Richard Hudson

Republican · NC · U.S. Representative for NC Congressional District 9

Richard Hudson has served in Congress since 2013 and currently represents North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. He chairs the House Energy and Commerce communications subcommittee and works on military and veterans issues.

Supports

AI Regulation (1 record), Personal Income Tax Reduction (6 records), U.S.-Israel Ties (8 records)

Opposes

Gun Control (12 records), Women's Reproductive Rights (11 records)

Mixed record

Healthcare Affordability (15 support · 10 oppose), Environment and Public Health (25 support · 80 oppose), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 support · 4 oppose),

Track record

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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
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Healthcare Affordability · 15 support · 10 oppose

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
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Introduced the Take Care of America's Veterans Act with committee chairman Mike Bost. The package folds in more than 60 bipartisan bills changing VA health care and benefits (H.R. 9237).
June 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Yea on S. 2393 on 2026-05-20. The proposal authorized about $1.763 billion for the St. Louis VA medical-facility project, including a new bed tower, outpatient clinic and supporting facilities. CBO estimated $1.481 billion in 2026–2030 outlays, conditional on future appropriations, with no direct-spending or revenue effect.
May 20, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
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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
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Voted against passing 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, 2026Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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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
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Voted against sending 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, 2022Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted for H.R. 3967 on March 3, 2022 (256-174), then the final PACT Act in S. 3373 on July 13 (342-88). It expanded health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxins and added $500 million for the toxic-exposures fund. It became law August 10, 2022.
July 13, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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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
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Voted against S. 610, which delayed automatic Medicare payment cuts through March 2022 and eased other scheduled reductions. The House passed it 222-212.
December 7, 2021Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Signed an August 11, 2021 letter urging the VA to prioritize rural veterans care through telehealth, broadband, transportation, and coordination with other agencies and private providers.
August 11, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against sending 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, 2021Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 133 on 2020-12-21. Supported both complementary House votes on the final fiscal-2021 funding and coronavirus-relief package. It included income-limited stimulus payments, expanded unemployment benefits, nutrition aid and health-insurance billing protections. CBO estimated about $1.043 trillion in added ten-year deficits for its nonannual-funding divisions.
December 21, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Contacted CMS after about 50 families raised concerns about losing caregiving and respite services during remote schooling. CMS approved the North Carolina CAP-C disability-care waiver amendment on September 21, 2020.
September 22, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 266 on 2020-04-23. Supported additional Paycheck Protection Program, small-business disaster assistance, health-provider and coronavirus-testing funding. CBO estimated about $483 billion in added outlays. Earlier voted Nay on H.R. 266 on January 11, 2019, when it was an Interior appropriations proposal. The 2020 amendment replaced that subject with the pandemic package.
April 23, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Co-led a March 17, 2020 letter requesting additional appropriations for veterans and military COVID-19 treatment beyond previously funded diagnostic testing.
March 17, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6201 on 2020-03-14. Supported the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s food assistance, paid-leave and no-cost coronavirus-testing provisions. Added emergency appropriations and increased federal Medicaid contributions, without a specified funding-offset package.
March 14, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6074 on 2020-03-04. Supported emergency coronavirus funding and Medicare telehealth access changes. CBO scored $7.767 billion in new discretionary appropriations and about $490 million in additional Medicare spending.
March 4, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Aye on H.R. 1628 on 2017-05-04. Supported the House-passed American Health Care Act, changing Medicaid, insurance subsidies and coverage requirements and restricting specified abortion-provider payments. CBO estimated $119 billion in net deficit reduction and 23 million more uninsured people in 2026.
May 4, 2017Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Publicly urged CMS to reject Governor Cooper's proposed North Carolina Medicaid expansion.
January 9, 2017Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Aye on H.R. 34 on 2016-11-30. Supported the 21st Century Cures package of biomedical research, drug-review, mental-health and opioid-response changes. CBO attributed about $6 billion in deficit reduction to its mandatory-spending and revenue provisions. The package also authorized NIH, FDA and opioid-response funding dependent on annual appropriations.
November 30, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 3762 on 2016-02-02. Supported the reconciliation package repealing major Affordable Care Act funding provisions and restricting payments to specified abortion providers. Supported the Senate version and the unsuccessful veto override in 2016.
February 2, 2016Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted Aye on H.R. 596 on 2015-02-03. The proposal repealed the Affordable Care Act. The 2015 version delayed repeal for 180 days and directed committees to develop replacement legislation.
February 3, 2015Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Environment and Public Health · 25 support · 80 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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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
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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
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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
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for two versions of disaster-payment changes for farmland and private forests in 2026. H.R. 1011 passed 395-10; S. 629 passed 368-19. Both expanded advance payments for replacement or repairs. S. 629 also extended the farmland repayment deadline to 180 days and broadened eligibility for damage from human-caused or federal wildfires.
June 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
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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
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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
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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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
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Voted for proposals to restrict federal agencies from banning lead ammunition and fishing tackle on federal hunting or fishing land. Existing waterfowl rules and site-specific limits backed by wildlife data and state consistency or approval remained exempt. H.R. 615 passed 214-201 in 2024; H.R. 556 passed 215-202 in 2026.
March 18, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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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
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for proposals to remove gray wolves from the endangered-species list by reissuing the 2020 rule without judicial review. H.R. 764 passed 209-205 in 2024; H.R. 845 passed 211-204 in 2025. H.R. 845 remained in a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 18, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted yes on H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act. It would narrow the main federal environmental review law, cutting how many federal projects need a review and limiting court challenges. The House passed it 221-196, and the bill went to a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 18, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 3632 on 2025-12-16. The proposal required advance notice of covered power-plant retirements and allowed continued-operation orders with specified environmental-liability exemptions.
December 16, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for proposals to end Energy Department approval of natural-gas exports, leaving FERC to approve export facilities with exports deemed in the public interest. Other applicable permits and presidential sanctions powers remained. H.R. 7176 passed 224-200 in 2024; H.R. 1949 passed 217-188 in 2025. H.R. 1949 has not become law.
November 20, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to send 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Signed an October 23, 2025 letter asking Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service to prevent High Falls Dam removal, citing endangered fish habitat, downstream sediment, wildlife, and water-supply risks.
October 23, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 105 in the House, canceling the federal land plan for North Dakota. That plan guided leasing on 4.1 million acres of federally owned minerals. The House passed it 215-211, and it became Public Law 119-49 on December 11, 2025.
September 3, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 106 in the House, canceling the federal land plan for Alaska's Central Yukon area. That plan had set aside about 3.6 million acres as specially protected areas. The House passed it 215-210, and it became Public Law 119-50 on December 11, 2025.
September 3, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Publicly urged FDA and Customs enforcement against illicit and unapproved ingredients used in counterfeit weight-loss drugs, including an import alert and action against illegal suppliers.
July 25, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to send 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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. The Senate has not taken it up, so the fish still has Endangered Species Act protection.
May 1, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 1442 on 2025-04-29. The proposal banned specified high-concentration sodium-nitrite consumer sales, with commercial, food and medical exceptions.
April 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 973 on 2025-04-28. The proposal required federal product-safety standards for rechargeable batteries used in electric bicycles and other micromobility devices.
April 28, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 75, canceling the Energy Department's new, stricter efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators and freezers used in stores and restaurants. The House passed it 214-193, and it became law.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 24, canceling the Energy Department's new, stricter efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers, the refrigerated rooms stores and restaurants use. The House passed it 203-182, and it became law.
March 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 42, canceling the Energy Department's new rule tightening testing, labeling, and enforcement for appliance efficiency standards. The House passed it 222-203, and it became law.
March 5, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 61, canceling the EPA's 2024 limits on hazardous air pollution from rubber tire factories. The House passed it 216-202, and it became law.
March 5, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 20, 221-198 in the House, using the law that lets Congress cancel new federal rules. It wiped out the Energy Department's efficiency standards for consumer gas-fired tankless water heaters. The Senate agreed in April and it became law on May 9, 2025.
February 27, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 35, 220-206 in the House, using the law that lets Congress cancel new federal rules. It wiped out the EPA rule carrying out the charge on methane leaked by oil and gas facilities. The Senate agreed and the President signed it in March 2025.
February 26, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for proposals to bar a President from declaring a fracking moratorium without an act of Congress. H.R. 1121 passed 229-188 in 2024; H.R. 26 passed 226-188 in 2025. Both also endorsed state primacy over fracking on state and private land.
February 7, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 776 on 2025-02-04. The proposal extended the Nutria Eradication and Control Act’s authorization period through 2030.
February 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted for both Fix Our Forests proposals to speed federal wildfire projects, expand environmental-review exclusions to 10,000 acres and limit court challenges. H.R. 8790 passed 268-151 in 2024; H.R. 471 passed 279-141 in 2025. The later bill also added local fire-department repayment procedures and electrical-corridor tree removal consistent with other environmental laws. H.R. 471 has not passed the Senate.
January 23, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 136, which would cancel the federal environmental agency's tailpipe pollution standards for cars and trucks from model year 2027 onward. It passed the House 215-191, but the Senate never acted, so the standards stayed in effect.
September 20, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted yes on H.R. 7700, the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act. It would bar the Energy Department from setting or enforcing dishwasher efficiency rules that cost consumers more or save little energy. The House passed it 214-192, but the Senate never acted and the bill died at the end of the 118th Congress.
July 9, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Signed a June 28, 2024 letter urging the Army to remedy mold, PFAS, and poor indoor air and water across its housing portfolio, using third-party testing, health benchmarks, and sustained maintenance.
June 28, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act, 209-204. It would repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and the methane fee created by the 2022 climate law, and claw back unspent money. The bill never passed the Senate and died when the 118th Congress ended.
March 22, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act, 213-205. It would have loosened Clean Water Act permit rules and set a 60-day deadline to sue over dredge-and-fill permits. The bill never passed the Senate and died when the 118th Congress ended.
March 21, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.R. 1435, which would stop any state from getting Clean Air Act permission for rules that limit sales of gas-powered vehicles. It would also cancel such permissions granted since January 2022. The House passed it 222-190, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
September 14, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to send S.J.Res. 24 to the President, which would have canceled the rule listing the northern long-eared bat as endangered. The House passed it 220-209. The President vetoed it on September 26, 2023, and the Senate override failed.
July 27, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to send S.J.Res. 9 to the President, which would have canceled the rule listing the lesser prairie-chicken as threatened and endangered. The House passed it 221-206. The President vetoed it on September 26, 2023, and the Senate override failed.
July 27, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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On February 28, 2023, released a joint public request for information with Anna Eshoo to prepare renewal of pandemic-response programs. His Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act advanced in a recorded committee vote on July 19. It proposed renewing federal programs for responding to disease outbreaks.
July 19, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, 248-180 in the House. It would bar the Consumer Product Safety Commission from spending federal money to ban gas stoves or to set rules sharply raising their price. The Senate never voted, so the bill died.
June 13, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass S.J.Res. 11, which would have cancelled the EPA rule tightening smog-forming nitrogen oxide limits for new heavy-duty trucks and engines. The House passed it 221-203 and sent it to the President. He vetoed it on June 14, 2023, and the Senate override attempt failed, so the rule stayed in force.
May 23, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 27, which would have canceled the federal rule defining which streams and wetlands the Clean Water Act protects. The House passed it 227-198. The President vetoed it on April 6, 2023, and the House override attempt failed.
March 9, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to pass 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, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Published opposition to adding COVID-19 vaccines to the child immunization schedule and to resulting vaccination mandates.
October 20, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted against sending 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, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Signed a February 11, 2022 letter asking the Cumberland County health director to revise the indoor-mask order so school masking became optional.
February 11, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Questioned the EPA about its final GenX health assessment and public communication. He had hosted the administrator in August 2020 to press for completion and signed a March 2018 letter seeking assessment and containment of GenX contamination.
October 27, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
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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
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Co-led a bipartisan request to extend the VA Open Burn Pit Registry to veterans who served in Syria.
July 6, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
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Coordinated a Lowe's donation of 100,000 masks, allocating 50,000 each to Cabarrus Health Alliance and Cape Fear Valley Health. Both recipients described his role in arranging the donation.
May 13, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 266 on 2020-04-23. Supported additional Paycheck Protection Program, small-business disaster assistance, health-provider and coronavirus-testing funding. CBO estimated about $483 billion in added outlays. Earlier voted Nay on H.R. 266 on January 11, 2019, when it was an Interior appropriations proposal. The 2020 amendment replaced that subject with the pandemic package.
April 23, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6201 on 2020-03-14. Supported the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s food assistance, paid-leave and no-cost coronavirus-testing provisions. Added emergency appropriations and increased federal Medicaid contributions, without a specified funding-offset package.
March 14, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
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Signed a March 11, 2020 letter asking for more North Carolina COVID-19 test kits, guidance on testing priorities, and appropriate emergency authorizations for additional testing methods.
March 11, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6074 on 2020-03-04. Supported emergency coronavirus funding and Medicare telehealth access changes. CBO scored $7.767 billion in new discretionary appropriations and about $490 million in additional Medicare spending.
March 4, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
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Published support for FDA enforcement against unauthorized flavored e-cigarettes, unsafe chemicals, and marketing directed at children.
January 2, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted No on H.R. 9 on 2019-05-02. Opposed the Climate Action Now Act, requiring a plan to meet Paris Agreement commitments and prohibiting funds for withdrawal. Publicly opposed rejoining the Paris Agreement on February 1, 2021.
May 2, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 1 on 2017-12-20. Supported the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, reducing individual income-tax rates and changing deductions alongside business-tax changes. Supported initial passage and both December final-stage votes. The final package required oil and gas leasing and development on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain and exempted that area from the statutory development ban.
December 20, 2017Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.J.Res. 38 on 2017-02-01. Supported cancellation of the Stream Protection Rule governing coal-mining impacts on streams.
February 1, 2017Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Pressed the EPA through a letter and March 2016 hearing to withdraw proposed restrictions on converting street cars into race cars. In May 2022, submitted a written question urging statutory protection for motorsports under the Clean Air Act.
April 15, 2016Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Co-led an October 2014 request to place people exposed to Ebola on the Do Not Board list for 21 days and joined a request to temporarily suspend visas from affected West African countries.
October 16, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 5230 on 2014-08-01. The proposal provided emergency border-response funding and changed removal procedures for unaccompanied children. Included new immigration-court technology and waived specified environmental laws for border activities on covered federal land.
August 1, 2014Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted Yea on H.R. 3527 on 2014-01-08. The proposal reauthorized the poison-control hotline, education campaign and poison-centre grants for 2015–2019, including communications modernization.
January 8, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health
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Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support · 4 oppose

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
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap
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Voted against H.R. 2543, a bill to widen access to credit and banking, strengthen lending discrimination rules, and make racial equity a Federal Reserve duty. It also authorized $4 billion for a community banking investment fund. The House passed it 215-207.
June 15, 2022Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap
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Labor Rights · 6 support · 11 oppose

Voted Yea on H.R. 4646 on 2026-09-15. The proposal extended federal contractor whistleblower protections to specified HUD funding regardless of when it was awarded.
September 15, 2026Supports Labor Rights
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Voted against passing 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, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against 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, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Labor Rights
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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
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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
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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
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6201 on 2020-03-14. Supported the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s food assistance, paid-leave and no-cost coronavirus-testing provisions. Added emergency appropriations and increased federal Medicaid contributions, without a specified funding-offset package.
March 14, 2020Supports Labor Rights
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Voted Yea on H.R. 5430 on 2019-12-19. Supported implementation of the United States–Mexico–Canada trade agreement, including its labor-monitoring and rapid-response enforcement mechanisms.
December 19, 2019Supports Labor Rights
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Anti-Corruption · 6 support · 6 oppose

Voted for H.R. 9576, a proposal to establish the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division in law and put its staff under a political-activity ban. It assigned duties set by the Attorney General. The House passed it 352-72.
September 16, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted Yea on H.R. 4646 on 2026-09-15. The proposal extended federal contractor whistleblower protections to specified HUD funding regardless of when it was awarded.
September 15, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
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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
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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
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Published his signed November 4, 2019 letter asking Speaker Pelosi to open impeachment proceedings to public observation and provide all members uncensored transcripts under House rules.
November 4, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted Nay on H.R. 1 on 2019-03-08. Opposed the For the People Act’s voting-access, campaign-finance disclosure, foreign-election-money and federal ethics reforms.
March 8, 2019Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Government Efficiency · 32 support · 3 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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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 Government Efficiency
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Voted to pass 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 Government Efficiency
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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
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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
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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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
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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
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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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 Government Efficiency
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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 Government Efficiency
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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
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Voted Yea on H.R. 4305 on 2025-12-03. The proposal established and operated a small-business regulatory assistance hotline and website, with related reporting.
December 3, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted Yea on H.R. 5348 on 2025-12-01. The proposal required Social Security to issue replacement numbers for certain children whose cards were lost or stolen in the mail, subject to evidence requirements.
December 1, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted Yea on H.R. 1156 on 2025-03-11. The proposal extended limitations periods for specified pandemic unemployment-claim fraud to ten years and rescinded $5 million in unobligated funds.
March 11, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted Yea on H.R. 825 on 2025-02-24. The proposal disqualified specified convicted pandemic-loan fraud participants and their companies from future SBA financial assistance, with disaster-loan exceptions.
February 24, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Signed an October 5, 2024 letter asking HHS and FEMA to activate the idle Greensboro Influx Care Facility for Hurricane Helene housing and aid-worker staging. His March 7, 2024 letter had requested answers about its contracts and operations.
October 5, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
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Signed a June 28, 2024 letter urging the Army to remedy mold, PFAS, and poor indoor air and water across its housing portfolio, using third-party testing, health benchmarks, and sustained maintenance.
June 28, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
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Signed a March 11, 2024 letter urging the FDA to process pending smoke-free tobacco applications more efficiently and make science-based determinations, while preventing underage use and youth marketing.
March 11, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Government Efficiency
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Publicly urged HHS to issue the overdue CARES Act section 3221 rule easing substance-use medical-record sharing for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations and removing repeated disclosure requirements. In May 2020, publicly requested guidance preventing banks from denying eligible firearms, energy, coal, and private-corrections businesses access to CARES programs.
September 12, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Government Efficiency
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Government Efficiency
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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
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Contacted CMS after about 50 families raised concerns about losing caregiving and respite services during remote schooling. CMS approved the North Carolina CAP-C disability-care waiver amendment on September 21, 2020.
September 22, 2020Supports Government Efficiency
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Called on the Wake County sheriff to follow state law and continue processing pistol permits after the sheriff announced a temporary shutdown.
March 24, 2020Supports Government Efficiency
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Signed a March 11, 2020 letter asking for more North Carolina COVID-19 test kits, guidance on testing priorities, and appropriate emergency authorizations for additional testing methods.
March 11, 2020Supports Government Efficiency
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Worked with the Postal Service to resolve Granite Quarry mailing-address problems. The mayor described his assistance, and USPS enabled residents to use the town name in their addresses.
November 9, 2015Supports Government Efficiency
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As Transportation Security Subcommittee chair, urged faster TSA PreCheck implementation and enrollment through malls and employers. He had chaired a March 2013 hearing on screening operations.
September 10, 2014Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted Yea on H.R. 5230 on 2014-08-01. The proposal provided emergency border-response funding and changed removal procedures for unaccompanied children. Included new immigration-court technology and waived specified environmental laws for border activities on covered federal land.
August 1, 2014Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted Yea on H.R. 3527 on 2014-01-08. The proposal reauthorized the poison-control hotline, education campaign and poison-centre grants for 2015–2019, including communications modernization.
January 8, 2014Supports Government Efficiency
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Published his signed letter asking TSA to rapidly revise screening procedures to protect the accessibility and privacy of wounded veterans.
March 22, 2013Supports Government Efficiency
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Immigration · 1 support · 30 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Immigration
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Voted against passing 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, 2026Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted for proposals to bar entry after a conviction or admission of drunk or drugged driving, and permit deportation after a conviction, including misdemeanors. H.R. 6976 passed 274-150 in 2024; H.R. 875 passed 246-160 in 2025. H.R. 875 has not become law.
June 26, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted for proposals to punish intentionally fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle within 100 miles of the border, with prison terms up to two years or longer for injury or death. Both also added entry, deportation and asylum restrictions. H.R. 5585 passed 271-154 in 2024; H.R. 35 passed 264-155 in 2025. H.R. 35 did not become law.
February 13, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted for Laken Riley proposals: H.R. 7511 in 2024 (251-170), H.R. 29 in January 2025 (264-159), then S. 5 (263-156). They proposed detention for certain immigrants accused of theft and state lawsuits over federal immigration decisions. S. 5 added officer assault and crimes causing death or serious injury. It became law January 29, 2025.
January 22, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted for proposals to expand entry bans and deportation grounds for non-citizens with sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse or protection-order offenses. Entry bans covered convictions or admissions; the added sex-offense deportation ground required a conviction. H.R. 7909 passed 266-158 in 2024; H.R. 30 passed 274-145 in 2025. The Senate has not passed H.R. 30.
January 16, 2025Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass H.R. 5717, a bill denying certain federal immigration funds to states and localities that limit information sharing or ignore detention requests. It passed the House 219-186, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
September 20, 2024Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass H.R. 3602 after the House replaced its whole text with the End the Border Catastrophe Act, a broad border and immigration package. It would have funded border wall building, narrowed asylum eligibility, and expanded detention. Under a fast-track process needing two-thirds, it failed 215-199 and died.
April 20, 2024Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass H.R. 6678, the Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act, 272-155 in the House. It would make Social Security fraud, fake-ID fraud, or COVID relief fraud grounds to bar or deport an immigrant. The Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
January 31, 2024Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2023Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2023Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass H.R. 2494, the POLICE Act. It would make assaulting a police officer, firefighter, or other first responder grounds to deport a noncitizen. The House passed it 255-175, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
May 17, 2023Opposes Immigration
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Voted to pass 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, 2023Opposes Immigration
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Immigration
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Signed an October 5, 2021 letter requesting immediate assistance and a clear evacuation plan for Americans and Afghan visa applicants left behind. He had opposed a calendar-based withdrawal in April and requested correction of misleading embassy directions in August.
October 5, 2021Supports Immigration
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Immigration
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Immigration
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Immigration
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Immigration
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Published support for the Supreme Court decision leaving in place the block on President Obama's deferred-action immigration program.
June 23, 2016Opposes Immigration
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Co-led an October 2014 request to place people exposed to Ebola on the Do Not Board list for 21 days and joined a request to temporarily suspend visas from affected West African countries.
October 16, 2014Opposes Immigration
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Voted Aye on H.R. 5272 on 2014-08-01. The proposal blocked specified new deferred-action applications and work authorizations under the 2014 House proposal.
August 1, 2014Opposes Immigration
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Voted Yea on H.R. 5230 on 2014-08-01. The proposal provided emergency border-response funding and changed removal procedures for unaccompanied children. Included new immigration-court technology and waived specified environmental laws for border activities on covered federal land.
August 1, 2014Opposes Immigration
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Government Spending Reduction · 20 support · 14 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on S. 2393 on 2026-05-20. The proposal authorized about $1.763 billion for the St. Louis VA medical-facility project, including a new bed tower, outpatient clinic and supporting facilities. CBO estimated $1.481 billion in 2026–2030 outlays, conditional on future appropriations, with no direct-spending or revenue effect.
May 20, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for 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, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to pass 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6703 on 2025-12-17. Supported association-health-plan, employer reimbursement and pharmacy-benefit-manager changes, plus cost-sharing payments conditioned on abortion-coverage restrictions. CBO estimated a $35.6 billion ten-year deficit reduction, lower gross premiums and slightly fewer insured people.
December 17, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 1156 on 2025-03-11. The proposal extended limitations periods for specified pandemic unemployment-claim fraud to ten years and rescinded $5 million in unobligated funds.
March 11, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against sending 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, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against 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, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for H.R. 3967 on March 3, 2022 (256-174), then the final PACT Act in S. 3373 on July 13 (342-88). It expanded health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxins and added $500 million for the toxic-exposures fund. It became law August 10, 2022.
July 13, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against H.R. 2543, a bill to widen access to credit and banking, strengthen lending discrimination rules, and make racial equity a Federal Reserve duty. It also authorized $4 billion for a community banking investment fund. The House passed it 215-207.
June 15, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Testified on May 20, 2021 requesting military-construction funding for the Fort Bragg Strategic Deployment Complex and Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility to support rapid deployment and troop safety.
May 20, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against sending 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 Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 133 on 2020-12-21. Supported both complementary House votes on the final fiscal-2021 funding and coronavirus-relief package. It included income-limited stimulus payments, expanded unemployment benefits, nutrition aid and health-insurance billing protections. CBO estimated about $1.043 trillion in added ten-year deficits for its nonannual-funding divisions.
December 21, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Joined a May 11, 2020 letter requesting additional federal funding to compensate pork producers forced to euthanize livestock during pandemic processing disruptions.
May 11, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 266 on 2020-04-23. Supported additional Paycheck Protection Program, small-business disaster assistance, health-provider and coronavirus-testing funding. CBO estimated about $483 billion in added outlays. Earlier voted Nay on H.R. 266 on January 11, 2019, when it was an Interior appropriations proposal. The 2020 amendment replaced that subject with the pandemic package.
April 23, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-led a March 20, 2020 letter requesting increased federal aid for small-business payroll, bills, and liquidity beyond the tax credits in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
March 20, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Co-led a March 17, 2020 letter requesting additional appropriations for veterans and military COVID-19 treatment beyond previously funded diagnostic testing.
March 17, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6201 on 2020-03-14. Supported the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s food assistance, paid-leave and no-cost coronavirus-testing provisions. Added emergency appropriations and increased federal Medicaid contributions, without a specified funding-offset package.
March 14, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6074 on 2020-03-04. Supported emergency coronavirus funding and Medicare telehealth access changes. CBO scored $7.767 billion in new discretionary appropriations and about $490 million in additional Medicare spending.
March 4, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Aye on H.R. 1628 on 2017-05-04. Supported the House-passed American Health Care Act, changing Medicaid, insurance subsidies and coverage requirements and restricting specified abortion-provider payments. CBO estimated $119 billion in net deficit reduction and 23 million more uninsured people in 2026.
May 4, 2017Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 2 on 2015-03-26. The proposal replaced Medicare’s sustainable-growth-rate payment formula and extended CHIP funding in the final 2015 package. CBO’s enacted-law review estimated a $141 billion deficit increase over 2015–2025. Also supported the earlier 2014 Medicare-payment proposal, which used different offsets.
March 26, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Aye on H.R. 5021 on 2014-07-15. The proposal extended federal highway funding and transferred money to the Highway Trust Fund in the 2014 short-term funding package. The package used pension-funding and customs-fee offsets. CBO estimated $9.929 billion in direct-spending and revenue savings, exceeding its $1.980 billion in potential additional appropriated outlays. Also voted Yea on the July 31 motion disagreeing with the Senate amendment. Lowered minimum employer pension contributions, which CBO expected to increase pension underfunding.
July 15, 2014Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 2642 on 2014-01-29. Supported the 2014 farm-bill conference agreement, including farm programmes and SNAP benefit changes. CBO estimated $16.6 billion in net deficit reduction over 2014–2023. Also supported the failed initial farm bill and the agriculture-only House version in 2013.
January 29, 2014Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Nay on H.R. 152 on 2013-01-15. The proposal provided about $50.7 billion in emergency Hurricane Sandy recovery appropriations.
January 15, 2013Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted Nay on H.R. 41 on 2013-01-04. The proposal increased National Flood Insurance Program borrowing authority by $9.7 billion.
January 4, 2013Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 9 support · 14 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to pass H.R. 5140 in the House, 225-203. It 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, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for the DC CRIMES proposals: H.R. 7530 on May 15, 2024 (225-181), then H.R. 4922 on September 16, 2025 (240-179). Both narrowed youth sentencing eligibility and required a public juvenile-crime statistics website. The earlier bill set eligibility at 18 or younger and froze council changes to criminal sentences. The later bill limited eligibility to under 18 and barred sentences below mandatory minimums. These were House proposals.
September 16, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for HALT Fentanyl proposals: H.R. 467 in 2023 (289-133), H.R. 27 in February 2025 (312-108), then S. 331 in June (321-104). S. 331 permanently placed fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I and applied fentanyl trafficking penalties. It became law July 16, 2025.
June 12, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for proposals to punish intentionally fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle within 100 miles of the border, with prison terms up to two years or longer for injury or death. Both also added entry, deportation and asylum restrictions. H.R. 5585 passed 271-154 in 2024; H.R. 35 passed 264-155 in 2025. H.R. 35 did not become law.
February 13, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Signed a July 12, 2024 letter asking the Army to stop training slides labeling pro-life organizations as terrorists, review training across installations, investigate the incident, and hold responsible personnel accountable.
July 12, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Joined the January 15, 2024 amicus brief in NRA v. Vullo asking the Supreme Court to reverse dismissal of First Amendment claims alleging regulatory pressure on banks and insurers to blacklist the NRA.
January 15, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted Nay on H.R. 3617 on 2022-04-01. Opposed both House-passed MORE Act versions, removing marijuana from federal controlled-substance schedules and providing criminal-record relief. The later version changed the proposed excise-tax structure.
April 1, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Joined the March 2, 2022 amicus brief in Kennedy v. Bremerton asking the Supreme Court to reverse restrictions on a public-school coach's personal prayer. His October 18, 2021 brief in the same case had requested review on free-speech and religious-exercise grounds.
March 2, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against H.R. 1280 on March 3, 2021 (220-212), restricting chokeholds and no-knock warrants, easing lawsuits against officers, and setting police standards. On May 25, said he wrote an amendment to prevent union contracts from shielding officers with repeated misconduct. Also expressed support for chokehold limits, intervention training, reporting, and body cameras; no amendment adoption was established.
March 3, 2021Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Published his signed letter asking the Defense Department to investigate and reverse the Army ban on biblical references on licensed replica dog tags and protect religious expression.
December 9, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Published his signed letter asking the North Carolina High School Athletic Association to reconsider punishment of cheerleaders who displayed a political sign, citing free expression.
September 17, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted Nay on S. 756 on 2018-12-20. Opposed the First Step Act’s federal sentencing reductions and prison-reform provisions.
December 20, 2018Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Authored an amendment urging Turkey to release imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson, which the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted in its human-rights resolution on July 9, 2018.
July 9, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Urged an appeal to the Supreme Court after the Fourth Circuit ruled against legislator-led prayer in Lund v. Rowan County.
July 14, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Published his signed letter asking TSA to rapidly revise screening procedures to protect the accessibility and privacy of wounded veterans.
March 22, 2013Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Published support for TSA removal of graphic full-body scanners and replacement with generic imaging software to protect travelers privacy.
January 23, 2013Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Social Programs and Welfare · 10 support · 14 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Introduced the Take Care of America's Veterans Act with committee chairman Mike Bost. The package folds in more than 60 bipartisan bills changing VA health care and benefits (H.R. 9237).
June 11, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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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
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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
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Voted for H.R. 1 at first House passage on May 22, 2025 (215–214). Accepted the Senate’s version July 3 (218–214). The package extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. It became law July 4, 2025.
July 3, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for 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, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to pass 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, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for H.R. 3967 on March 3, 2022 (256-174), then the final PACT Act in S. 3373 on July 13 (342-88). It expanded health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxins and added $500 million for the toxic-exposures fund. It became law August 10, 2022.
July 13, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted against the Violence Against Women Act renewals: S. 47 on February 28, 2013 (286-138), then H.R. 1620 on March 17, 2021 (244-172). The earlier version added nondiscrimination requirements for funded services and expanded tribal domestic-violence jurisdiction. The later version renewed programs through 2026 and added housing protections and gun restrictions for convicted abusers. Both renewed the same grant programs with different added protections.
March 17, 2021Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted against sending 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, 2021Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted Yea on H.R. 133 on 2020-12-21. Supported both complementary House votes on the final fiscal-2021 funding and coronavirus-relief package. It included income-limited stimulus payments, expanded unemployment benefits, nutrition aid and health-insurance billing protections. CBO estimated about $1.043 trillion in added ten-year deficits for its nonannual-funding divisions.
December 21, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Contacted CMS after about 50 families raised concerns about losing caregiving and respite services during remote schooling. CMS approved the North Carolina CAP-C disability-care waiver amendment on September 21, 2020.
September 22, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted Yea on H.R. 6201 on 2020-03-14. Supported the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s food assistance, paid-leave and no-cost coronavirus-testing provisions. Added emergency appropriations and increased federal Medicaid contributions, without a specified funding-offset package.
March 14, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted Aye on H.R. 1628 on 2017-05-04. Supported the House-passed American Health Care Act, changing Medicaid, insurance subsidies and coverage requirements and restricting specified abortion-provider payments. CBO estimated $119 billion in net deficit reduction and 23 million more uninsured people in 2026.
May 4, 2017Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Publicly urged CMS to reject Governor Cooper's proposed North Carolina Medicaid expansion.
January 9, 2017Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted Yea on H.R. 3762 on 2016-02-02. Supported the reconciliation package repealing major Affordable Care Act funding provisions and restricting payments to specified abortion providers. Supported the Senate version and the unsuccessful veto override in 2016.
February 2, 2016Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted Yea on H.R. 2 on 2015-03-26. The proposal replaced Medicare’s sustainable-growth-rate payment formula and extended CHIP funding in the final 2015 package. CBO’s enacted-law review estimated a $141 billion deficit increase over 2015–2025. Also supported the earlier 2014 Medicare-payment proposal, which used different offsets.
March 26, 2015Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted Aye on H.R. 596 on 2015-02-03. The proposal repealed the Affordable Care Act. The 2015 version delayed repeal for 180 days and directed committees to develop replacement legislation.
February 3, 2015Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted Yea on H.R. 2642 on 2014-01-29. Supported the 2014 farm-bill conference agreement, including farm programmes and SNAP benefit changes. CBO estimated $16.6 billion in net deficit reduction over 2014–2023. Also supported the failed initial farm bill and the agriculture-only House version in 2013.
January 29, 2014Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Gun Control · 12 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Gun Control
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Gun Control
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Voted for both LEOSA proposals to expand concealed-carry rights for qualified current and retired police officers. H.R. 354 passed 221-185 in 2024; H.R. 2243 passed 229-193 in 2025. Both covered school zones, public transport, national parks and some federal facilities, and let states extend retired officers' training qualification to three years.
May 14, 2025Opposes Gun Control
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Led a June 14, 2021 letter urging withdrawal of ATF’s proposed stabilizing-brace rule; hosted a July 27 press conference against it. On June 13, 2023, voted for H.J.Res. 44 to cancel the final rule treating brace-equipped pistols as short-barreled rifles requiring stricter registration (219-210). The Senate rejected the resolution on June 22, so it did not cancel the rule.
June 13, 2023Opposes Gun Control
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Gun Control
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Gun Control
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Published support for the Supreme Court Bruen decision rejecting New York restrictions on concealed-carry permits.
June 23, 2022Opposes Gun Control
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Gun Control
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Gun Control
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Voted against the Violence Against Women Act renewals: S. 47 on February 28, 2013 (286-138), then H.R. 1620 on March 17, 2021 (244-172). The earlier version added nondiscrimination requirements for funded services and expanded tribal domestic-violence jurisdiction. The later version renewed programs through 2026 and added housing protections and gun restrictions for convicted abusers. Both renewed the same grant programs with different added protections.
March 17, 2021Opposes Gun Control
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Gun Control
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Gun Control
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Women's Reproductive Rights · 11 oppose

Voted Yea on H.R. 6703 on 2025-12-17. Supported association-health-plan, employer reimbursement and pharmacy-benefit-manager changes, plus cost-sharing payments conditioned on abortion-coverage restrictions. CBO estimated a $35.6 billion ten-year deficit reduction, lower gross premiums and slightly fewer insured people.
December 17, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Published support for the June 24, 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. His July 29, 2021 amicus brief had asked the Court to uphold Mississippi abortion restrictions or remand for further evidence and, where necessary, overrule Roe and Casey.
June 24, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted Aye on H.R. 36 on 2017-10-03. The proposal prohibited abortions after 20 weeks after fertilization, with specified life, rape and incest exceptions. Supported earlier House versions in 2013 and 2015.
October 3, 2017Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted Aye on H.R. 1628 on 2017-05-04. Supported the House-passed American Health Care Act, changing Medicaid, insurance subsidies and coverage requirements and restricting specified abortion-provider payments. CBO estimated $119 billion in net deficit reduction and 23 million more uninsured people in 2026.
May 4, 2017Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted Aye on H.R. 7 on 2017-01-24. The proposal prohibited federal funding and specified tax assistance for abortion coverage, with life, rape and incest exceptions. Also supported the earlier 2014 and 2015 versions.
January 24, 2017Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted Yea on H.R. 3762 on 2016-02-02. Supported the reconciliation package repealing major Affordable Care Act funding provisions and restricting payments to specified abortion providers. Supported the Senate version and the unsuccessful veto override in 2016.
February 2, 2016Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Limit Foreign Influence · 4 support · 2 oppose

Signed a March 16, 2026 letter urging Secretary Rubio to prioritize trusted telecommunications suppliers, counter Huawei and ZTE networks, and coordinate secure 5G and 6G standards with allies.
March 16, 2026Supports Limit Foreign Influence
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Voted Yea on H.R. 881 on 2025-05-07. The proposal restricted Homeland Security funding for universities maintaining specified Chinese-government relationships, with national-security waiver conditions.
May 7, 2025Supports Limit Foreign Influence
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Voted Yea on H.R. 1048 on 2025-03-27. The proposal expanded university reporting of foreign gifts and contracts, including additional controls involving countries of concern.
March 27, 2025Supports Limit Foreign Influence
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Voted to pass H.R. 8314, which would bar larger tax-exempt groups that accept money from foreign nationals from giving to political committees for eight years. Brought up under a fast-track process needing two-thirds, it failed 218-181 and never became law.
September 17, 2024Supports Limit Foreign Influence
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Limit Foreign Influence
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Voted Nay on H.R. 1 on 2019-03-08. Opposed the For the People Act’s voting-access, campaign-finance disclosure, foreign-election-money and federal ethics reforms.
March 8, 2019Opposes Limit Foreign Influence
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National Defense · 12 support · 1 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2026Supports National Defense
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Voted against passing 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 National Defense
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Voted for H.R. 3838 on September 10, 2025 (231-196), then final S. 1071 on December 10 (312-112). Also supported H.R. 4275’s Coast Guard proposal in July (399-12), covering 2025-2029. The final defense law authorized Coast Guard programs for 2026-2027 alongside military policy and construction. It became law December 18, 2025.
December 10, 2025Supports National Defense
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Voted for H.R. 8070, the 2025 defense policy proposal, on June 14, 2024 (217-199), then the final H.R. 5009 on December 11 (281-140). It authorized military programs and construction and raised junior enlisted pay. It became law December 23, 2024.
December 11, 2024Supports National Defense
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Signed a November 21, 2024 letter asking the Defense Innovation Unit to select North Carolina for an OnRamp hub connecting military needs with commercial technology.
November 21, 2024Supports National Defense
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Published opposition to the Army proposal to cut 3,000 special-operations support personnel, citing losses in intelligence, logistics, psychological operations, and military readiness.
March 5, 2024Supports National Defense
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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
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Voted for H.R. 7900, the first 2023 defense proposal, on July 14, 2022 (329-101). On July 26, co-led a letter urging repeal of the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate, citing readiness and recruitment. Supported final H.R. 7776 through H.Res. 1512, which adopted it on December 8 (350-80). It set military policy, authorized programs and construction, and ordered rescission of the mandate. It became law December 23, 2022.
December 8, 2022Supports National Defense
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As chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly political and security committee, participated in a January 2022 Bureau meeting and urged increased United States lethal military assistance to Ukraine against Russian aggression.
January 24, 2022Supports National Defense
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Voted for the first 2022 defense bill, H.R. 4350, on September 23, 2021 (316-113). On September 29, co-led a letter urging removal of its military gun-confiscation provision, citing orders issued without the servicemember present. Voted for final S. 1605 on December 7 (363-70), setting military policy and authorizing Defense Department programs and construction. It became law December 27, 2021.
December 7, 2021Supports National Defense
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Testified on May 20, 2021 requesting military-construction funding for the Fort Bragg Strategic Deployment Complex and Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility to support rapid deployment and troop safety.
May 20, 2021Supports National Defense
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Urged President Trump to avoid diverting already appropriated military-construction funds to a border wall, citing the importance of military facilities.
February 11, 2019Supports National Defense
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Co-authored a March 11, 2014 letter opposing deactivation of the 440th Airlift Wing and requesting operational answers. Also requested a funding prohibition on inactivation or relocation in the FY2015 defense appropriations process in April 2014.
March 11, 2014Supports National Defense
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Personal Income Tax Reduction · 6 support

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
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Voted for H.R. 1 at first House passage on May 22, 2025 (215–214). Accepted the Senate’s version July 3 (218–214). The package extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. It became law July 4, 2025.
July 3, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 33 on 2025-01-15. The proposal reduced specified United States tax withholding rates and double-tax burdens for eligible Taiwan residents, subject to reciprocal treatment.
January 15, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Voted Yea on H.R. 1 on 2017-12-20. Supported the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, reducing individual income-tax rates and changing deductions alongside business-tax changes. Supported initial passage and both December final-stage votes. The final package required oil and gas leasing and development on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain and exempted that area from the statutory development ban.
December 20, 2017Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Voted Aye on H.R. 1628 on 2017-05-04. Supported the House-passed American Health Care Act, changing Medicaid, insurance subsidies and coverage requirements and restricting specified abortion-provider payments. CBO estimated $119 billion in net deficit reduction and 23 million more uninsured people in 2026.
May 4, 2017Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Voted Aye on H.R. 2146 on 2015-06-18. Supported the final H.R. 2146 package establishing trade-promotion procedures and a retirement-withdrawal tax exception for certain public-safety employees. Also supported the earlier retirement-tax-only version.
June 18, 2015Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Foreign Trade · 4 support · 6 oppose

Voted for H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.
September 3, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
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Voted for the January 12, 2026 AGOA extension in H.R. 6500 (340-54) and Haiti extension in H.R. 6504 (345-45), including proposed import refunds and Haiti apparel-rule changes. On September 1, supported final H.R. 6500 (370-48), continuing federal funding through December 11 at 2026 levels. It retained African and Haiti trade preferences through 2028 and customs fees into 2032, without all earlier Haiti changes.
September 1, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
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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
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade
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Voted against terminating 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, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade
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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
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Published support for President Biden executive order prioritizing American-made goods in federal procurement.
January 25, 2021Opposes Foreign Trade
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Voted Yea on H.R. 5430 on 2019-12-19. Supported implementation of the United States–Mexico–Canada trade agreement, including its labor-monitoring and rapid-response enforcement mechanisms.
December 19, 2019Supports Foreign Trade
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Published opposition to easing United States trade restrictions on Cuba and supported retaining the embargo.
October 18, 2016Opposes Foreign Trade
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Voted Aye on H.R. 2146 on 2015-06-18. Supported the final H.R. 2146 package establishing trade-promotion procedures and a retirement-withdrawal tax exception for certain public-safety employees. Also supported the earlier retirement-tax-only version.
June 18, 2015Supports Foreign Trade
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Data Privacy · 7 support · 4 oppose

Voted to pass 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 Data Privacy
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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
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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 Data Privacy
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Data Privacy
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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
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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
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Voted to pass H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, 219-199 in the House. It would bar police and intelligence agencies from buying Americans' personal records from data brokers instead of getting a warrant. The Senate never voted on it, and it died when that Congress ended.
April 17, 2024Supports Data Privacy
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Publicly urged HHS to issue the overdue CARES Act section 3221 rule easing substance-use medical-record sharing for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations and removing repeated disclosure requirements. In May 2020, publicly requested guidance preventing banks from denying eligible firearms, energy, coal, and private-corrections businesses access to CARES programs.
September 12, 2022Opposes Data Privacy
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Voted against the Violence Against Women Act renewals: S. 47 on February 28, 2013 (286-138), then H.R. 1620 on March 17, 2021 (244-172). The earlier version added nondiscrimination requirements for funded services and expanded tribal domestic-violence jurisdiction. The later version renewed programs through 2026 and added housing protections and gun restrictions for convicted abusers. Both renewed the same grant programs with different added protections.
March 17, 2021Opposes Data Privacy
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Voted Yea on S.J.Res. 34 on 2017-03-28. Supported cancellation of the FCC rule requiring broadband-provider privacy choices and personal-data safeguards.
March 28, 2017Opposes Data Privacy
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Published support for TSA removal of graphic full-body scanners and replacement with generic imaging software to protect travelers privacy.
January 23, 2013Supports Data Privacy
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Civil Rights · 7 support · 24 oppose

Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted for three SAVE proposals requiring citizenship proof for federal voter registration: H.R. 8281 passed 221-198 in 2024, H.R. 22 passed 220-208 in 2025, and the House-rewritten S. 1383 passed 218-213 in 2026. The 2026 version added photo ID for voting, mandatory state voter-roll comparisons with DHS, and a process for proof bearing a previous name. It included provisional-ballot and military-voter exceptions.
February 11, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted yes on H.R. 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act. It would bar federal Medicaid money from paying for gender transition procedures for anyone under 18. The House passed it 215-201, and the bill went to a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 18, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted yes on H.R. 3492, the Protect Children's Innocence Act. It would make it a federal crime to give gender-transition surgery or hormones to anyone under 18. The House passed it 216-211, and the bill went to a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 17, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted for both versions of a proposal to exclude transgender girls from female school sports under Title IX, defining sex by reproductive biology and genetics at birth. H.R. 734 passed 219-203 in 2023; H.R. 28 passed 218-206 in 2025. Training remained allowed if no female lost a roster spot or other benefit.
January 14, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted yes 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, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
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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
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against H.R. 2543, a bill to widen access to credit and banking, strengthen lending discrimination rules, and make racial equity a Federal Reserve duty. It also authorized $4 billion for a community banking investment fund. The House passed it 215-207.
June 15, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
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Joined the March 2, 2022 amicus brief in Kennedy v. Bremerton asking the Supreme Court to reverse restrictions on a public-school coach's personal prayer. His October 18, 2021 brief in the same case had requested review on free-speech and religious-exercise grounds.
March 2, 2022Supports Civil Rights
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
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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
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
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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
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
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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
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against the Violence Against Women Act renewals: S. 47 on February 28, 2013 (286-138), then H.R. 1620 on March 17, 2021 (244-172). The earlier version added nondiscrimination requirements for funded services and expanded tribal domestic-violence jurisdiction. The later version renewed programs through 2026 and added housing protections and gun restrictions for convicted abusers. Both renewed the same grant programs with different added protections.
March 17, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against H.R. 1280 on March 3, 2021 (220-212), restricting chokeholds and no-knock warrants, easing lawsuits against officers, and setting police standards. On May 25, said he wrote an amendment to prevent union contracts from shielding officers with repeated misconduct. Also expressed support for chokehold limits, intervention training, reporting, and body cameras; no amendment adoption was established.
March 3, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
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Published his signed letter asking the Defense Department to investigate and reverse the Army ban on biblical references on licensed replica dog tags and protect religious expression.
December 9, 2019Supports Civil Rights
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Voted Nay on H.R. 1 on 2019-03-08. Opposed the For the People Act’s voting-access, campaign-finance disclosure, foreign-election-money and federal ethics reforms.
March 8, 2019Opposes Civil Rights
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Authored an amendment urging Turkey to release imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson, which the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted in its human-rights resolution on July 9, 2018.
July 9, 2018Supports Civil Rights
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Voted Yea on S.J.Res. 57 on 2018-05-08. Supported cancellation of the CFPB indirect-auto-lending guidance on discriminatory dealer pricing and lender oversight.
May 8, 2018Opposes Civil Rights
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Published opposition to the Supreme Court Obergefell decision and supported limiting marriage to a man and a woman.
June 26, 2015Opposes Civil Rights
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Corporate Accountability · 16 support · 30 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
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Voted Yea on H.R. 4646 on 2026-09-15. The proposal extended federal contractor whistleblower protections to specified HUD funding regardless of when it was awarded.
September 15, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted to pass 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 Corporate Accountability
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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
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Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Publicly urged FDA and Customs enforcement against illicit and unapproved ingredients used in counterfeit weight-loss drugs, including an import alert and action against illegal suppliers.
July 25, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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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
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Voted to send S.J.Res. 13 to the President, 220-207 in the House. It cancelled the bank regulator's 2024 rule that had ended fast automatic approvals and short application forms in bank merger reviews, restoring those quicker reviews. It became Public Law 119-19 on June 20, 2025.
May 20, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 1402 on 2025-04-29. The proposal required upfront total ticket prices, restricted speculative ticket sales and established refund requirements and FTC enforcement.
April 29, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 1442 on 2025-04-29. The proposal banned specified high-concentration sodium-nitrite consumer sales, with commercial, food and medical exceptions.
April 29, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 859 on 2025-04-29. The proposal required disclosure of cameras or microphones in specified connected consumer devices, with FTC enforcement.
April 29, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 973 on 2025-04-28. The proposal required federal product-safety standards for rechargeable batteries used in electric bicycles and other micromobility devices.
April 28, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted to pass 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, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Signed a March 28, 2025 letter asking the FCC to eliminate broadcast ownership restrictions so broadcasters could combine and expand their operations.
March 28, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 825 on 2025-02-24. The proposal disqualified specified convicted pandemic-loan fraud participants and their companies from future SBA financial assistance, with disaster-loan exceptions.
February 24, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted Yea on H.R. 192 on 2025-01-13. The proposal required Amtrak to publish executive-team base pay, bonus compensation and the criteria and metrics used to determine those bonuses.
January 13, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 109, which would cancel SEC guidance requiring firms holding customers' crypto to record those assets on their own books. The House passed it 228-182 and the Senate agreed, but the President vetoed it. The House override attempt failed on July 11, 2024, so the guidance stayed in force.
May 8, 2024Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted for 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, 2024Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Signed a January 26, 2024 letter asking North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to reject the proposed average 42.2 percent increase in homeowners insurance rates.
January 26, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted to pass 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, 2024Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted to send 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, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
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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
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Publicly urged HHS to issue the overdue CARES Act section 3221 rule easing substance-use medical-record sharing for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations and removing repeated disclosure requirements. In May 2020, publicly requested guidance preventing banks from denying eligible firearms, energy, coal, and private-corrections businesses access to CARES programs.
September 12, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability
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Voted against sending 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, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2543, a bill to widen access to credit and banking, strengthen lending discrimination rules, and make racial equity a Federal Reserve duty. It also authorized $4 billion for a community banking investment fund. The House passed it 215-207.
June 15, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Published support for FDA enforcement against unauthorized flavored e-cigarettes, unsafe chemicals, and marketing directed at children.
January 2, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Yea on S.J.Res. 57 on 2018-05-08. Supported cancellation of the CFPB indirect-auto-lending guidance on discriminatory dealer pricing and lender oversight.
May 8, 2018Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on S.J.Res. 34 on 2017-03-28. Supported cancellation of the FCC rule requiring broadband-provider privacy choices and personal-data safeguards.
March 28, 2017Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.J.Res. 38 on 2017-02-01. Supported cancellation of the Stream Protection Rule governing coal-mining impacts on streams.
February 1, 2017Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.J.Res. 88 on 2016-06-22. Supported House passage of the disapproval proposal rejecting the Labor Department’s expanded investment-advice fiduciary rule in April 2016. The President vetoed it on May 18. Voted Yea on the June 22 override attempt, which failed 239–180.
June 22, 2016Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Co-led a letter asking the Surface Transportation Board to apply its highest level of scrutiny to the proposed Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger.
February 25, 2016Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Aye on H.R. 3522 on 2014-09-11. The proposal extended specified existing employer group health plans through 2018 despite new Affordable Care Act coverage requirements.
September 11, 2014Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Aye on H.R. 5021 on 2014-07-15. The proposal extended federal highway funding and transferred money to the Highway Trust Fund in the 2014 short-term funding package. The package used pension-funding and customs-fee offsets. CBO estimated $9.929 billion in direct-spending and revenue savings, exceeding its $1.980 billion in potential additional appropriated outlays. Also voted Yea on the July 31 motion disagreeing with the Senate amendment. Lowered minimum employer pension contributions, which CBO expected to increase pension underfunding.
July 15, 2014Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Aye on H.R. 3350 on 2013-11-15. The proposal allowed insurers to continue specified individual health plans that did not meet new Affordable Care Act standards through 2014.
November 15, 2013Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov

Public Infrastructure · 9 support · 6 oppose

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
Contacted cellular providers and brought their officials to Moore County coverage gaps in July and August 2026. Verizon activated an airport site in August, and AT&T expanded coverage in September; both companies described his advocacy.
September 10, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Yea on S. 2393 on 2026-05-20. The proposal authorized about $1.763 billion for the St. Louis VA medical-facility project, including a new bed tower, outpatient clinic and supporting facilities. CBO estimated $1.481 billion in 2026–2030 outlays, conditional on future appropriations, with no direct-spending or revenue effect.
May 20, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.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. 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
Voted Nay on H.R. 131 on 2026-01-08. Opposed overriding the veto of the Arkansas Valley Conduit financing changes, which extended repayment terms and reduced specified interest burdens.
January 8, 2026Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Nay on H.R. 504 on 2026-01-08. Opposed overriding the veto of the Miccosukee Reserved Area amendments, which included flood-protection responsibilities for the expanded area.
January 8, 2026Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Signed a June 28, 2024 letter urging the Army to remedy mold, PFAS, and poor indoor air and water across its housing portfolio, using third-party testing, health benchmarks, and sustained maintenance.
June 28, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: hudson.house.gov
Supported the December 2022 draft decision to pave dangerous Uwharrie National Forest roads and add turnouts. His earlier project advocacy included an April 2014 request to the Agriculture Secretary for repairs and a July 2020 floor speech and budget amendment.
December 14, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2022Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against sending 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, 2021Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Testified on May 20, 2021 requesting military-construction funding for the Fort Bragg Strategic Deployment Complex and Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility to support rapid deployment and troop safety.
May 20, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Nay on H.R. 22 on 2015-12-03. Opposed the final FAST Act highway and transit authorization in 2015. Earlier supported H.R. 22 as an employer-mandate exemption for veterans with military or VA coverage, following a similar 2014 proposal. That earlier subject was replaced by the transportation package.
December 3, 2015Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Aye on H.R. 5021 on 2014-07-15. The proposal extended federal highway funding and transferred money to the Highway Trust Fund in the 2014 short-term funding package. The package used pension-funding and customs-fee offsets. CBO estimated $9.929 billion in direct-spending and revenue savings, exceeding its $1.980 billion in potential additional appropriated outlays. Also voted Yea on the July 31 motion disagreeing with the Senate amendment. Lowered minimum employer pension contributions, which CBO expected to increase pension underfunding.
July 15, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov

Peaceful Foreign Policy · 3 support · 8 oppose

Voted against 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, 2026Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
As chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly political and security committee, participated in a January 2022 Bureau meeting and urged increased United States lethal military assistance to Ukraine against Russian aggression.
January 24, 2022Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: hudson.house.gov
Signed an October 5, 2021 letter requesting immediate assistance and a clear evacuation plan for Americans and Afghan visa applicants left behind. He had opposed a calendar-based withdrawal in April and requested correction of misleading embassy directions in August.
October 5, 2021Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2021Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Signed a June 14, 2021 letter asking President Biden to cancel the June 16 summit with Vladimir Putin following cyberattacks on United States supply chains.
June 14, 2021Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: hudson.house.gov
As OSCE Parliamentary Assembly political and security chair, defended remaining in the Open Skies Treaty despite Russian noncompliance, citing its transparency value and allied support.
May 20, 2020Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: hudson.house.gov
Published opposition to withdrawing United States troops from Syria and abandoning Kurdish allies fighting the Islamic State.
October 7, 2019Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: hudson.house.gov
Published support for United States withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty over Russian violations. He had supported suspension in February 2019 and urged withdrawal in November 2018.
August 2, 2019Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: hudson.house.gov
Published support for the Singapore agreement with North Korea as an initial diplomatic step toward peace and verifiable denuclearization.
June 12, 2018Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Nay on H.R. 3461 on 2015-09-11. Opposed the House resolution approving the Iran nuclear agreement. Publicly supported withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement and reimposition of sanctions on May 8, 2018.
September 11, 2015Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Published opposition to the proposed unilateral United States military strike against Syria in September 2013, citing the absence of a coherent strategy.
September 6, 2013Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: hudson.house.gov

U.S.-Israel Ties · 8 support

Voted for H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.
September 3, 2026Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for both ICC-sanctions proposals, H.R. 8282 in 2024 (247-155) and H.R. 23 in 2025 (243-140). Both targeted foreigners assisting ICC cases against Americans or citizens of non-consenting allies, including Israeli officials, through asset freezes and visa bans. Both also cut off ICC funding. The Senate blocked H.R. 23 on January 28, 2025.
January 9, 2025Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for 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, 2024Supports 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
Published support for Israel defending itself against Hamas and for UNC Charlotte condemning a student resolution against Israel. He called for Hamas to release its hostages and surrender.
April 2, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted for 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, 2023Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Signed an October 10, 2023 letter seeking a freeze on Iran hostage-exchange and Iraq energy funds, tighter licensing and oil sanctions, and blocked reserve-asset access after the Hamas attack on Israel.
October 10, 2023Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted for $1 billion in Iron Dome aid in H.R. 5323 in September 2021 (420-9). In March 2022, supported H.R. 2471’s defense, homeland security, justice and intelligence funding (361-69); opposed its remaining divisions (260-171). The combined budget included the same Iron Dome appropriation and became law March 15, 2022.
March 9, 2022Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov

General · 115 records

Received SCI-PAC’s endorsement for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District in the 2026 election.
October 2, 2026
Source: safariclub.org
Received NFIB FedPAC’s endorsement for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District in the 2026 election.
September 25, 2026
Source: nfib.com
Voted Yea on S. 2403 on 2026-09-16. The proposal provided a specified good-faith valuation method for employee-stock-ownership-plan transactions while retaining fiduciary duties and regulatory authority.
September 16, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to send 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 Yea on H.R. 8278 on 2026-09-15. The proposal required federal technology and procurement assessments, joint reports and proposed future actions.
September 15, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to set aside H.Res. 1486, a resolution to impeach President Trump over ICE and Border Patrol actions, which killed it. The House set it aside 232-147.
September 15, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced NRCC support for candidates through its MAGA Majority program. Added eight candidates on April 27 and seven on July 15, 2026. On September 8, he added Dan Green, Mike Beltran, Casey Askar, Scott Singer, and Jennifer Balkcom.
September 8, 2026
Source: nrcc.org
Voted for 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
Signed three August 19, 2026 letters requesting answers about the proposed Chatham County pipeline, agency jurisdiction, alternative routes, waterway reviews, landowner concerns, and public participation.
August 19, 2026
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted to pass 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 to pass 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 initial H.R. 6644 on February 9, 2026 (390-9) and final ROAD to Housing bill on June 23 (358-32). It changed housing programs, counseling-grant oversight and state and local aid; became Public Law 119-101. On May 20, also supported H.R. 3234 (405-0), H.R. 4544 (405-4) and H.R. 5317 (393-16), incorporated into the final bill. These relaxed deposit-broker limits and required new-bank application help, caseworkers, information reuse, mentorship and training. Final reciprocal-deposit rules narrowed the top bank-liability threshold from $250 billion to about $96.3 billion; custodial exceptions capped deposits at 20% of liabilities for qualified banks under $10 billion.
June 23, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass 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 for 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 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, 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 to pass 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 to pass 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 for S. 1318 on April 29, 2026 (235-191), proposing FISA renewal through April 2029 with query safeguards and a digital-dollar ban. Supported S. 4465 on April 30 (261-111), extending surveillance through June 12; it became law that day. Supported H.R. 9238 on June 11, proposing extension through July 2; it failed 198-218.
April 29, 2026
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, 2026
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, 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
Chaired a March 26, 2026 hearing reviewing the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He was named chair of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee on December 20, 2024.
March 26, 2026
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted for Homeland Security funding in H.R. 7147 on January 22, 2026 (220-207), H.R. 7744 on March 5 (221-209), and H.R. 8029 on March 26 (218-206). The March bills proposed funding through September 2026 and covered pay and obligations during the shutdown.
March 26, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass 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 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 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, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against 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 International Franchise Association’s endorsement for the March 2026 congressional primary in North Carolina.
February 17, 2026
Source: franchise.org
Voted to pass 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 for 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 to accept the Senate's changes to 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 for H.R. 6019 on November 19, 2025 (426-0), repealing senators’ special notice and compensation rights for government demands for their data. Supported the same repeal in H.R. 7147 on January 22, 2026 (220-207), alongside Homeland Security funding. The repeal was omitted from H.R. 7147’s enacted version.
January 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass 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. 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, 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 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, 2026
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, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted yes on H.R. 1366, the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act. It would let mining operators use federal land for waste rock disposal and other support work even where no valuable mineral deposit was proven. The House passed it 219-198; the bill sits on the Senate calendar and has not become law.
December 18, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 3616 on 2025-12-17. The proposal required federal agencies to obtain FERC findings concerning electricity-generation adequacy for covered actions.
December 17, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Aye on H.R. 3383 on 2025-12-11. Supported the INVEST Act’s capital-market changes, combining expanded investment exemptions with senior-investor and disclosure protections. Earlier supported its multiclass-share disclosure provision in H.R. 3357.
December 11, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 3638 on 2025-12-11. The proposal required assessment and reporting on the electric-generation supply chain.
December 11, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 3628 on 2025-12-11. The proposal required consideration of a fuel-neutral standard for generation capable of thirty days of continuous operation.
December 11, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 1049 on 2025-12-04. The proposal required parental notice about specified foreign funding, contracts and curricular materials in schools.
December 4, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 1069 on 2025-12-04. The proposal restricted federal education funding for schools receiving specified Chinese-government support, with waiver conditions.
December 4, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 2965 on 2025-12-03. The proposal required new SBA regulations to have a net regulatory cost of zero or less, with stated exceptions.
December 3, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 1005 on 2025-12-03. The proposal required reporting of specified foreign funding received by elementary and secondary schools.
December 3, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 3109 on 2025-11-20. The proposal required a federal report on domestic refinery and petrochemical capacity.
November 20, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 5107 on 2025-11-19. The proposal repealed specified District of Columbia police-reform provisions while preserving the bill’s stated vehicle-pursuit and collective-bargaining exceptions.
November 19, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 2659 on 2025-11-17. The proposal established an interagency task force to coordinate detection, analysis and response to Chinese state-sponsored cyber threats against United States critical infrastructure, with assessments and reporting.
November 17, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to accept 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 Yea on H.R. 3015 on 2025-09-18. The proposal reestablished the National Coal Council as a federal advisory body.
September 18, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 5143 on 2025-09-17. The proposal changed District of Columbia police vehicle-pursuit restrictions, retaining unacceptable-risk and other specified exceptions.
September 17, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 4216 on 2025-09-02. The proposal required annual review and reporting on defense items restricted to government-managed foreign military sales, comparing that process with direct commercial sales.
September 2, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 3633 on 2025-07-17. Supported the CLARITY Act’s digital-asset market rules and federal central-bank digital-currency ban on July 17, 2025. Also supported the standalone CBDC ban that day and its earlier 2024 version. The larger package combined regulatory exemptions with registration, disclosure and customer safeguards.
July 17, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 2987 on 2025-06-05. The proposal capped licensed small-business lending companies at sixteen, with a nonprofit exception.
June 5, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 1804 on 2025-06-03. The proposal required SBA reporting on loan-agent fees and fraud using aggregate information rather than identifying individual agents.
June 3, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 2255 on 2025-05-15. The proposal allowed qualifying retired federal law-enforcement officers to buy certain retired service firearms, while retaining existing machine-gun restrictions.
May 15, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 1503 on 2025-05-07. The proposal established sanctions, passport restrictions and reporting concerning forced organ harvesting and organ trafficking.
May 7, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 1526 on 2025-04-09. The proposal limited district-court injunctions largely to parties in the case, with specified multistate and class-action procedures.
April 9, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 1968 on 2025-03-11. Supported H.R. 1968’s full-year continuing appropriations and temporary health-programme extensions.
March 11, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 77 on 2025-02-12. The proposal allowed Congress to disapprove multiple late-presidential-term regulations through a single resolution.
February 12, 2025
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Voted for newborn-care proposals in both 2023 and 2025. H.R. 26 passed 220-210 and H.R. 21 passed 217-204. Both required care and hospital transfer after a live birth following an attempted abortion, with penalties for violations. Neither restricted legal abortions; mothers were exempt from prosecution. The Senate has not passed H.R. 21.
January 23, 2025
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Voted Yea on H.R. 144 on 2025-01-15. The proposal changed Tennessee Valley Authority compensation reporting while exempting specified salary information from other disclosure requirements.
January 15, 2025
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Was re-elected chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee on November 13, 2024 for the 119th Congress. He had chaired it during the 118th Congress and was named its Patriot Program vice-chair in February 2021.
November 13, 2024
Source: nrcc.org
Signed a June 13, 2024 letter requesting a Defense Department briefing and answers about foreign attempts to enter military installations, surveillance, security assessments, training, and resources.
June 13, 2024
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted for H.J.Res. 24 on February 9, 2023 (260-162), rejecting DC’s law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections. On May 23, 2024, supported H.R. 192 (262-143), repealing the same law and barring noncitizen voting for DC public offices, ballot initiatives and referendums. Neither proposal passed the Senate during that Congress.
May 23, 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
Relaunched the bipartisan Global Road Safety Caucus as co-chair with Steve Cohen on March 13, 2024. He had also co-chaired its October 2021 relaunch and hosted a July 2022 road-safety briefing.
March 13, 2024
Source: hudson.house.gov
Requested a briefing on the progress, schedule, and costs of the Joint Deployment Warfighting Complex at Fort Liberty in a letter with Senators Budd and Tillis.
March 4, 2024
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted for H.Res. 894, a House resolution that condemned antisemitism and stated that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. The House adopted it 311-14, with 92 members voting present.
December 5, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Signed a November 15, 2023 letter asking the EPA six questions and requesting communications about its consent to imports of GenX waste into North Carolina.
November 15, 2023
Source: hudson.house.gov
Signed an August 4, 2023 letter asking the Education Department to reverse guidance withholding existing federal support for school archery and hunter-education programs.
August 4, 2023
Source: hudson.house.gov
Helped organize and hosted a House Energy and Commerce field hearing in Moore County after the December 2022 electrical-substation attacks. Subcommittee chair Jeff Duncan chaired the hearing; Hudson also sought FBI and intelligence briefings.
June 16, 2023
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted to pass 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 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, 2022
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Voted against 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, 2022
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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
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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
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Signed an October 20, 2022 letter asking HHS and its preparedness agency for answers about expired smallpox vaccines, replacement-contract schedules, preparedness plans, and public communication.
October 20, 2022
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2022
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Voted against 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, 2022
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Published opposition to the federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate for Medicare and Medicaid providers, citing absent exemptions, worker liberties, staffing shortages, and patient access.
November 4, 2021
Source: hudson.house.gov
Co-signed a letter requesting eight answers and a Navy briefing about Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller charges, pretrial confinement, access to counsel, and hearing schedule.
September 30, 2021
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted against 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, 2021
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against S.J.Res. 15, which cancelled the rule identifying a national bank or federal savings association as lender when it was named on the loan agreement or funded the loan. When different banks were named and funded it, the named bank counted as lender. The House passed it 218-208.
June 24, 2021
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against initial H.R. 1868 on March 19, 2021 (246-175), then supported the Senate amendment on April 13 (384-38). The final bill paused automatic Medicare payment cuts through December 2021, reshuffled later cuts as an offset, and made technical fixes for rural clinics and certain hospitals. The two votes concerned different versions.
April 13, 2021
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was unanimously elected House Republican Conference secretary for the 117th Congress on November 17, 2020.
November 17, 2020
Source: hudson.house.gov
Co-signed a March 17, 2020 request for swift consideration of North Carolina's SBA economic-injury disaster declaration, opening access to existing disaster loans.
March 17, 2020
Source: hudson.house.gov
Signed a November 19, 2019 letter asking Major League Baseball to reconsider its plan to remove 42 minor-league teams.
November 19, 2019
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Nay on H.J.Res. 46 on 2019-03-26. Opposed the resolution ending the border-wall national emergency and opposed its unsuccessful veto override.
March 26, 2019
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 2 on 2018-12-12. Supported all three House stages of the 2018 farm bill, including the failed initial vote and final conference agreement. The final version omitted the House’s expanded SNAP work requirements. CBO estimated no net ten-year deficit change for the conference agreement.
December 12, 2018
Source: clerk.house.gov
Authored an amendment expressing concern about the Nord Stream II pipeline and Russian energy leverage, which the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted in its Berlin Declaration in July 2018.
July 11, 2018
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Yea on S. 2155 on 2018-05-22. Supported the banking package easing specified regulatory requirements while adding credit-freeze and other consumer protections.
May 22, 2018
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Aye on H.R. 38 on 2017-12-06. Supported nationwide recognition of qualifying concealed-carry permissions together with Fix NICS reporting and compliance changes.
December 6, 2017
Source: clerk.house.gov
Sent a July 14, 2016 letter asking the Transportation Secretary to delay scheduled flights to Cuba until airport security measures and risks were verified.
July 14, 2016
Source: hudson.house.gov
Launched the bipartisan Agriculture and Rural America Task Force as co-chair with Dan Kildee on June 4, 2015.
June 4, 2015
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 2048 on 2015-05-13. The proposal changed intelligence surveillance by ending bulk telephone-record collection, creating targeted provider-held record access, and renewing certain surveillance authorities. Supported the earlier House version in 2014.
May 13, 2015
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on S. 1 on 2015-02-11. Supported House proposals approving the Keystone XL pipeline in 2013, 2014 and January 2015, then supported the final Senate bill in February 2015. The final package also included energy-efficiency provisions. Publicly opposed revoking the Keystone XL pipeline approval on February 1, 2021.
February 11, 2015
Source: clerk.house.gov
Helped launch the Atlantic Offshore Energy Caucus as co-chair with Jeff Duncan and Scott Rigell in January 2015.
January 28, 2015
Source: hudson.house.gov
Sponsored H.R. 5462, a law capping passenger air-security fees at $5.60 per one-way trip and $11.20 per round trip. It became Public Law 113-294 on December 19, 2014.
December 19, 2014
Source: govinfo.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 83 on 2014-12-11. Supported the final H.R. 83 package funding most federal agencies for fiscal 2015 and temporarily funding Homeland Security.
December 11, 2014
Source: clerk.house.gov
Used stakeholder contacts to help locate and reunite military working dog Matty with Specialist Brent Grommet and his family.
November 16, 2014
Source: hudson.house.gov
Publicly supported honoring existing, industry-fee-funded Tobacco Transition Payment Program contracts without sequestration cuts. He had joined a November 2013 letter requesting protection of those payments.
January 7, 2014
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Nay on H.R. 2775 on 2013-10-16. Opposed the final measure reopening the government and temporarily suspending the debt limit. Earlier supported H.R. 2775 when it addressed income verification for health-insurance subsidies.
October 16, 2013
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted Yea on H.R. 1911 on 2013-07-31. The proposal set federal student-loan rates using Treasury yields plus statutory margins and caps, fixed for each loan’s lifetime. The Senate version replaced the earlier House rate structure.
July 31, 2013
Source: clerk.house.gov
Published a letter asking United States trade negotiators to retain yarn-forward textile origin rules, gradual tariff reductions, and customs enforcement while expanding export opportunities under the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
July 10, 2013
Source: hudson.house.gov
Voted Aye on H.R. 1406 on 2013-05-08. The proposal allowed voluntary private-sector compensatory time instead of cash overtime, with a 160-hour cap, cash-out rights and anti-coercion protections.
May 8, 2013
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was appointed chair of the House Transportation Security Subcommittee on January 4, 2013.
January 4, 2013
Source: hudson.house.gov

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