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U.S. Representative — Texas's 15th District

Monica De La Cruz

Republican · Texas

Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 15th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9625 — Freedom to Build Act (Introduced, Jul 9, 2026)
  • H.R.9053 — WATER for Farmers Act (Introduced, May 29, 2026)
  • H.R.8963 — Lance Corporal Dustin Sekula Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, May 21, 2026)
  • H.R.8499 — Saving Lives on Campuses Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 27, 2026)
  • H.R.8216 — Improving Medicare Services Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 9, 2026)
  • H.R.8134 — Strengthen Taxpayer Rights Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 27, 2026)
  • H.R.6922 — Texas Dreamer Work Authorization Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 23, 2025)
  • H.R.6847 — Fair Wages for Farmworkers Act (Introduced, Dec 18, 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.9974 — Young Farmer Success Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9937 — No Leniency for Fentanyl Dealers Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9250 — Great American Outdoors Act 250 (Reported, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.2592 — Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.3206 — Protecting America's Property Rights Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.6213 — Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025 (Reported, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.7466 — SAFE CATTLE Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • 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)

Voting analysis

One of Monica De La Cruz's bills enhances a cattle fever tick eradication programme. Ticks do not observe borders, and the programme in question exists because a livestock parasite long since driven out of the country keeps returning across a river. It is a quarantine-line bill, and it belongs to a specific stretch of ground.

64
Bills sponsored
482
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 48 currently sit at Introduced.

The border, three ways

Two more filings work the same seam: assistance for the state's agricultural producers, and protection for farmers and ranchers on the southern border. Housing tops her classified subjects with immigration behind it — she is vice chair on two panels, one covering nutrition and foreign agriculture, the other housing and insurance. The remaining bills concern whistleblower protection and campus safety.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Monica De La Cruz's cluster into: Housing and Community Development (8), Immigration (7), Agriculture and Food (6), Finance and Financial Sector (5), International Affairs (5), Government Operations and Politics (4).

Where she broke ranks

Only five departures. Four are amendment votes, of which one carried. The fifth supported a rotorcraft safety bill that failed. Her record contains no disagreement with the conference on any completed bill that cleared the floor.

2.4%
Votes against the Republican majority
207
Roll calls where a party majority formed
145 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first
All 5 roll calls where Monica De La Cruz voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 264
Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 258
Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 245
Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8469
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 174
May 15, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
S.2503
ROTOR Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72
Feb 24, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)

Below the Texas Republicans

She departs markedly less than the Texas Republican group in the House does on average.

Among the 24 Republicans in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.0%. Monica De La Cruz is below that average at 2.4%.

Tenure and attendance

Two terms. Her absence rate is one of the higher figures recorded on this site, which for a member this new is worth noting alongside the rest.

First elected in 2023, now serving across 2 terms. Monica De La Cruz falls in the mid cohort.

5.9%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
13
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Monica De La Cruz has 64 bills sponsored, 482 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Agriculture
  • House Committee on Financial Services
  • House Committee on Agriculture: General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture (Vice Chair)
  • House Committee on Financial Services: Financial Institutions
  • House Committee on Financial Services: Housing and Insurance (Vice Chairwoman)

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