
Representative · TX-17 · R
Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the House since Jan 7, 1997
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274 cosponsored bills and resolutions, from Congress.gov. Withdrawn cosponsorships are labeled.
H.R. 7265 · Vote by Mail Tracking Act
Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · cosponsored Jan 27, 2026 · original cosponsor · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Feb 4, 2026): Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 1.
H.R. 7235 · Protecting Motherhood Act
Introduced Jan 23, 2026 · cosponsored Apr 22, 2026 · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Jan 23, 2026): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R. 7230 · Buying American Cotton Act of 2026
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 · cosponsored Apr 6, 2026 · Taxation
Latest action (Jan 22, 2026): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced Jan 21, 2026 · cosponsored Feb 12, 2026 · Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action (Jul 15, 2026): Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 · cosponsored Jan 13, 2026 · original cosponsor · Immigration
Latest action (Jan 21, 2026): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1161-1162)
H.R. 6955 · Main Street Capital Access Act
Introduced Jan 7, 2026 · cosponsored Jan 7, 2026 · original cosponsor · Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action (Jul 22, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
H.R. 6908 · Blue Envelope Awareness Act
Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 18, 2025 · original cosponsor · Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action (Dec 18, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 6644 · 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · cosponsored Jan 15, 2026 · Housing and Community Development
Latest action (Jul 11, 2026): Became Public Law No: 119-101.
H.R. 6643 · American Border Story Memorial Act
Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 11, 2025 · original cosponsor · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action (Dec 11, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R. 6624 · Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025
Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 11, 2025 · original cosponsor · International Affairs
Latest action (Apr 22, 2026): Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 14.
H.R. 6610 · Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act]
Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · cosponsored Jan 9, 2026 · Health
Latest action (Jul 22, 2026): Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
H.R. 6609 · Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Act
Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · cosponsored Jan 9, 2026 · Health
Latest action (Dec 11, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 10, 2025 · original cosponsor · Government Operations and Politics
Latest action (Dec 10, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R. 6554 · Community Bank Representation Act
Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 16, 2025 · Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action (Feb 25, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 458.
Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 16, 2025 · Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action (Feb 25, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457.
H.R. 6552 · Bank-Fintech Partnership Enhancement Act
Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 16, 2025 · Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action (Feb 25, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 456.
H.R. 6550 · American FIRST Act of 2025
Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 16, 2025 · Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action (Feb 25, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 454.
H.R. 6534 · To repeal a restriction on assistance to Azerbaijan.
Introduced Dec 9, 2025 · cosponsored Mar 24, 2026 · International Affairs
Latest action (Dec 9, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.Res. 932 · Denouncing dangerous and seditious rhetoric by Members of Congress and expressing condemnation of Senator Mark Kelly, Senator Elissa Slotkin, Representative Jason Crow, Representative Christopher Deluzio, Representative Maggie Goodlander, and Representative Chrissy Houlahan for attempting to sow disallegiance amongst members of the United States military and intelligence community and encouraging them to act against the Commander in Chief and President of the United States and violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 4, 2025 · original cosponsor · Congress
Latest action (Dec 4, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · cosponsored Jun 29, 2026 · International Affairs
Latest action (Dec 4, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R. 6467 · National Museum of the Blind People’s Movement Act
Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · cosponsored Apr 30, 2026 · Arts, Culture, Religion
Latest action (Dec 4, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.Res. 925 · Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of the Baha'i minority in Iran and the continued violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introduced Dec 3, 2025 · cosponsored Feb 2, 2026 · International Affairs
Latest action (Dec 3, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R. 6355 · Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar Posthumous Citizenship Act of 2025
Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · cosponsored Dec 2, 2025 · original cosponsor · Immigration
Latest action (Dec 2, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 6262 · Taiwan Interpol Endorsement and Inclusion Act
Introduced Nov 21, 2025 · cosponsored Nov 21, 2025 · original cosponsor · International Affairs
Latest action (Nov 21, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R. 6155 · Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act
Introduced Nov 19, 2025 · cosponsored Nov 19, 2025 · original cosponsor · Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action (Nov 19, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.