Politician
Politician
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Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
State
RI
In office since
2007
Next election
2030
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
33 (3.7%)
Committees
6
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.
Advocates for aggressive climate action, positions Rhode Island as a leader in the clean energy economy, works to clean up oceans, and seeks to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable.
Votes to disapprove EPA delays on PFAS reporting and coal emissions repeals align with holding industry accountable and clean energy goals.
🗳 Yea on SJRES187 (2026-08-05)🗳 Yea on SJRES188 (2026-06-03)
Supports moving toward a national health plan, including backing the Medicare for All Act, while also working to lower prescription drug costs and improve health care quality and affordability.
Vote to disapprove Medicare prior authorization rule supports protecting access and affordability.
Calls for Congress to shore up Social Security and Medicare for the long term, co-founded the Expand Social Security Caucus, and has proposed the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act to strengthen these programs.
Vote against Medicare service reduction model supports strengthening the program.
Advocates for ensuring the wealthiest individuals and large corporations pay their fair share of taxes, opposes tax cuts favoring the wealthy and big oil, and supports policies to grow the middle class.
Vote backing educator tax deduction supports middle-class relief measures.
Supports comprehensive immigration reform and expanding lawful immigration pathways to boost economic growth, while also supporting protections for DACA recipients ('Dreamers').
Votes to support DACA processing funds and disapprove restrictive immigration rules match reform and protections stance.
🗳 Yea on SJRES190 (2026-06-16)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on SJRES99 (2026-04-29)
Pushes for reform of Supreme Court ethics standards and greater congressional oversight of the Court, citing concerns about the influence of billionaires and political insiders on its decisions.
No votes address Supreme Court ethics or oversight.
Supports directing federal funding toward infrastructure and workforce development projects in Rhode Island, such as bridge repairs, road improvements, and workforce development centers.
No votes or bills address state-specific infrastructure funding.
S. 5269 — Pay PCPs Act of 2026
2026-08-05 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S. 5173 — Fairness in Foreign Filing Act
2026-07-30 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S. 5075 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act
2026-07-22 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
S. 3581 — No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act
2026-01-06 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 3289 — Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2025
2025-11-20 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 3187 — Bivens Act of 2025
2025-11-18 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.