U.S. Representative — Texas's 5th District
Lance Gooden
Republican · Texas
Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9276 — Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Enforcement and Coordination Act (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
- H.R.8685 — Protect the Presidency Act (Introduced, May 7, 2026)
- H.R.7612 — End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 20, 2026)
- H.R.7387 — Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 5, 2026)
- H.R.7361 — No Tax on Restored Benefits Act (Introduced, Feb 4, 2026)
- H.R.7035 — Credit Card Competition Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jan 13, 2026)
- H.R.6792 — Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 17, 2025)
- H.R.6262 — Taiwan Interpol Endorsement and Inclusion Act (Introduced, Nov 21, 2025)
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.6875 — AI OVERWATCH Act (Reported, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9211 — Jewish American Security Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.2442 — Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.9722 — Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act of 2026 (Reported, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.9298 — Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.1849 — Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.J.Res.111 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Barred Owl Management Strategy". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4676 — Modern Firearm Safety Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
Voting analysis
One of Lance Gooden's bills addresses enforcement and coordination against cryptocurrency theft. Stolen tokens move faster than any warrant and across jurisdictions that were not designed to talk to each other, so the bottleneck is not the law against theft but the machinery for acting on it. A coordination statute is an admission that the agencies are not currently able to.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.
Crime tops his classified subjects. The remaining filings cover protection of the presidency, sanctuary cities, settlement funds, and taxation of restored benefits.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Lance Gooden's cluster into: Crime and Law Enforcement (11), International Affairs (6), Immigration (5), Law (5), Taxation (5), Transportation and Public Works (4).
Where he broke ranks
Five amendment votes, none of which carried. Then three completed measures: two his conference passed over his objection, including higher education access for territorial students, and a rotorcraft bill he supported that failed.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 264 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 241 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8469 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 174 | May 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 149 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 147 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.4294 MAWS Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 88 | Mar 17, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.6472 Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 82 | Mar 4, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| S.2503 ROTOR Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72 | Feb 24, 2026 | Failed | Yea (party: Nay) |
Below the Texas Republicans
He departs a good deal less than the Texas Republican House group does on average, and no gavel is recorded.
Among the 24 Republicans in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.0%. Lance Gooden is below that average at 3.6%.
Tenure and attendance
Four terms since the last decade closed, and he did not miss a vote.
First elected in 2019, now serving across 4 terms. Lance Gooden falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Lance Gooden has 68 bills sponsored, 1084 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Armed Services
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House Committee on Armed Services: Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
- House Committee on Armed Services: Seapower and Projection Forces
- House Committee on Armed Services: Tactical Air and Land Forces
- House Committee on the Judiciary: Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
- House Committee on the Judiciary: The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
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