George Whitesides
Democratic · CA · U.S. Representative for California's 27th Congressional District
George Whitesides represents California's 27th Congressional District. He previously served as NASA's chief of staff and led aerospace and nonprofit organizations.
Where George Whitesides stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (4 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (3 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (7 records), Personal Income Tax Reduction (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (42 support · 2 oppose), Anti-Corruption (3 support · 1 oppose), Immigration (3 support · 5 oppose),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, 409-2 under suspension of the rules, a fast-track step needing two-thirds. It makes publishing intimate images shared without consent, including computer-made deepfakes, a federal crime and gives platforms 48 hours to take them down after a valid request. It was signed into law on May 19, 2025 (Public Law 119-12).
April 28, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 4 support
Voted to pass H.R. 4541, which reauthorizes through 2030 the federal program that pays for breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment for women who cannot afford it. It passed the House 394-6.
July 20, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 2493, which renews through 2030 the federal grant programs that fund health care providers serving rural America. It passed the House 406-4.
April 21, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 1834, which extends the larger Affordable Care Act premium tax credits through 2028, including for households earning above four times the poverty line. It passed the House 230-196.
January 8, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025. It renews federal drug addiction prevention, treatment, recovery, and mental health programs through 2030. The House passed it 366-57, and it became law on December 1, 2025 (Public Law 119-44).
June 4, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 42 support · 2 oppose
Voted against passing H.R. 1501, the Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025, which permanently makes certain mining infrastructure projects eligible for faster federal environmental review. It passed the House 218-201.
September 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 9436, the Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026, which moves the deadline for new rules protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale from lobster and crab gear from 2028 to 2035. It passed the House 219-196.
September 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Joined four other House members on August 6, 2026 in introducing the Wildfire Response and Readiness Act, proposing better pay and job security for wildland firefighters, help for homeowners fireproofing houses, and more forest thinning.
August 6, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: whitesides.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Introduced bipartisan legislation to lower energy costs, modernize the electric grid, and reduce wildfire risk.
July 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: whitesides.house.gov · researched August 21, 2026
Voted to pass S. 629, which widens who can get federal payments to repair farmland and forest land damaged by natural disasters. It passed the House 368-19.
June 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 2860, which reauthorizes for seven years the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative that works to protect and restore marine waters, habitats and species. It passed the House 374-49.
June 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 1346, the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, which extends a Clean Air Act waiver so higher-ethanol gasoline can be sold through the summer smog season. It passed the House 218-203.
May 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 4690, the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act, which repeals the standards phasing fossil fuel use out of new and heavily renovated federal buildings by 2030. It passed the House 215-202.
April 22, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act, which drops the Clean Air Act requirement that the EPA review and comment on major federal projects. It passed the House 222-205.
April 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 6409, the FENCES Act, which shields states from Clean Air Act penalties for pollution that blows in from outside their borders. It passed the House 220-208.
April 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 1011, which widens who can get federal payments to repair farmland and forest land damaged by natural disasters. It passed the House 395-10.
April 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 6422, the American Water Stewardship Act, which renews EPA water quality and restoration programs through 2031, including the Great Lakes and Long Island Sound programs. It passed the House 378-32.
March 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 556, the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, which stops federal land agencies from banning or regulating lead ammunition and fishing tackle on federal land and water. It passed the House 215-202.
March 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 4294, the MAWS Act, which has NOAA run a pilot program to buy blue catfish, an invasive species, caught in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. It passed the House 320-66.
March 17, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 4758, the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act, which repeals the Energy Department's home electrification rebates for lower-income households and its home efficiency contractor training grants. It passed the House 210-199.
February 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 4626, the Don't Mess With My Home Appliances Act, which changes how the Energy Department sets efficiency standards for household appliances and adds cost factors it must weigh. It passed the House 217-190.
February 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 261, the Undersea Cable Protection Act, which stops the Commerce Department from requiring permits for undersea fiber optic cable work inside national marine sanctuaries. It passed the House 218-212.
February 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 140, which cancels the land order protecting about 225,504 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota and reopens it to mineral and geothermal leasing. It passed the House 214-208.
January 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 4593, the SHOWER Act, which writes a looser definition of showerhead into law for federal water efficiency rules. It passed the House 226-197.
January 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 5184, the Affordable HOMES Act, which cancels Energy Department efficiency rules for manufactured housing and removes its power to issue similar rules. It passed the House 263-147.
January 9, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted no on H.R. 845, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, opposing forced removal of gray wolf protections and the ban on court review. The House passed it 211-204. It has not become law.
December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted no on H.R. 1366, the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, opposing wider mining use of federal land where no valuable mineral deposit was proven. The House passed it 219-198. The Senate has not voted, so it is not law.
December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted no on H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, opposing cuts to federal environmental reviews and to court challenges against them. The House passed it 221-196. It is pending in a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 1949, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act. It would repeal the Energy Department's approval role for natural gas imports and exports. A no vote kept that public-interest review in place. The House passed it 217-188, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
November 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against S.J.Res. 80, the last step before it went to the President. It cancelled the 2022 federal plan that closed about 48% of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil and gas leasing. The House passed it 216-209 anyway, and it became Public Law 119-47 on December 5, 2025.
November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 131, which cancelled the 2024 federal decision on oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain. A no vote kept about 1.2 million acres closed to leasing. The House passed it 217-209 anyway, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-52 on December 11, 2025.
November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 130, which cancelled a Bureau of Land Management plan change. That change had ended new federal coal leasing in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. A no vote kept that coal-leasing ban in place. The House passed it 214-212 anyway, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-51 on December 11, 2025.
November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 105, which canceled the federal land plan for North Dakota. That plan guided mineral leasing there and set aside one 960-acre protected area. The House passed it 215-211 and it became law on December 11, 2025 (Public Law 119-49).
September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 106, which canceled the federal land plan covering 13.3 million acres in Alaska's Central Yukon area. The plan had protected about 3.6 million acres. The House passed it 215-210 and it became law on December 11, 2025 (Public Law 119-50).
September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 104 to cancel the federal land agency plan for the Miles City field office in eastern Montana, reopening those federal lands to coal leasing. The House passed it 211-208.
September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against sending S.J.Res. 31 to the President. The resolution wiped out the EPA rule requiring plants that shift to a lower pollution category to keep controlling long-lasting toxic air pollutants. The House passed it 216-212 and it was signed into law June 20, 2025.
May 22, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.J.Res. 88, which revoked the Clean Air Act waiver letting California enforce Advanced Clean Cars II, its rule requiring rising shares of zero-emission new cars. 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
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 78, which would cancel the Fish and Wildlife Service rule listing the San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt as endangered. The House passed it 216-195 anyway. The Senate never acted, so the fish still has Endangered Species Act protection.
May 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 89, which revoked the Clean Air Act waiver letting California enforce its Omnibus Low NOx limits on smog-forming pollution from heavy-duty on-road and off-road engines. The House passed it 225-196 anyway. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-17.
April 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 87, which revoked the Clean Air Act waivers letting California enforce heavy-duty engine warranty rules plus its Advanced Clean Trucks and zero-emission fleet standards. The House passed it 231-191 anyway. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-15.
April 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 60, which passed the House 219-205 and cancelled the National Park Service rule limiting off-road vehicle use in parts of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. A no vote was a vote to keep those limits. It became law on May 23, 2025 (Public Law 119-13).
April 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 75, which canceled the Energy Department's new efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators and freezers. It passed the House 214-193 and became law.
March 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 24, which canceled the Energy Department's new efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants. It passed the House 203-182 and became law.
March 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against S.J.Res. 11, which canceled the rule requiring offshore oil and gas companies to list possible shipwrecks and historic sites in drilling plans. It passed the House 221-202 and became law.
March 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 42, which canceled the Energy Department's new rule tightening testing, labeling, and enforcement for appliance efficiency standards. It passed the House 222-203 and became law.
March 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 61, which canceled the EPA's 2024 limits on hazardous air pollution from rubber tire factories. It passed the House 216-202 and became law.
March 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 20, which cancelled the Energy Department's energy efficiency standards for consumer gas-fired tankless water heaters. The House passed it 221-198, the Senate agreed, and it became law in May 2025.
February 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 35, which cancelled the EPA rule setting up the charge for methane released by oil and gas facilities. The House passed it 220-206, the Senate agreed, and it became law in March 2025.
February 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 26, which would have barred the President from halting fracking without an act of Congress and backed state control of fracking rules. The House passed it 226-188, but it died in the Senate and did not become law.
February 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 3 support
Voted to pass H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which sets deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sends stalled talks to mediation and arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.
June 9, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass S. 723, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, which sets deadlines and rules for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgages and rights-of-way on tribal trust land. It passed the House 384-40.
March 4, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, which stops certain voluntary training outside normal hours from counting as paid work time under federal wage law. It failed the House 209-215.
January 13, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 3 support
Voted to pass H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which sets deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sends stalled talks to mediation and arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.
June 9, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, which stops certain voluntary training outside normal hours from counting as paid work time under federal wage law. It failed the House 209-215.
January 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for H.R. 2550, the Protect America's Workforce Act, which would cancel the March 2025 executive order that removed union bargaining rights from most federal workers. Union contracts in effect before the order would stay in force for their full terms. The House passed it 231-195, and the Senate has not voted on it.
December 11, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 11, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 3 support · 1 oppose
Voted against passing H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, which bars members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from buying stocks and requires notice before they sell. It passed the House 232-198.
July 22, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 7401, the Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act, which makes Small Business Administration staff certify they have no conflict of interest before working on a loan. It passed the House 415-0.
June 24, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 7959, the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act, which strengthens awards and protections for people who report tax cheating. It passed the House 346-10.
April 27, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, under a fast-track process needing two-thirds support. It ordered the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including flight logs and names of officials in them. The House passed it 427-1. The Senate passed it the next day, and it became Public Law 119-38 on November 19, 2025.
November 18, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 5 support
Voted to pass H.R. 1118, the Value Over Cost Act, which lets the General Services Administration award supply-schedule contracts on best value rather than lowest price. It passed the House 421-1.
July 21, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 8823, which lets the Labor Department stop paying federal workers' compensation claims to medical providers convicted of fraud. It passed the House 396-0.
July 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 8428, the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act, which requires anti-fraud training for federal employees who handle or oversee federal money. It passed the House 393-0.
June 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 8466, the TRUE Accountability Act, which makes federal agencies write and follow plans to stop fraud and improper payments in emergency and disaster spending. It passed the House 384-0.
June 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 6329, the Information Quality Assurance Act, which makes the Office of Management and Budget rewrite the rules agencies follow when they publish or rely on influential information. It passed the House 362-1.
February 24, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support
Voted against S.J.Res. 18, which canceled the rule capping overdraft fees at very large banks at $5 unless the bank justified more or treated the overdraft as a loan. The House vote was 217-211, and it became law on May 9, 2025 as Public Law 119-10.
April 9, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 3 support · 5 oppose
Voted to pass H.R. 1689, which orders the Department of Homeland Security to grant Haitians temporary protected status for 18 months, letting them work and shielding them from immigration detention. It passed the House 224-204.
April 16, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, which the House passed 226-197. The bill would raise prison terms for illegal entry and reentry, with a five-year minimum, up to life, after a serious criminal conviction. The Senate has not voted, so it has not become law.
September 11, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 875, which would make drunk or drugged driving a reason to bar an immigrant from entering the country or to deport one already here. The House passed it 246-160, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
June 26, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 2056, which would bar the District of Columbia from limiting how its agencies share immigration status information or honor federal detainer requests. The House passed it 224-194, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
June 12, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 2966, the American Entrepreneurs First Act. It would bar refugees, people granted asylum, visa holders, and DACA recipients from federal small-business loans. The House passed it 217-190, but the Senate has not taken it up and it has not become law.
June 6, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 35, the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act, 264-155 in the House. It would make fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle within 100 miles of the border a federal crime, punishable by up to two years. Minimum terms of 5 or 10 years would apply only if the chase caused serious injury or death. Immigrants convicted could be deported and denied asylum. The Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
February 13, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 30, the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, 274-145. It would bar non-citizens from entering the United States, and allow deporting them, for sex offenses or domestic violence. The same would apply to stalking, child abuse, child neglect, or breaking a protection order. A conviction or an admission of having done the acts would count. The Senate has not passed it, so it is not law.
January 16, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, in the House, 264-159. The bill would have made federal officers detain immigrants in the country unlawfully who are charged with burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. It would also have let state attorneys general sue the federal government over immigration enforcement. H.R. 29 itself never became law. The Senate passed its own broader version, S. 5, adding assault on an officer and crimes causing death or serious injury. The House passed S. 5 on January 22, 2025, and it became law a week later.
January 7, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 7 oppose
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, which funds federal agencies at 2026 levels through December 11, 2026 and became law. The House agreed 370-48.
September 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support Act, which sends aid to Ukraine and certain European countries, sets up a reconstruction trust fund, and adds penalties on Russia. It passed the House 226-195.
June 4, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, which widens several veterans and survivors benefit programs and adds a supplemental monthly allowance of $833.33 for certain disabled veterans. It passed the House 235-179.
May 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 8469, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, which sets the year's funding for military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs. It passed the House 400-15.
May 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 139, a proposed constitutional amendment capping yearly federal spending at the average revenue of the three prior years, adjusted for population and inflation. It failed the House 211-207, short of the two-thirds majority needed.
March 18, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 7006, which sets 2026 funding for financial services and general government agencies and for the State Department and related national security programs. It passed the House 341-79.
January 14, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 6938, which sets 2026 funding for the Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy and Water, and Interior and Environment parts of the federal budget. It passed the House 397-28.
January 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
Voted to pass H.R. 5214, the District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act. It would require jailing people before trial for violent and dangerous crimes in Washington, DC. It would also bar release before trial without money bail for other public-safety crimes. The House passed it 237-179, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
November 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 4922, the DC CRIMES Act, in the House, 240-179. It would limit District of Columbia youth-offender sentencing to people under 18, down from 24 and younger. It would also bar sentences below mandatory minimums and require a public juvenile-crime data website. The Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
September 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass S. 331, the HALT Fentanyl Act. It permanently placed fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I, the strictest federal drug category, with the same trafficking penalties as fentanyl. The House passed it 321-104, and it became law July 16, 2025 (Public Law 119-26).
June 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 35, the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act, 264-155 in the House. It would make fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle within 100 miles of the border a federal crime, punishable by up to two years. Minimum terms of 5 or 10 years would apply only if the chase caused serious injury or death. Immigrants convicted could be deported and denied asylum. The Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
February 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 27, the HALT Fentanyl Act, 312-108 in the House. It permanently places fentanyl-like drugs as a group in Schedule I, the strictest drug class, and applies fentanyl's trafficking penalties. This House bill stalled in the Senate, but the same text became law in July 2025 through S. 331.
February 6, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 support
Voted to pass H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, which widens several veterans and survivors benefit programs and adds a supplemental monthly allowance of $833.33 for certain disabled veterans. It passed the House 235-179.
May 21, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 227, the Clergy Act, which gives clergy a two-year window to undo their exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes on ministry earnings. It passed the House 350-5.
April 27, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 6472, the Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act, which makes public colleges taking federal student aid charge in-state tuition to students from U.S. territories. It passed the House 351-72.
March 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 3123, the Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act, which sets out how Veterans Affairs pays a pension that was owed but unpaid when a veteran died. It passed the House 405-1.
February 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 income tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214 anyway, and it became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025.
July 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 22, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 3 support
Voted against passing H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, which bars payment card networks from using a merchant code that identifies gun retailers separately from other stores. It passed the House 221-201.
July 14, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, which bars the Department of Veterans Affairs from reporting certain veterans to the federal gun background check system. It passed the House 216-201.
May 21, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.R. 2243, the LEOSA Reform Act, which the House passed 229-193. It would let qualified working and retired police carry concealed guns in school zones, national parks, public transit, and lower-security federal buildings open to the public. The Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
May 14, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Voted against passing H.R. 6945, the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, which lets states spend federal welfare block grant money on pregnancy centers that promote carrying a pregnancy to term. It passed the House 215-209.
January 21, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted to pass H.R. 884, which would bar noncitizens from voting in District of Columbia elections. It would also repeal the 2022 DC law that let noncitizen residents vote locally. The House passed it 266-148, but the Senate has not acted, so the DC law still stands.
June 10, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — National Defense
National Defense · 3 support
Introduced a bipartisan bill with Reps. Houlahan and Haridopolos to prepare military installations and units for responding to natural disasters.
August 7, 2026Supports National Defense
Source: whitesides.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, whose text the House placed into S. 1071 as a full substitute. It set defense policy and authorized spending for the Defense Department, military construction, and national security programs at the Energy Department and Coast Guard. The House passed it 312-112, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-60 on December 18, 2025.
December 10, 2025Supports National Defense
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 3838, the House defense policy bill for fiscal year 2026, 231-196. It would set defense policy and authorize funding for Defense Department programs, military construction, and Energy Department nuclear security work. This bill never became law; the final 2026 defense law was S. 1071.
September 10, 2025Supports National Defense
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 income tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214 anyway, and it became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025.
July 3, 2025Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 22, 2026
Track record — Foreign Trade
Foreign Trade · 2 support · 3 oppose
Voted to pass H.R. 2071, the Save Our Shrimpers Act, which blocks U.S. money to international financial institutions for financing foreign shrimp farms. It passed the House 391-18.
May 12, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 7084, the Defending American Property Abroad Act, which lets the President bar a ship from U.S. ports if it has called at a port seized by a Western Hemisphere country. It passed the House 247-164.
March 27, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to terminate the national emergency the President declared on February 1, 2025 in Executive Order 14193, the order used to impose tariffs. It passed the House 219-211.
February 11, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 6504, the Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act, which keeps duty-free treatment for clothing imported from Haiti through 2028. It passed the House 345-45.
January 12, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 2683, the Remote Access Security Act, which extends U.S. export controls to cover foreign access to controlled technology over a network. It passed the House 369-22.
January 12, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 3 support · 1 oppose
Voted against extending until July 2, 2026 the foreign intelligence surveillance authorities in Title VII of FISA, which cover surveillance of targets outside the United States. It failed the House 198-218, short of the two-thirds majority needed.
June 11, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass S. 4465, which extends the FISA Title VII foreign surveillance authorities until June 12, 2026. It passed the House 261-111.
April 30, 2026Opposes Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, 409-2 under suspension of the rules, a fast-track step needing two-thirds. It makes publishing intimate images shared without consent, including computer-made deepfakes, a federal crime and gives platforms 48 hours to take them down after a valid request. It was signed into law on May 19, 2025 (Public Law 119-12).
April 28, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted to pass H.J.Res. 25, canceling the IRS rule that made crypto trading services without a central operator report users' sale proceeds. The House passed it 292-132, and it became law.
March 11, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Voted against passing H.R. 2616, the PROTECT Kids Act, which requires public elementary and middle schools that take certain federal funds to get a parent's consent before changing a student's gender on school forms. It passed the House 217-198.
May 20, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing S. 1383 as rewritten by the House into the SAVE America Act, which requires documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to vote in federal elections. It passed the House 218-213.
February 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted no on H.R. 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, opposing a ban on federal Medicaid payment for gender transition care for minors. The House passed it 215-201. It is not law.
December 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted no on H.R. 3492, the Protect Children's Innocence Act, opposing federal criminal penalties for providing gender-transition care to minors. The House passed it 216-211. The bill sits in a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 7 support
Voted against passing H.R. 6955, the Main Street Act, which loosens banking rules on new bank formation, federal supervision, mergers, and capital and leverage requirements. It passed the House 270-155.
July 21, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 2478, the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act, which lets investment companies delay cashing out an account when they suspect an older or impaired investor is being exploited. It passed the House 414-2.
June 25, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 2988, the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act, which requires managers of workplace retirement plans to make investment choices on financial factors alone. It passed the House 213-205.
January 15, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass S. 1582, the GENIUS Act, setting federal rules for payment stablecoins, digital tokens meant to hold a steady value. Only approved banks and licensed issuers may issue them, backed one-for-one by reserves. The House passed it 308-122 and it became Public Law 119-27 on July 18, 2025.
July 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against sending S.J.Res. 13 to the President; the House approved it anyway, 220-207. It cancelled the bank regulator's 2024 rule that had ended fast automatic approvals and short application forms for bank mergers. It was signed into law on June 20, 2025 as Public Law 119-19.
May 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against S.J.Res. 18, which canceled the rule capping overdraft fees at very large banks at $5 unless the bank justified more or treated the overdraft as a loan. The House vote was 217-211, and it became law on May 9, 2025 as Public Law 119-10.
April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against S.J.Res. 28, which canceled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule placing the biggest digital payment apps under the bureau's watch. The House passed it 219-211, and it became Public Law 119-11 on May 9, 2025.
April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 4 support
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 5201, the Kari's Law Reporting Act, which makes the FCC report on how it enforces the rule that office phone systems allow a direct 911 call. It passed the House 405-5.
April 21, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 5200, the Emergency Reporting Act, which makes the FCC investigate and report on 911 and other emergency communications outages. It passed the House 386-7.
April 20, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 1681, which sets up an interagency team to speed federal land agencies' 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 · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — General
General · 25 records
Voted against H.J.Res. 1, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to be made up of 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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against a resolution condemning socialism in all its forms. The House passed it 220-192 (House Resolution 1490).
September 1, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Introduced a bipartisan bill with Reps. McClain Delaney and Salinas to fund study of how artificial intelligence is affecting classrooms and student learning.
August 4, 2026
Source: whitesides.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan PILOT Act to study expanding local job opportunities for civilian pilots and engineers trained at flight schools.
July 24, 2026
Source: whitesides.house.gov · researched August 21, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, which makes daylight saving time the permanent standard time and lets states set the time for areas that are exempt. It passed the House 308-117.
July 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 7128, which renews the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Program through 2034, under which the government covers part of insurers' losses from a terrorist attack. It passed the House 373-15.
June 29, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for the final House action on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, agreeing to the Senate's last set of changes. The act reshapes federal housing programs, including oversight of housing counseling grants and help for state and local governments. The House agreed 358-32 and it became Public Law 119-101.
June 23, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.R. 1329, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act, which sets the South Monument site on the National Mall as the museum's location. It failed the House 204-216.
May 21, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 5625, the Cashless Bail Reporting Act, which makes the Justice Department publish a yearly list of state and local governments that release certain defendants without cash bail. It passed the House 308-116.
May 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 6260, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, 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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass S. 1318 as rewritten by the House, which renews the FISA Title VII foreign surveillance authorities until April 30, 2029, adds protections under Section 702, and bars the Federal Reserve from offering accounts directly to individuals. It passed the House 235-191.
April 29, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 5103, the Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act, which sets up an executive branch commission on crime and immigration in the District and a federal program to clean and maintain public areas there. It passed the House 218-206.
March 25, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass S. 3971, the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, 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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for S. 2503, the ROTOR Act, which tightens aircraft tracking and communication requirements and expands aviation safety oversight. It failed the House 264-133, short of the two-thirds majority needed.
February 24, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 3617, the Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act, which directs the Energy Department to secure the supply of energy resources it considers essential to U.S. energy security. It passed the House 223-206.
February 11, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 1531, the PROTECT Taiwan Act, which directs U.S. officials to seek China's exclusion from six international financial organizations if the President reports that China is threatening Taiwan. It passed the House 395-2.
February 9, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.J.Res. 142, which overturns a District of Columbia Council tax act and restores the District's practice of following federal tax law. It passed the House 215-210 and became law.
February 4, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 7147, a stopgap funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The House passed it 220-207. After the Senate changed it, the bill became the Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 and was signed into law as Public Law 119-86 on April 30, 2026.
January 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 6359, the Pregnant Students' Rights Act, which makes colleges that take federal student aid tell students what rights and resources pregnant students have. It passed the House 217-211.
January 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted to pass H.R. 5763, the Main Street Parity Act, which lowers the financing a small business must put up for Small Business Administration loans used to buy or build property. It passed the House 383-8.
January 20, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 5371, the bill to end the 43-day government shutdown. It funded most agencies through January 30, 2026, and funded agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and the legislative branch through September 2026. The House agreed anyway, 222-209, and it became Public Law 119-37 on November 12, 2025.
November 12, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Track record — Other records
Other records · 33 records
Voted against passing H.R. 4795, the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026, which bars colleges that take federal student aid from boycotting Israel and requires certain schools to certify access to academic programs there. It passed the House 237-169.
September 3, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 8884, the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act, which extends through 2031 the Social Security Administration's authority to run projects helping disability insurance recipients return to work. It passed the House 232-188.
July 23, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, which sets Defense Department policy, troop levels, equipment purchases and military construction for the year. It passed the House 216-212.
July 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 9770, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, which would keep federal agencies funded at current levels through December 4, 2026. It passed the House 220-205.
July 21, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 8595, the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027, which sets the year's funding for the State Department and related national security programs. It passed the House 217-209.
July 15, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing 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, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 8464, the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act, which requires agencies to pause or condition suspect payment requests before approving them. It passed the House 218-200.
June 10, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 8312, the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act, which moves federal payment-integrity work to the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service and creates a new inspector general for fraud and recovery. It passed the House 240-181.
June 10, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 7892, the No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026, which makes the Education Department screen every federal student aid application for identity fraud. It passed the House 249-172.
June 10, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing S. 2, the Secure America Act, which provides $70 billion through 2029 to Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for immigration enforcement and border security. It passed the House 214-212.
June 9, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 8646, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027, which sets the year's funding for the Agriculture Department and the FDA. It passed the House 213-210.
June 4, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 7726, which adds penalties for states that misuse money from the federal block grant that helps low-income working families pay for child care. It passed the House 217-207.
June 3, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 8365, the Monitor Accountability Act, which sets conditions on appointing the independent monitors who oversee state and local governments under court consent decrees. It passed the House 219-204.
May 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, the farm bill, which renews Agriculture Department programs through 2031 covering crop support, conservation, food aid, nutrition assistance and rural development. It passed the House 224-200.
April 30, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 5587, the HEATS Act, which exempts geothermal drilling on state and private land from federal permits and from environmental and historic preservation review. It passed the House 231-186.
April 23, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 6387, the FIRE Act, which rewrites how pollution from wildfires and other exceptional events counts under the Clean Air Act and orders the EPA to revise those rules. It passed the House 220-198.
April 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 8029, the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act, which funds the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the budget year and ends the partial shutdown that began on February 14, 2026. It passed the House 218-206.
March 26, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 4638, the BOWOW Act, which makes harming a law enforcement working animal grounds to bar a non-citizen from the country or to deport them. It passed the House 228-190.
March 19, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 1958, the Deporting Fraudsters Act, which makes public benefits fraud a reason to bar someone from entering the country or to deport them. It passed the House 231-186.
March 18, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 7744, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, which funds the department for the rest of the budget year and ends the partial shutdown that began on February 14, 2026. It passed the House 221-209.
March 5, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 2189, the Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which takes less-than-lethal projectile devices such as certain TASERs out of Gun Control Act regulation. It passed the House 233-185.
February 12, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against passing H.R. 4090, the Critical Mineral Dominance Act, which directs the Interior Department to speed up and expand mineral production on federal land. It passed the House 224-195.
February 4, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which funds several federal departments for the rest of the budget year and became law. The House agreed 217-214.
February 3, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against H.R. 4371, the Kayla Hamilton Act, which would require locked placement for immigrant children aged 12 and older with gang markings or serious criminal records. A no vote opposed that and the ban on non-citizen sponsors. The House passed it 225-201, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
December 16, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 3668, the Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act. A no vote opposed shortening pipeline environmental reviews and taking away the state water quality certificate step. The House passed it 213-184, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
December 12, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act, which would have rewritten Clean Water Act permitting rules across more than twenty sections. A no vote opposed narrowing which waters the law protects and easing permit reviews. The House passed it 221-205, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
December 11, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 3062, the Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act, which the House passed 224-203. It would swap the presidential permit for border oil, gas and power lines for a faster agency certificate, and stop the President revoking existing permits. The Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
September 18, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 5140, which the House passed 225-203. The bill would let District of Columbia prosecutors charge children as young as 14 as adults for certain serious crimes, down from 16. The Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
September 16, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 1919, which would stop the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar, holding individual accounts, or even studying one without Congress's approval. It passed the House 219-210 and is still pending in the Senate.
July 17, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, a House vote of 214-212 to cancel about $9.4 billion in unspent foreign aid and public broadcasting money. A no vote opposed those cuts. The Senate removed $400 million for global AIDS programs, and the roughly $9 billion version became law July 24, 2025 (Public Law 119-28).
June 12, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 2931, the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act, which required the federal small-business agency to move any office located in a sanctuary area out of that area within 60 days. The House passed it 211-199.
June 5, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the House's first vote on it, 215-214. The package extended the 2017 income tax cuts, reduced Medicaid and food assistance, and raised the debt limit. The House later agreed to the Senate's version 218-214, and it was signed into law.
May 22, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
Voted against H.R. 22, the SAVE Act, which passed the House 220-208. It would require paper proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, shown in person by mail applicants. A no vote was a vote to keep today's system, where applicants swear to their citizenship. The Senate has not taken the bill up.
April 10, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 23, 2026
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- United States Representative, Congressional District 27 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 27 (119th Congress), California · incumbent
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