U.S. Representative — South Carolina's 7th District
Russell Fry
Republican · South Carolina
Republican U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 7th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (30 on record)
- H.R.9612 — American Enrichment Deployment Act (Introduced, Jul 9, 2026)
- H.R.8849 — Promoting Police Leadership Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
- H.R.8611 — Logan's Law (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
- H.R.6437 — Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act (Introduced, Dec 4, 2025)
- H.Res.767 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that violent attacks against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and officers are unacceptable, must be fully condemned, and that Congress stands in support of ICE's mission to protect national security, public safety, and the enforcement of immigration laws. (Introduced, Sep 26, 2025)
- H.R.5358 — TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act (Introduced, Sep 15, 2025)
- H.R.5313 — App Store Freedom Act (Introduced, Sep 11, 2025)
- H.Res.624 — Honoring the life and heroic sacrifice of Mr. Anderson "Chase" Childers, a former Georgia police officer who selflessly sacrificed his life rescuing swimmers from a deadly rip current off the coast of South Carolina. (Introduced, Aug 1, 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.2442 — Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.2694 — Election Results Accountability Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.4299 — Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.8781 — Title IX Clarification Act of 2026 (Reported, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.4783 — COP Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
- H.R.4311 — Delivering On Government Efficiency in Spending Act (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
- H.R.3725 — Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2025)
- H.R.1229 — United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2025)
Voting analysis
Russell Fry departed from his conference nineteen times and is still, by the comparison this page makes, the loyal one. South Carolina's House Republicans carry the steepest state-party average on this site, and his rate falls under it. A member can break ranks on nineteen separate occasions and remain below his own delegation, which is the clearest illustration these pages offer of why a raw departure count means nothing without a denominator.
Among the 6 Republicans in the South Carolina delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 9.0%. Russell Fry is below that average at 8.8%.
What the nineteen are
Seven amendment votes on a single spending measure, plus one more elsewhere, in every case an aye against a conference no. Then noes on completed bills the conference passed, including a marine conservation reauthorisation and a fuel retailing act.
| 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.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 263 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 257 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 256 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 255 | 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.2860 Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 196 | Jun 3, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8469 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 174 | May 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164 | May 13, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
What he files
Crime dominates his classified subjects by a wide margin. The named bills cover police leadership, a partnership on children's internet safety, an enrichment deployment measure, and two carrying personal or acronymic names. No committee leadership post is recorded against his name.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Russell Fry's cluster into: Crime and Law Enforcement (11), Armed Forces and National Security (2), Commerce (2), Government Operations and Politics (2), Law (2), Education (1).
Of the 30 most recent of those, 26 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
Second term, and he is absent from only a small share of votes.
First elected in 2023, now serving across 2 terms. Russell Fry falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Russell Fry has 32 bills sponsored, 415 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Communications and Technology
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Energy
- House Committee on the Judiciary: Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
- House Committee on the Judiciary: Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
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