Politician
Party
Republican
Chamber
Senate
State
TX
In office since
2013
Next election
2030
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
47 (5.3%)
Committees
4
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.
Opposes amnesty and broader immigration reform proposals such as the American Dream and Promise Act, supports stricter enforcement including mandatory minimum sentences for illegal reentry by felons, and criticizes border policy as insufficiently secure.
Votes against certain DACA funding shifts and immigration rule disapprovals align with stricter enforcement but lack direct amnesty or reentry sentence votes.
🗳 Nay on SJRES190 (2026-06-16)🗳 Nay on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Nay on SJRES99 (2026-04-29)
Opposes the scientific consensus on climate change and the Water Resources Development Act, and opposes subsidies for renewable fuels.
Nays on motions regarding EPA rules on emissions and haze show inconsistent direction on climate and subsidy positions.
🗳 Nay on SJRES187 (2026-08-05)🗳 Nay on SJRES188 (2026-06-03)🗳 Nay on SJRES139 (2026-04-29)
Supports abolishing the IRS and corporate income tax and replacing them with a single consumption-based tax for all citizens.
No votes or bills address IRS abolition, corporate tax elimination, or consumption tax replacement.
Supports downsizing the federal government, ending programs such as the Export-Import Bank and subsidies for renewable fuels, opposes bank bailouts, and supports a Constitutional balanced budget amendment.
No substantive votes on Export-Import Bank, fuel subsidies, bailouts, or balanced budget amendment.
Opposes the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
No votes address the Affordable Care Act or related reforms.
Holds a pro-life position, opposes public funding of abortion and Planned Parenthood, and supports banning partial-birth abortion without exceptions for rape or incest.
No votes or bills on public funding, Planned Parenthood, or partial-birth abortion bans.
Opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions.
No record of votes or bills on same-sex marriage or civil unions.
Supports gun rights.
No votes or bills address gun rights or related regulations.
S. 5369 — A bill to reauthorize and expand the imposition of sanctions under the Nicaragua Investment Conditionality Act of 2018, and for other purposes.
2026-08-07 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S. 5188 — Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026
2026-07-30 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S. 5158 — Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2026
2026-07-29 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
S. 5130 — Human Dignity and Emerging Technologies Act
2026-07-23 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026
2026-06-04 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, 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. 2376 — To amend title 18, United States Code, to include rioting in the definition of racketeering activity.
2025-07-22 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.