U.S. Representative — Texas's 34th District
Vicente Gonzalez
Democrat · Texas
Democrat U.S. Representative for Texas's 34th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9779 — Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.J.Res.178 — 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 "Examinations for Risks to Active-Duty Servicemembers and Their Covered Dependents". (Introduced, May 7, 2026)
- H.R.7939 — Say No to Warrantless Searches Act (Introduced, Mar 16, 2026)
- H.R.7647 — MORE Opportunities for Homeownership Act (Introduced, Feb 23, 2026)
- H.R.5879 — Save American Democracy Act (Introduced, Oct 31, 2025)
- H.R.4667 — VISIBLE Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4449 — Advocating for Small Business Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2025)
- H.R.1791 — Increasing Credit Union Lending for Business Growth Act (Introduced, Mar 3, 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 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 Yea 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 Yea 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.9904 — Deputy Darren Almendarez Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.7325 — Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.9752 — Protecting Home-Based Care for Rural Veterans Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- H.R.5509 — Safe Step Act (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
- H.R.3723 — Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.6817 — Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 11, 2026)
- H.R.8163 — Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026 (Reported, May 7, 2026)
- H.R.7736 — RELIEF Act (Introduced, May 4, 2026)
Voting analysis
Vicente Gonzalez is among the most frequent Democratic defectors in the House, and his departures are unusually one-directional. In the votes recorded here he does not oppose bills his party supports; he supports bills his party opposes.
Always in the same direction
He backed the defense authorization, the stopgap funding measure, the Main Street Act, the Stop Insider Trading Act and the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act — each carried by Republicans over Democratic objection. On the defense bill he also supported a run of amendments the caucus voted down. There is no countervailing set of votes where he opposed something Democrats wanted.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8884 Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act On Passage · roll call 283 | Jul 23, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7008 Stop Insider Trading Act On Passage · roll call 280 | Jul 22, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 On Passage · roll call 278 | Jul 22, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.9770 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes On Passage · roll call 272 | Jul 21, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.6955 Main Street Act On Passage · roll call 271 | Jul 21, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 268 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 267 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 265 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 262 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 261 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
Among the Texas Democrats
He is the second of two Texas Democrats to appear near the top of the caucus defection ranking, which says something about the delegation as well as about him: the state's Democratic members span a far wider range than the group average alone suggests.
Among the 13 Democrats in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 7.1%. Vicente Gonzalez is above that average at 23.6%.
What he legislates on
Finance and the financial sector is his dominant subject area, roughly double his next largest, immigration. The bills themselves mix the district and the doctrinal: a measure to protect public access to Boca Chica Beach, the VISIBLE Act, a resolution disapproving the consumer bureau's withdrawal of examinations covering active-duty servicemembers, the Say No to Warrantless Searches Act, and a homeownership bill. One of his sponsored measures has become law.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Vicente Gonzalez's cluster into: Finance and Financial Sector (17), Immigration (8), Crime and Law Enforcement (5), Armed Forces and National Security (4), Government Operations and Politics (3), Education (2).
Of the 50 most recent of those, 49 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
Gonzalez entered the House in the late twenty-tens and now falls in the chamber's middle band for length of service, having kept the same party label throughout. His absence count runs modestly above the House norm — a participation statistic, and nothing more.
First elected in 2017, now serving across 5 terms. Vicente Gonzalez falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Vicente Gonzalez has 52 bills sponsored, 1585 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Financial Services
- House Committee on Financial Services: Capital Markets
- House Committee on Financial Services: National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
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