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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.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9769 — Duty of Transparency Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • H.R.9532 — No Medicare Clawbacks Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 29, 2026)
  • H.R.8912 — Campaign Funds Integrity Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.8771 — Campaign Event Contract Integrity Act (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". (Reported, May 7, 2026)
    This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5951 Riverdale Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Eliot L. Engel Post Office".
  • 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)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea 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 Nay 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 Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9944 — TPS Review Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9905 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 John Street in New York, New York, as the "Jack Greenberg Post Office". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9946 — To require the coverage of testing for certain sexually transmitted infections without the imposition of cost sharing, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.1657 — Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • H.R.8806 — Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8909 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15422 NY 104 in Martville, New York, as the "Sergeant Staret J. Ingleston Memorial Post Office Building". (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.4663 — Saving Vet Halls Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

One of Ritchie Torres's filings disapproves the consumer bureau's withdrawal of guidance on deceptive marketing about the speed and cost of sending a remittance. Remittances are money sent home by people working abroad, and the difference between the advertised fee and the real one is taken out of a household budget on another continent. Several members on this site have used that disapproval instrument in the same reverse direction; this is the one aimed at the smallest transactions.

169
Bills sponsored
1309
Bills cosponsored

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

Two more of his filings concern campaign money — one on the integrity of campaign funds, one on contracts for campaign events. Health tops his classified subjects, with crime and finance behind. A post office designation completes the list.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Ritchie Torres's cluster into: Health (8), Crime and Law Enforcement (7), Finance and Financial Sector (6), Housing and Community Development (5), Government Operations and Politics (4), Education (3).

Where he broke ranks

Nine departures running both ways: refusals on daylight saving, a children's online safety act, a military construction spending bill, retail crime and surveillance renewal, against crossings on a main street economic act and fuel retailing, plus two amendment votes.

4.2%
Votes against the Democrat majority
213
Roll calls where a party majority formed
56 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 9 roll calls where Ritchie Torres voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.6955
Main Street Act
On Passage · roll call 271		Jul 21, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 243		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7757
KIDS Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 228		Jun 29, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
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
On Passage · roll call 175		May 15, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Motion to Recommit · roll call 163		May 13, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.2853
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 157		May 12, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
S.4465
To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 155		Apr 30, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 146		Apr 30, 2026Agreed toNo (party: Yea)

Above the New York Democrats

His rate is above the nineteen-member state Democratic group's average, and no committee leadership post is recorded.

Among the 19 Democrats in the New York delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.1%. Ritchie Torres is above that average at 4.2%.

Tenure and attendance

He has served three terms, arriving at the top of this decade, with an absence share a little above the middle.

First elected in 2021, now serving across 3 terms. Ritchie Torres falls in the mid cohort.

3.2%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
7
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Ritchie Torres has 169 bills sponsored, 1309 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

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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