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U.S. Representative — Washington's 5th District

Michael Baumgartner

Republican · Washington

Republican U.S. Representative for Washington's 5th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Record

Conservative Republican voting record. Generally supports lower taxes, border security, a strong national defense, domestic energy production, and traditional social policy positions consistent with House GOP leadership.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (18 on record)

  • H.R.8649 — Expanding the Defense Industrial Base Sales Act (Reported, May 4, 2026)
  • H.R.8196 — Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 6, 2026)
  • H.R.8170 — MATCH Act (Reported, Apr 2, 2026)
  • H.R.8037 — Protect American AI Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 24, 2026)
  • H.Res.1011 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the structure and governance of the Football Bowl Subdivision postseason should prioritize broad-based athletic opportunity, financial sustainability for college athletics, and competitive balance, and that innovative proposals to expand broad based postseason participation-such as proposals advanced by Coach Mike Leach-warrant serious consideration to mitigate anticompetitive effects in top-division college football. (Introduced, Jan 20, 2026)
  • H.R.7058 — Foreign Adversary AI Risk Assessment and Diplomacy Act (Reported, Jan 14, 2026)
  • H.R.5812 — Correcting Opportunity and Accountability in Collegiate Hiring Act (COACH Act) (Introduced, Oct 24, 2025)
  • H.R.5693 — PROTECT Act (Introduced, Oct 6, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea on S.1003 — Lulu’s Law (Passed, May 20, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S.2393 — Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act (Passed, May 20, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.5317 — Community Bank Deposit Access Act (Passed, May 20, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.4544 — American Access to Banking Act (Passed, May 20, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.3234 — Keeping Deposits Local Act (Passed, May 20, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Res.1299 — Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment (Passed, May 20, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8469 — Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes (Passed, May 15, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8469 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, May 15, 2026)

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Education and Workforce
  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce: Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce: Higher Education and Workforce Development
  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Middle East and North Africa
  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs: South and Central Asia
  • 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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