U.S. Representative — New York's 15th District
Ritchie Torres
Democrat · New York
Democrat U.S. Representative for New York's 15th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Record
Progressive Democratic voting record. Generally supports expanded healthcare access, climate action, immigration reform, labor protections, and civil rights, consistent with House Democratic caucus priorities.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.8912 — To prohibit the use of campaign funds for prediction-market transactions, and for other purposes. (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.8771 — To prohibit certain campaign-affiliated individuals from trading political event contracts while in possession of material nonpublic campaign information, to require covered prediction market platforms to maintain safeguards against insider trading and market manipulation, and for other purposes. (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
- H.R.8669 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5951 Riverdale Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Eliot L. Engel Post Office". (Introduced, May 7, 2026)
- H.J.Res.175 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-02: Deceptive Marketing Practices About the Speed or Cost of Sending a Remittance Transfer". (Introduced, May 4, 2026)
- H.R.8643 — Financial Access Protection Act (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
- H.R.8562 — To designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the "Eliot L. Engel Building". (Reported, Apr 28, 2026)
- H.R.7717 — Community Health Profiles Act (Introduced, Feb 25, 2026)
- H.R.7519 — Army Corps Congressional Engagement Act (Introduced, Feb 11, 2026)
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 Nay 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 Financial Services
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
- House Committee on Financial Services: Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
- House Committee on Financial Services: Housing and Insurance
- House Committee on Financial Services: National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
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