Politician
United States Senator from California since 2021
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Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, farm workers, essential workers, and long-term undocumented residents; opposes enforcement-only border bills and mass deportation policies.
Supports aggressive climate action, renewable energy policy, electrifying school buses, protecting public lands, and cosponsored the Green New Deal.
🗳 Yea on SJRES187 (2026-08-05)🗳 Yea on SJRES188 (2026-06-03)🗳 Yea on SJRES139 (2026-04-29)
Supports guaranteeing affordable, equitable health care, backs Medicare for All, and champions expanded mental health care access.
Supports commonsense gun safety reforms, voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and favors expanding background checks and banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Supports strong international partnerships, promoting democracy and human rights, aiding Afghan refugee relocation, and backing Ukraine against Russia's invasion.
S. 3738 — MORE WATER Act
S. 1413 — A bill to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act.
S. 5352 — Desalination Reauthorization Act
S. 4103 — Save Our Sequoias Act
S. 4417 — Pechanga Band of Indians Water Rights Settlement Technical Amendments Act
S. 5304 — Fairness for Farm Workers Act
