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U.S. Representative — Texas's 16th District

Veronica Escobar

Democrat · Texas

Democrat U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9848 — Military Spouse Employment and Child Care Readiness Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9738 — Streamlining Military Infrastructure Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • H.R.9739 — Mount Cristo Rey Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • H.R.9403 — JROTC POWER Act (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9404 — VA Home Loan Navigator Act (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
  • H.R.8372 — El Paso VA Medical Center Activation Readiness Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.7823 — To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Traveler Redress Inquiry Program of the Department of Homeland Security, to provide to individuals whose enrollment in a Trusted Traveler program is denied, suspended, or early terminated an option to appeal such denial, suspension, or early termination, as the case may be, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Mar 5, 2026)
  • H.R.6632 — El Paso Air Traffic Control Tower Modernization Act (Introduced, Dec 11, 2025)
    El Paso Air Traffic Control Tower Modernization Act This bill provides appropriations for the replacement of the El Paso Air Traffic Control Tower at the El Paso International Airport in El Paso, TX.

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.3513 — Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9904 — Deputy Darren Almendarez Act (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 22, 2026)
  • H.R.3569 — Fit to Serve Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.7327 — Empowering Young Readers Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 18, 2026)
  • H.R.8582 — Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
  • H.R.4667 — VISIBLE Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

Defence tops Veronica Escobar's classified subjects, ahead of immigration, which is not the ordering a border district would predict. Three of her five filings explain it: readiness at a veterans medical centre, streamlining military infrastructure, and employment and child care for military spouses. A large installation shapes a member's work as thoroughly as a border does.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Veronica Escobar's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (12), Immigration (9), Environmental Protection (5), Government Operations and Politics (5), Animals (4), Crime and Law Enforcement (4).

80
Bills sponsored
1524
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 49 currently sit at Introduced.

The remaining two are a training corps measure and protection for a named mountain landmark.

Where she broke ranks

Seven departures. Four refusals on measures her caucus supported — daylight saving, a children's online safety act, a shrimping bill and the ethics records resolution. Two crossings and one amendment vote.

The ethics records refusal is the one to notice. Republicans and Democrats alike have voted that measure down on these pages, which makes it one of the very few splits here with no partisan shape to it.

3.2%
Votes against the Democrat majority
218
Roll calls where a party majority formed
100 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 7 roll calls where Veronica Escobar 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.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.Con.Res.84
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201		Jun 4, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.2071
Save Our Shrimpers Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 156		May 12, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 151		Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.Res.1100
Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee’s review of violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment) and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
On Motion to Refer · roll call 83		Mar 4, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Below the Texas Democrats

The Texas Democratic House group carries a high average and hers falls a long way under it. No committee leadership post is recorded.

Among the 13 Democrats in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 7.1%. Veronica Escobar is below that average at 3.2%.

Tenure and attendance

She has served four terms since arriving at the end of the last decade, and misses little.

First elected in 2019, now serving across 4 terms. Veronica Escobar falls in the mid cohort.

0.9%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
2
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Veronica Escobar has 80 bills sponsored, 1524 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on the Budget
  • House Committee on Appropriations: Homeland Security
  • House Committee on Appropriations: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

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