3461, a proposal approving the Iran nuclear agreement signed in July 2015. The House rejected the proposal.

    September 11, 2015Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — U.S.-Israel Ties

U.S.-Israel Ties · 4 support · 1 oppose
  • Took an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in August 2025, paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, an organization tied to AIPAC, a group that lobbies Congress for U.S. military aid and support for Israel. Also did the same on August 7, 2023.

    August 6, 2025Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

    Source: disclosures-clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 8369, which would have ordered delivery of weapons shipments to Israel that the president had paused. It would have frozen some Pentagon, State Department and White House funds until delivery. The House passed it 224-187.

    May 16, 2024Opposes U.S.-Israel Ties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8034, which approved $26 billion in U.S. taxpayer money: military aid for Israel and funds for U.S. forces nearby. About $9 billion of it was humanitarian aid, and none could go to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It passed 366-58 and became law in April 2024.

    April 20, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Took an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in February 2022, paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, an organization tied to AIPAC, a group that lobbies Congress for U.S. military aid and support for Israel.

    February 19, 2022Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

    Source: disclosures-clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 5323, which gave Israel $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to restock its Iron Dome rocket-defense system. The House passed it 420-9. The money later became law inside a 2022 spending bill.

    September 23, 2021Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

    Source: clerk.house.gov

Track record — General

General · 127 records
  • Was listed as an endorsed 2026 general-election candidate for California’s 33rd congressional district in CFT’s September 29, 2026 slate.

    September 29, 2026

    Source: cft.org

  • Voted against passing H.R. 10326, the PROOF Act. It would require states to give the Justice Department records it requests to investigate fraud in Medicaid, SNAP, welfare and other federal programs. It passed the House 217-207.

    September 16, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against sending H.R. 5334, the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, to the President. It imposed sanctions on Russia, extended Iran sanctions to 2031, and let the President put tariffs up to 100% on buyers of Russian energy. The House agreed 262-159, and it became law on September 18, 2026.

    September 16, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.

    September 3, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 1, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to have nine justices, one chief justice and eight associate justices. It failed the House 212-206, short of the two-thirds majority needed.

    September 2, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against a resolution condemning socialism in all its forms. The House passed it 220-192 (House Resolution 1490).

    September 1, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Received Brady’s endorsement for House reelection as one of the candidates named in its July 30, 2026 announcement.

    July 30, 2026

    Source: elections.bradyunited.org

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8884, a bill to extend through 2031 Social Security projects that help disability insurance recipients return to work. It passed the House 232-188.

    July 23, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, setting Defense Department policy, troop levels and equipment purchases. It passed the House 216-212.

    July 22, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 9770, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, which would keep federal agencies funded at current levels through December 4, 2026. It passed the House 220-205.

    July 21, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8595, the 2027 State Department and national security appropriations bill, setting the year's funding for the State Department and related programs. It passed the House 217-209.

    July 15, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent. It passed the House 308-117.

    July 14, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 7128, which renews through 2034 the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Program covering part of insurers' losses from a terrorist attack. It passed the House 373-15.

    June 29, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for the final House action on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, agreeing to the Senate's last set of changes. The act reshapes federal housing programs, including oversight of housing counseling grants and help for state and local governments. The House agreed 358-32 and it became Public Law 119-101.

    June 23, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8464, the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act, which requires agencies to pause or condition suspect payment requests before approving them. It passed the House 218-200.

    June 10, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8312, a bill to move federal payment-integrity work to the Treasury and create a new inspector general for fraud and recovery. It passed the House 240-181.

    June 10, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7892, the No Aid for Ghost Students Act, making the Education Department screen every federal student aid application for identity fraud. It passed the House 249-172.

    June 10, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing S. 2, the Secure America Act, a bill to provide $70 billion through 2029 for immigration enforcement and border security. It passed the House 214-212.

    June 9, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8646, the 2027 Agriculture and FDA appropriations bill, setting the year's funding for the Agriculture Department and the FDA. It passed the House 213-210.

    June 4, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7726, which adds penalties for states that misuse the federal block grant helping low-income working families pay for child care. It passed the House 217-207.

    June 3, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Received the International Franchise Association’s endorsement ahead of California’s June 2, 2026 primary.

    May 29, 2026

    Source: franchise.org

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6047, a bill to widen several veterans and survivors benefits and add an $833.33 monthly allowance for certain disabled veterans. It passed the House 235-179.

    May 21, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1329, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act, which sets the South Monument site on the National Mall as the museum's location. It failed the House 204-216.

    May 21, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8365, the Monitor Accountability Act, setting conditions on appointing the independent monitors who oversee governments under court consent decrees. It passed the House 219-204.

    May 14, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 5625, the Cashless Bail Reporting Act, making the Justice Department list yearly the governments releasing certain defendants without cash bail. It passed the House 308-116.

    May 14, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6260, which treats posting criminal and immigration bail bonds as insurance business under federal insurance-fraud law. It passed the House 243-179.

    May 14, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 2853, the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, which widens federal enforcement against organized retail and supply chain theft. It passed the House 348-60.

    May 12, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7567, the 2026 farm bill, renewing Agriculture Department crop support, conservation, food aid and rural development programs through 2031. It passed the House 224-200.

    April 30, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass S. 1318 as rewritten by the House, which renews foreign surveillance powers under FISA until April 2029 with added Section 702 protections. It passed the House 235-191.

    April 29, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 5587, the HEATS Act, exempting geothermal drilling on state and private land from federal permits and environmental review. It passed the House 231-186.

    April 23, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6387, the FIRE Act, a bill to change how wildfire smoke and other exceptional events count under the Clean Air Act. It passed the House 220-198.

    April 22, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 7613, the ALERT Act, which tightens aircraft tracking and communication requirements and expands aviation safety oversight. It passed the House 396-10.

    April 14, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7084, a bill letting the President bar ships that called at a port seized by a Western Hemisphere country. It passed the House 247-164.

    March 27, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8029, the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act, funding Homeland Security and ending the partial shutdown that began February 14, 2026. It passed the House 218-206.

    March 26, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 5103, a bill setting up a federal commission on crime and immigration in Washington, DC and a federal cleanup program there. It passed the House 218-206.

    March 25, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4638, the BOWOW Act, making harming a law enforcement working animal grounds to bar a non-citizen from entry or deport them. It passed the House 228-190.

    March 19, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 1958, the Deporting Fraudsters Act, making public benefits fraud grounds to bar someone from entry or deport them. It passed the House 231-186.

    March 18, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass S. 3971, which renews the federal small business research and technology transfer grant programs through 2031. It passed the House 345-41.

    March 17, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7744, a bill funding Homeland Security for the rest of the year and ending the partial shutdown begun February 14, 2026. It passed the House 221-209.

    March 5, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 2503, the ROTOR Act, which tightens aircraft tracking and communication requirements and expands aviation safety oversight. It failed the House 264-133, short of the two-thirds majority needed.

    February 24, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Received the California Democratic Party’s ratified endorsement for the 2026 primary in California’s 33rd congressional district.

    February 22, 2026

    Source: cadem.org

  • Voted against passing H.R. 2189, which takes less-than-lethal projectile devices such as certain TASERs out of Gun Control Act regulation. It passed the House 233-185.

    February 12, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 3617, a bill to direct the Energy Department to secure the supply of minerals it considers essential to U.S. energy security. It passed the House 223-206.

    February 11, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 1531, the PROTECT Taiwan Act, seeking China's exclusion from six international financial bodies if the President reports China threatening Taiwan. It passed the House 395-2.

    February 9, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 142, which overturns a District of Columbia Council tax act and restores the District's practice of following federal tax law. It passed the House 215-210 and became law.

    February 4, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4090, the Critical Mineral Dominance Act, which directs the Interior Department to speed up and expand mineral production on federal land. It passed the House 224-195.

    February 4, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing the Senate's version of H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which funds several federal departments and became law. The House agreed 217-214.

    February 3, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 980, which drops the rule that Veterans Affairs education and career counselling on college campuses be delivered only by VA staff. It passed the House 402-2.

    February 2, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7147, a stopgap funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The House passed it 220-207; after Senate changes it became law as Public Law 119-86 on April 30, 2026.

    January 22, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 6359, the Pregnant Students' Rights Act, making colleges that take federal student aid tell students about pregnant students' rights and resources. It passed the House 217-211.

    January 22, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 5764, the AI for Main Street Act, which has Small Business Development Centers help small businesses evaluate and use artificial intelligence. It passed the House 395-14.

    January 20, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted to pass H.R. 5763, the Main Street Parity Act, lowering the down payment a small business must put up for SBA property loans. It passed the House 383-8.

    January 20, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4371, the Kayla Hamilton Act, requiring locked placement for immigrant children 12 and older with gang tattoos or criminal records. The House passed it 225-201, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    December 16, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 3668, a bill making federal energy regulators the sole lead agency for gas pipeline reviews and ending states' water quality sign-off. The House passed it 213-184, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    December 12, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act, speeding Clean Water Act permits, limiting states' power to block projects and dropping groundwater from protection. The House passed it 221-205, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    December 11, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 5214, a bill to require pretrial jail for violent crimes in Washington, DC and bar no-cash release for other public-safety crimes. The House passed it 237-179, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    November 19, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 5371, the funding bill ending the 43-day shutdown and funding most agencies into January 2026. The House agreed 222-209, and it became Public Law 119-37 on November 12, 2025.

    November 12, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 3062, a bill to replace the presidential permit for cross-border oil, gas, and power lines with a faster agency certificate. The House passed it 224-203, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    September 18, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 5140, which the House passed 225-203. The bill would let District of Columbia prosecutors charge children as young as 14 as adults for certain serious crimes, down from 16. The Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    September 16, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4922, the DC CRIMES Act, limiting D.C. youth-offender sentencing to people under 18 and barring sentences below mandatory minimums. The House passed it 240-179, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    September 16, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 3838, the House defense policy bill for fiscal year 2026, authorizing Defense Department and nuclear security funding. The House passed it 231-196; this bill never became law, and S. 1071 became the final 2026 defense law.

    September 10, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1919, which would stop the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar, holding individual accounts, or even studying one without Congress's approval. It passed the House 219-210 and is still pending in the Senate.

    July 17, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 1770, a proposal establishing a Consumer Product Safety Commission artificial-intelligence pilot and requiring reports on blockchain and digital-token consumer protection. The House passed the proposal.

    July 14, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 875, a bill making drunk or drugged driving grounds to bar an immigrant from entry or deport one already here. The House passed it 246-160, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    June 26, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 2056, a bill to bar the District of Columbia from limiting how its agencies share immigration information or honor federal detainers. The House passed it 224-194, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

    June 12, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against S. 331, the HALT Fentanyl Act, which permanently classed fentanyl-like drugs in Schedule I and set fentanyl-level trafficking penalties. A no vote opposed making that classification permanent. The House passed it 321-104, and it became law July 16, 2025 (Public Law 119-26).

    June 12, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, canceling about $9.4 billion in approved but unspent foreign aid and public broadcasting money. The House vote was 214-212; the Senate trimmed it, and the smaller package became law July 24, 2025.

    June 12, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at an appropriations hearing and criticized the Los Angeles National Guard and Marine deployment as a costly political stunt, citing its $134 million projected cost and inadequate troop logistics.

    June 10, 2025

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 884, a bill to stop noncitizens from voting in District of Columbia elections by repealing a 2022 DC law. A no vote kept that DC law. It passed the House 266-148 and is still waiting on the Senate.

    June 10, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 2931, the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act, making the small-business agency move offices out of sanctuary areas within 60 days. The House passed it 211-199.

    June 5, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the House's first vote on it, 215-214. The package extended the 2017 income tax cuts, reduced Medicaid and food assistance, and raised the debt limit. The House later agreed to the Senate's version 218-214, and it was signed into law.

    May 22, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

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    • July 3, 2025 · Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214, and it was signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21. (Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction, Supports Social Programs and Welfare)
  • Received LCV Action Fund’s endorsement for his 2026 House reelection in its first endorsement round of that cycle.

    April 25, 2025

    Source: lcv.org

  • Voted against passing H.R. 22, the SAVE Act, requiring paper proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a passport, to register to vote. The House passed it 220-208, but the Senate has not taken it up.

    April 10, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 35, a bill making fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle near the border a crime punishable by prison. The House passed it 264-155, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

    February 13, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 27, which permanently classes fentanyl-like drugs in Schedule I, the strictest federal drug category, and applies fentanyl's trafficking penalties. The House passed it 312-108. The House bill itself stalled in the Senate, but identical text became law in July 2025.

    February 6, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, sending it to the president to require jailing immigrants here illegally who are arrested for theft. The House passed it 263-156, and it became law on January 29, 2025.

    January 22, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 30, a bill barring entry and allowing deportation of non-citizens for sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking or child abuse. The House passed it 274-145, but the Senate has not passed it.

    January 16, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 7673, the Liberty in Laundry Act, barring clothes washer efficiency rules unless found workable and unlikely to raise buyers' costs. The House passed it 215-200, but the Senate never acted, so the bill died when the 118th Congress ended.

    December 10, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 7909, a bill making immigrants deportable or barred from entry for stalking, child abuse, sex offenses or domestic violence. It passed the House 266-158, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.

    September 18, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted no on H.R. 8281, the SAVE Act, opposing a documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal voter registration. The House passed it 221-198. The Senate never voted on it, and the bill died at the end of the 118th Congress.

    July 10, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7637, the Refrigerator Freedom Act, barring refrigerator and freezer efficiency standards unless found workable and not costlier for consumers. The House passed it 212-192, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.

    July 9, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8070, the House's fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill, setting Defense Department policy and raising junior enlisted pay. The House passed it 217-199; its provisions became law through H.R. 5009 in December 2024.

    June 14, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 8282, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, sanctioning foreigners who help the International Criminal Court prosecute Americans or allied citizens. The House passed it 247-155, but the Senate never voted, so the bill died.

    June 4, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 192, a bill to bar noncitizens from voting in District of Columbia elections by repealing the 2022 DC law allowing it. The House passed it 262-143, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.

    May 23, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 5403, the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, a bill to bar the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar or individual accounts. The House passed it 216-192, but the Senate never took it up, so the bill died.

    May 23, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 7530, the DC CRIMES Act, a bill to cut DC's youth offender age from 24 to 18 and freeze existing sentences. The House passed it 225-181, but the Senate never acted and it died.

    May 15, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6090, which would have told the Education Department to use a set definition of antisemitism in campus discrimination cases. The definition's examples include some statements about Israel. The House passed it 320-91.

    May 1, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 3602 as rewritten on the floor into the End the Border Catastrophe Act. That package would have restarted border wall construction, tightened asylum rules, and added detention capacity. Needing two-thirds under a fast-track process, it failed 215-199 and never became law.

    April 20, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 7511, the Laken Riley Act, which would have forced federal detention of people in the country illegally charged with theft or burglary. It passed the House 251-170 but died in the Senate.

    March 7, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 6976, which would have made any drunk or drugged driving offense grounds to bar or deport an immigrant. The House passed it 274-150, but it died in the Senate and never became law.

    February 1, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 6678, which would have made Social Security fraud, fake-ID fraud, or COVID relief fraud grounds to bar or deport an immigrant. The House passed it anyway, 272-155, but the Senate never acted and it never became law.

    January 31, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 5585, a bill making fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle near the border a crime punishable by prison. The House passed it 271-154, but the bill died when that Congress ended.

    January 30, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 6126, which would have sent Israel $14.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money as military aid. To pay for it, the bill would have taken the same amount from extra funding Congress gave the IRS. The House passed it 226-196.

    November 2, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against passing H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act, cutting federal funding to public schools and colleges that shelter immigrants who entered without admission. The House passed it 222-201, but the Senate never acted and the bill died with the 118th Congress.

    July 19, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act, which would have permanently put fentanyl-like substances in the strictest drug category and applied fentanyl-level trafficking penalties. It passed the House 289-133 and died without Senate passage, so this bill never became law.

    May 25, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 347, a proposal requiring inflation estimates for executive orders projected to have annual budgetary or economic effects of at least $1 million. The House passed the proposal.

    March 1, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 26, which blocked the District of Columbia's rewritten criminal code, which lowered maximum sentences for carjacking and robbery. The House passed it 250-173. It was signed on March 20, 2023 as Public Law 118-1.

    February 9, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted against H.J.Res. 24, which would overturn the District of Columbia law letting noncitizen residents vote in local DC elections. The House passed it 260-162 anyway. The Senate never voted, so it died with the 118th Congress and the DC law stands.

    February 9, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for S. 5087, a proposal extending the federal Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians and allowing it to accept specified non-profit and tribal gifts. The House passed the proposal.

    December 22, 2022

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for final House passage of the Patents for Humanity Act of 2022, which speeds patent proceedings for inventors solving humanitarian problems. The House agreed 396-24 and it became Public Law 117-245.

    December 6, 2022

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for final House passage of the SBA Cyber Awareness Act, which makes the Small Business Administration report yearly on its cybersecurity and any breach. The House agreed 417-0 and it became Public Law 117-259.

    December 6, 2022

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Was elected chair of the House Democratic Caucus for the 118th Congress; he was elected to the same chair role again in 2024.

    November 30, 2022

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 8454, a proposal easing federal registration requirements for marijuana and cannabidiol medical research and supply for research and approved medicines. The House passed the proposal.

    July 26, 2022

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 6930, a proposal directing an interagency study of legal mechanisms for seizing assets of sanctioned people tied to Russia’s leadership and corruption. The House passed the proposal.

    April 27, 2022

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted for H.R. 7276, a proposal requiring reporting on evidence collection, public diplomacy and accountability efforts concerning war crimes during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The House passed the proposal.

    April 6, 2022

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Was elected vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus for the 117th Congress.

    November 19, 2020

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted for S.J.Res. 37 and 38, proposals blocking specified arms and support-service sales to the UAE and Saudi Arabia and related European recipients. The House approved both resolutions.

    July 17, 2019

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Announced that Appropriations Committee members had selected him as the committee’s vice chair.

    January 16, 2019

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Was identified as a chief deputy whip in the dated announcement of his third House term.

    January 4, 2019

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Was named a whip in the New Democrat Coalition’s announced leadership team for the 116th Congress.

    December 11, 2018

    Source: newdemocratcoalition.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 5, a proposal changing federal rulemaking through cost-benefit analysis, least-cost requirements and additional hearings and judicial review. The House passed the proposal.

    January 11, 2017

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Was announced as an assistant whip appointed by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer for the 115th Congress.

    January 4, 2017

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Was elected whip of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for the 115th Congress.

    December 1, 2016

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted to override the President’s veto of S. 2040, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, allowing qualifying terrorism victims to bring civil claims against foreign governments. The House approved the override.

    September 28, 2016

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Testified before the United States International Trade Commission in support of Searing Industries and an affirmative antidumping and countervailing-duty determination on structural-tubing imports from Korea, Turkey and Mexico.

    July 14, 2016

    Source: aguilar.house.gov

  • Voted against H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, a proposal replacing federal education-accountability rules and removing maintenance-of-effort requirements for state and local school funding. The House passed the proposal.

    July 8, 2015

    Source: clerk.house.gov

  • Voted No on the environmental findings, cost-benefit study, conditional-use permit and parcel map for the Redlands Crossing development, including a 196,114-square-foot Walmart. The council approved the development despite his four recorded No votes.

    October 16, 2012

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Was elected by fellow Redlands councilmembers to serve as mayor for a two-year term; the council selected him again in December 2012.

    December 7, 2010

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Voted No on a resolution eliminating dental, vision and life insurance for newly elected, reelected or appointed Redlands councilmembers and limiting their health-insurance benefits. The council approved the benefit reductions.

    November 16, 2010

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to approve a negotiated side letter suspending firefighters’ sick-leave cash buybacks for fiscal year 2010–2011. The council approved the suspension; accrued leave remained on the books for later payment.

    August 3, 2010

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to adopt an ordinance proposing a half-percent Redlands sales tax and place the tax measure before voters in November 2010. The council approved the ordinance and ballot referral.

    July 29, 2010

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to approve Redlands’ Redevelopment Agency Business Incentive Programme and Resolution 6865 defining new development projects under voter-approved Measure U. The council adopted the programme and resolution.

    August 4, 2009

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Seconded the successful motion adopting Redlands Ordinance 2698, which established licensing requirements for rental-dwelling owners. The April introduction and inspection-program fee resolution were earlier stages of the same programme.

    May 6, 2008

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to authorize a Red Light Photo Enforcement Programme at Citrus Avenue and University Street and a Redflex agreement for the camera-based traffic-citation system. The council approved his motion.

    January 15, 2008

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Moved to allow a residential project above 18 dwellings per acre and approve Conditional Use Permit 889 in Redlands. The council approved the high-density development motions.

    June 19, 2007

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Seconded successful motions to fund Redlands’ 18-month police Air Support Unit trial with $185,000 from asset-seizure and traffic-impound accounts and buy a Cessna airplane for up to $80,000.

    March 20, 2007

    Source: redlands.gov

  • Voted Aye to approve Redlands’ development-incentive and operating-covenant agreement with Payless ShoeSource Distribution. The agreement passed with three named Ayes and one No.

    August 1, 2006

    Source: redlands.gov

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