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Joaquin Castro

U.S. Representative - TX District 20 / TX / District 20 / Democratic

The strongest policy concentration is International Affairs, with 83 loaded bills and a 27.2% share.

Constituent signal: 0 open letters

Sponsored

55

Cosponsored

250

Votes

250

Yea

114

Nay

126

Letters

0

Narrative

What the record says

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The strongest policy concentration is International Affairs, with 83 loaded bills and a 27.2% share.

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Voting participation is 96% decided, with 114 Yea and 126 Nay votes on 250 tracked motions.

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Compared with loaded state delegation peers (average 25 sponsored bills), this member is above average while recording 250 loaded votes.

Voting

How this member voted

114

Yea

45.6%

126

Nay

50.4%

2

Present

0.8%

8

Not voting

3.2%

3.2%

Missed rate

Not voting / total

Policy

Legislation by policy lane

International Affairs

83

27.2%

Health

22

7.2%

Immigration

21

6.9%

Government Operations and Politics

19

6.2%

Uncategorized

19

6.2%

Education

18

5.9%

Labor and Employment

17

5.6%

Armed Forces and National Security

16

5.2%

Movement

Legislation progression

In committee

246

80.7%

Introduced or pending

50

16.4%

Reported by committee

8

2.6%

Became law

1

0.3%

Comparison

State delegation context

Joaquin Castro

This member

This scorecard

55

Sponsored

250

Cosponsored

250

Votes

0

Letters

John Cornyn

U.S. Representative - TX / TX

0

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Ted Cruz

U.S. Representative - TX / TX

0

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Nathaniel Moran

U.S. Representative - TX District 1 / TX / District 1

41

Sponsored

356

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Dan Crenshaw

U.S. Representative - Texas District 2 / TX / District 2

0

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Keith Self

U.S. Representative - TX District 3 / TX / District 3

76

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Pat Fallon

U.S. Representative - TX District 4 / TX / District 4

0

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Lance Gooden

U.S. Representative - TX District 5 / TX / District 5

0

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Jake Ellzey

U.S. Representative - TX District 6 / TX / District 6

7

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Lizzie Fletcher

U.S. Representative - TX District 7 / TX / District 7

20

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Morgan Luttrell

U.S. Representative - TX District 8 / TX / District 8

0

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Al Green

U.S. Representative - TX District 9 / TX / District 9

0

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Michael T. McCaul

U.S. Representative - TX District 10 / TX / District 10

42

Sponsored

0

Cosponsored

-

Votes

0

Letters

Recent activity

Latest signals

Latest bill action

HR 8968

May 21, 2026 / No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026

Latest vote

HR 5408

Jun 9, 2026 / yea / Faster Labor Contracts Act

Bills

Sponsored legislation

1 / 6

HR 7675

Feb 25, 2026

Securing Partner Supply Chains Act

International Affairs / Reported by committee

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 3.

4

Cosponsors

HRES 1012

Jan 21, 2026

Recognizing and honoring Cristina M. Rodríguez for her historic appointment as dean of Yale Law School.

Education / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

1

Cosponsors

HR 7059

Jan 14, 2026

No Unauthorized War in Mexico Act

International Affairs / In committee

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

2

Cosponsors

HR 6910

Dec 19, 2025

United States International Development Corporation Chief Development Officer Act

International Affairs / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

0

Cosponsors

HRES 969

Dec 19, 2025

Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 8, 2025, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".

Education / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

53

Cosponsors

HR 6736

Dec 16, 2025

ARMAS Act of 2025

International Affairs / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

29

Cosponsors

HR 6562

Dec 10, 2025

United States Development Finance Corporation Effectiveness Act

International Affairs / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

0

Cosponsors

HR 6563

Dec 10, 2025

To require notifications of changes to policies and procedures governing terrorist watchlist and transnational organized crime watchlist, and for other purposes.

Crime and Law Enforcement / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

0

Cosponsors

HR 6347

Dec 2, 2025

Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025

International Affairs / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

6

Cosponsors

HRES 653

Aug 15, 2025

Expressing support for the Japanese Diet's Caucus for Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific and for continued United States-Japan interparliamentary collaboration to advance democracy in the region.

International Affairs / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

3

Cosponsors

Bills

Cosponsored legislation

1 / 25

HCONRES 84

Not listed

Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon.

International Affairs / Introduced or pending

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Con. Res. 84, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the concurrent resolution and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Tlaib demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

25

Cosponsors

HR 8968

May 21, 2026

No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026

In committee

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

36

Cosponsors

HR 8914

Not listed

No Taxpayer-Funded Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026

In committee

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

80

Cosponsors

HR 8929

May 20, 2026

To amend title 1, United States Code, to expand the scope of documents the Secretary of State is required to transmit to the Congress, and for other purposes.

In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

1

Cosponsors

HR 6289

Nov 25, 2025

Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act

Commerce / In committee

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

4

Cosponsors

HRES 1179

Apr 15, 2026

Condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan and calling for an end to external support to the warring parties and for efforts to promote a negotiated settlement of the war.

International Affairs / Reported by committee

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 2.

34

Cosponsors

HCONRES 26

Not listed

Calling for the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen and sexual war crime survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and other survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.

Introduced or pending

Introduced

18

Cosponsors

HR 8494

Apr 23, 2026

To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.

Immigration / In committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.

22

Cosponsors

HRES 1210

Apr 23, 2026

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.

International Affairs / In committee

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

10

Cosponsors

HR 5068

Aug 29, 2025

MORE Act

Crime and Law Enforcement / In committee

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

70

Cosponsors

Votes

Key votes

1 / 21

HR 5408

Jun 9, 2026

Faster Labor Contracts Act

Passed

yea

0-0

Yea-Nay

HRES 1140

Jun 9, 2026

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.

Passed

yea

0-0

Yea-Nay

S 2

Jun 9, 2026

Secure America Act

Passed

nay

0-0

Yea-Nay

S 2

Jun 9, 2026

Secure America Act

Failed

yea

0-0

Yea-Nay

HRES 1140

Jun 9, 2026

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.

Passed

yea

0-0

Yea-Nay

HRES 1345

Jun 9, 2026

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8312) to establish fraud prevention and program integrity functions and data sharing authorities within the Department of Treasury and a permanent governmentwide Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8464) to amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize pausing and segmenting payments, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1335) condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 2) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.

Passed

nay

0-0

Yea-Nay

HRES 1345

Jun 9, 2026

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8312) to establish fraud prevention and program integrity functions and data sharing authorities within the Department of Treasury and a permanent governmentwide Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8464) to amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize pausing and segmenting payments, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1335) condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 2) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.

Passed

nay

0-0

Yea-Nay

HR 8428

Jun 8, 2026

Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act

Passed

yea

0-0

Yea-Nay

HR 8466

Jun 8, 2026

TRUE Accountability Act

Passed

yea

0-0

Yea-Nay

HR 2913

Jun 4, 2026

Ukraine Support Act

Passed

yea

0-0

Yea-Nay

HR 518

Jun 4, 2026

Troops Before Politicians Act

Passed

yea

0-0

Yea-Nay

HR 8646

Jun 4, 2026

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027

Passed

nay

0-0

Yea-Nay

Community

Constituent signal

0

Published letters

0

Letter views

0

Letter reactions

0

Reviews

Not listed

Average rating

Freshness

Data currency

May 10, 2026

Profile updated

May 21, 2026

Latest bill action

Jun 9, 2026

Latest vote

Not listed

Latest open letter

This scorecard is based on publicly available congressional voting records, bill sponsorship records, community letters, and published reviews loaded by Principle Civics. It does not constitute endorsement of or opposition to any candidate. Data current as of June 10, 2026.