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Total votes
643
Missed
5 (0.8%)
Committees
2
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.
Campaigned on cutting government spending, lowering taxes, and 'America First' trade policy to reduce inflation, though reporting indicates some of his 2025 votes were linked to policies that raised consumer costs.
Backed budget resolutions and appropriations while record notes some spending measures raised costs.
🗳 Yea on HCONRES113 (2026-07-22)🗳 Yea on HR9770 (2026-07-21)🗳 Yea on HR8646 (2026-06-04)
Supports increased funding and backing for police and corrections officers, opposing what he calls 'woke' policies that cut police budgets.
Voted for Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act and law enforcement support resolutions.
Advocates reforming Washington to serve working families rather than special interests, emphasizing affordability in health care and housing and greater accountability in government.
Supported multiple fraud prevention and accountability measures including ghost students and improper payments bills.
🗳 Yea on HR7892 (2026-06-10)🗳 Yea on HR8312 (2026-06-10)🗳 Yea on HR8464 (2026-06-10)
Describes himself as consistently pro-life, previously stated '100% Pro-Life – No Exceptions,' but opposes a federal abortion ban and believes abortion policy should be left to individual states.
No abortion-related votes or bills appear in the record.
Calls the border 'out-of-control,' supports building a border wall, and favors strengthening border security agencies to curb illegal crossings and fentanyl trafficking.
No border security, wall, or immigration enforcement votes appear.
Opposes taxpayer-funded corporate subsidies such as incentive packages for large corporations, favoring infrastructure investment and tax/regulatory reform instead.
No corporate subsidy or incentive package votes appear.
H.R. 10119 — Protecting Local Control of Data Centers Act
2026-08-20 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 10118 — No Data Center NDAs Act
2026-08-20 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
H.R. 8436 — Cold War Military Force Repeal Act
2026-07-30 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
H.R. 9949 — Safe Baby Formula Act of 2026
2026-07-27 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 9952 — Healthy Access for Learning Act
2026-07-27 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
H.R. 9950 — Healthy Commissaries, Healthy Families Act
2026-07-27 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.