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Monica De La Cruz

Republican · TX · U.S. Representative

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U.S. Representative serving South Texas. She emphasizes border security, agriculture, lower taxes, and domestic energy production.

Where Monica De La Cruz stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (1 record), Anti-Corruption (2 records), Social Programs and Welfare (8 records),

Opposes

Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Labor Rights (2 records), Corporate Accountability (1 record)

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Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support
  • Introduced the Saving Lives on Campuses Act to require opioid rescue kits at public colleges and universities.

    November 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 oppose
  • Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 2 oppose
  • Voted for 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, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted to pass H.J.Res. 98 by 206-177. It used the Congressional Review Act, a fast-track law for undoing agency rules, to cancel a National Labor Relations Board rule. That rule made it easier to treat two companies, such as a franchise chain and its local owner, as joint employers of the same workers. The Senate agreed 50-48, but the president vetoed it on May 3, 2024. The House override attempt failed 214-191, so the resolution never took effect.

    January 12, 2024Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 2 support
  • Introduced the bipartisan Whistleblower Protection Act to extend protections to older HUD contracts and expose waste or fraud.

    July 25, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • Introduced the Banking Regulator Accountability Act to require regular testimony and reports from federal banking regulators.

    May 22, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 8 support
  • Introduced the bipartisan Diabetes Prevention Program Reauthorization Act to expand funding for diabetes prevention services.

    August 19, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • Introduced the Improving Medicare Services Act to study and improve the federal 1-800-Medicare help line.

    April 9, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • Her Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act became law and excluded VA disability income from HUD housing eligibility calculations.

    January 20, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • Introduced the Sgt. Alfredo Freddy Gonzalez Memorial Veterans' Hospital Act for a Rio Grande Valley veterans hospital.

    November 11, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • The House passed her Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act, excluding service-connected disability income from CDBG eligibility calculations.

    December 4, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • Her Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act passed the Financial Services Committee and required a report on HUD housing assistance rules.

    May 17, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • Introduced the Southern Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act to support conservation payments for Texas producers near the southern border.

    January 9, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • Her Save Children from Trauma Act passed the House within the SUPPORT Act and reauthorized funding for child trauma services.

    December 12, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

Track record — National Defense

National Defense · 2 support
  • Her Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act became law after passage by both chambers.

    September 13, 2024Supports National Defense

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

  • Introduced two bills requiring reports on terrorist financing and international financial institutions' anti-money-laundering programs.

    December 5, 2023Supports National Defense

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 1 oppose
  • Voted to pass H.J.Res. 98 by 206-177. It used the Congressional Review Act, a fast-track law for undoing agency rules, to cancel a National Labor Relations Board rule. That rule made it easier to treat two companies, such as a franchise chain and its local owner, as joint employers of the same workers. The Senate agreed 50-48, but the president vetoed it on May 3, 2024. The House override attempt failed 214-191, so the resolution never took effect.

    January 12, 2024Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 11, 2026

Track record — Peaceful Foreign Policy

Peaceful Foreign Policy · 1 support
  • Introduced bipartisan legislation directing the State Department to use diplomatic tools to enforce the 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty.

    February 28, 2024Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record
  • Introduced H.R. 5694 to keep Border Patrol agents paid during a federal government shutdown.

    September 26, 2023

    Source: delacruz.house.gov · researched September 8, 2026

Track record — Other records

Other records · 2 records
  • Voted against passing 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, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 11, 2026

  • Voted against 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, 2025

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 11, 2026

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Profile last researched September 8, 2026.