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Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
State
CT
In office since
2013
Next election
2030
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
23 (2.6%)
Committees
3
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, strengthening Buy American laws, and expanding manufacturing and job training programs in Connecticut.
Sponsored Living Wage For All Act supporting higher minimum wage.
Supports providing aid to Ukraine in response to Russian invasion.
Voted yea on sanctions bill targeting Russian aggression.
Supports strengthening the Affordable Care Act, increased public health infrastructure funding, and federal action to expand access to medical supplies and vaccines during pandemics.
No votes or bills address ACA strengthening, public health funding, or pandemic supplies.
Supports reasserting U.S. global leadership, coordinated international response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, and reducing unchecked executive power over war and arms sales decisions.
No direct record on global leadership or arms sales limits.
Supports universal background checks, cracking down on straw purchasers, and limiting access to high-capacity magazines and assault weapons.
No votes or bills on background checks or assault weapons.
Supports women's right to make decisions about reproductive health and access to abortion and contraception.
No votes or bills on reproductive rights or abortion access.
Supports the Equality Act and the Respect for Marriage Act to protect LGBTQ rights and same-sex marriage.
No votes or bills on Equality Act or same-sex marriage protections.
Supports the Affordable Care Act and measures to strengthen public health infrastructure and pandemic response.
No votes or bills address ACA or public health infrastructure.
Supports Congress reclaiming its role in war and national security decisions via the National Security Powers Act.
No votes or bills on National Security Powers Act or war powers.
Supports treating climate change as a global threat requiring coordinated international response.
No votes or bills on climate as global threat or international response.
Supports immigration reform creating a pathway to citizenship and protections for Dreamers.
No votes or bills on citizenship pathways or Dreamer protections.
S. 5341 — Strengthening Coast Guard Communities Act of 2026
2026-08-06 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S. 5121 — Supreme Court Ethics Act
2026-07-23 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 4981 — Living Wage For All Act
2026-07-14 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 4396 — Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2026
2026-04-23 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
S. 4085 — Take Back Our Hospitals Act of 2026
2026-03-12 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
S. 3146 — Restoring Access for Detainees Act
2025-11-07 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.