U.S. Representative — Texas's 3rd District
Keith Self
Republican · Texas
Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9879 — Super Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9716 — PRIVACY Act (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)
- H.R.9567 — Preserving Our Constitution Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 30, 2026)
- H.J.Res.198 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment. (Introduced, Jun 25, 2026)
- H.R.9366 — Eastern Frontier Defense Infrastructure Readiness Act (Introduced, Jun 18, 2026)
- H.R.9158 — Hong Kong Equal Treatment Act (Introduced, Jun 4, 2026)
- H.R.9135 — TDIU Reform Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 3, 2026)
- H.R.9001 — Veterans Hearing Aid Improvement Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 21, 2026)
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 22, 2026)
- H.R.8761 — PICTURE Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
- H.R.8756 — CRUSADE Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
- H.R.8827 — ASSIMILATION Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.R.4700 — PRIME Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4668 — End the Vaccine Carveout Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4677 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.450 — FORCE Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
Voting analysis
Keith Self ranks among the highest House Republicans for votes against his conference, but the raw rate understates how narrow the disagreement actually is. Nearly all of it happens inside a single bill.
An argument conducted in amendments
The bulk of his departures are amendment votes on the annual defense authorization rather than votes on whether the bill should pass. He voted for amendments his party rejected and against amendments it accepted, repeatedly, across a single stretch of floor consideration. This is the record of a member trying to change the contents of a defense bill from within his own majority, which is a different activity from opposing the majority's agenda.
Reading the table below, the same bill number recurring is not an error: each row is a separate recorded vote on a distinct amendment.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 274 | Jul 22, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 264 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 263 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 262 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 257 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 256 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 255 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.4541 EARLY Act Reauthorization On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 250 | Jul 20, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 241 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
Inside the largest Republican delegation
Texas Republicans form the biggest single state party bloc in the House, which makes its internal average a meaningful benchmark rather than a small-sample artifact. Self departs from the party position far more than that benchmark.
Among the 24 Republicans in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.0%. Keith Self is above that average at 25.5%.
What he legislates on
His filings match the subject of his floor fights. Armed forces and national security is his largest classified area, with international affairs immediately behind it — together accounting for the clear majority of his classified bills, and leaving domestic subjects a distant remainder. An unusually high share of his sponsored bills have been reported out of committee rather than dying there.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Keith Self's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (14), International Affairs (12), Government Operations and Politics (3), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2), Crime and Law Enforcement (2), Education (2).
Of the 50 most recent of those, 42 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
Self is past his freshman term but short of veteran standing, with no party change on record. His attendance sits in the better half of the chamber.
First elected in 2023, now serving across 2 terms. Keith Self falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Keith Self has 92 bills sponsored, 607 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Europe (Chair)
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs: South and Central Asia
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Space and Aeronautics
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Oversight and Investigations
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