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U.S. Representative — Maryland's 1st District

Andy Harris

Republican · Maryland

Republican U.S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (41 on record)

  • H.R.8646 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027 (Introduced, May 1, 2026)
    Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to USDA for…
  • H.R.7339 — For the relief of Dr. Yue-Cheng Yang. (Introduced, Feb 3, 2026)
    This bill provides for the relief of Dr. Yue-Cheng Yang.
  • H.R.4229 — To amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require prior approval from Congress before the Comptroller General may pursue a civil action under such Act, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 27, 2025)
    This bill prohibits the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from bringing a civil action under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) to compel the release of appropriated funds unless Congress has enacted a concurrent resolution authorizing GAO to bring the action. The ICA generally limits…
  • H.R.4121 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (Introduced, Jun 25, 2025)
    Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to USDA for…
  • H.Con.Res.10 — Emergency Border Control Resolution (Introduced, Feb 10, 2025)
  • H.R.9027 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (Introduced, Jul 12, 2024)
  • H.R.4368 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (Introduced, Jun 27, 2023)
  • H.R.6060 — Conscience Protection Act of 2021 (Introduced, Nov 19, 2021)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9868 — Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9743 — TRUTH in Coverage Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9701 — Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act. (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8784 — Bereaved Parents Rights Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
  • H.R.4668 — End the Vaccine Carveout Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
  • H.R.422 — No Subsidies for Wealthy Universities Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
  • H.R.361 — Make Greenland Great Again Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
  • H.R.404 — Hearing Protection Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)

Voting analysis

Andy Harris is the only Republican Maryland sends to the House. There is consequently no state party delegation to measure him against — the comparison every other member on this site receives simply does not exist in his case, and the section is omitted rather than filled with a comparison to himself.

16.7%
Votes against the Republican majority
216
Roll calls where a party majority formed
11 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first

An appropriator who writes the bills he votes on

He chairs the appropriations subcommittee covering agriculture, rural development and the Food and Drug Administration, and the bills he sponsors are largely those subcommittee's own annual funding measures — the same instruments he shepherds. That is an unusual sponsorship profile: most members file policy bills, while his output is the machinery of federal spending itself.

His departures split between amendment votes on the defense and State Department bills and outright opposition to bills his party passed, including the Sunshine Protection Act and a travel measure.

The 10 most recent of 36 roll calls where Andy Harris voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 274		Jul 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 263		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 259		Jul 21, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 258		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 257		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 256		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 255		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 241		Jul 15, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.8897
Improving Travel for American Families Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 235		Jul 13, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

What he legislates on

Health leads his classified subjects, ahead of public finance and foreign trade. Beyond the appropriations bills, his filings include a private relief bill for a named individual and a measure requiring congressional approval before the Comptroller General may bring suit under the impoundment statute — a narrow but pointed intervention in the fight over whether the executive must spend what Congress appropriates. One of his sponsored bills has become law.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Andy Harris's cluster into: Health (8), Economics and Public Finance (4), Foreign Trade and International Finance (4), Crime and Law Enforcement (3), Government Operations and Politics (3), Immigration (3).

50
Bills sponsored
1914
Bills cosponsored

Of the 41 most recent of those, 40 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

Harris entered the House at the start of the twenty-tens and now counts among its veterans, with no party change recorded. He misses few votes.

First elected in 2011, now serving across 8 terms. Andy Harris falls in the veteran cohort.

1.8%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
4
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Andy Harris has 50 bills sponsored, 1914 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Chair)
  • House Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

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