Politician
Mexican-born American politician (born 1956)
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.
Favors diplomacy and foreign aid over military intervention, supports limiting broad war-powers authorizations, and voted to check presidential military action such as against Iran.
🗳 Yea on HCONRES89 (2026-07-23)🗳 Yea on HCONRES108 (2026-06-30)🗳 Yea on HCONRES86 (2026-06-03)🗳 Yea on HCONRES75 (2026-05-14)
Supports police accountability reforms, opposed the federal death penalty, and favors addressing root causes of crime through investment in education, jobs, and mental health services.
Supports comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship, expanded work permits for immigrants and asylum seekers, and increased federal aid for cities receiving migrants.
Pro-choice; supports protecting and expanding access to abortion and reproductive care, including executive action to safeguard providers and patients.
Supports Medicare for All to guarantee universal, affordable healthcare access regardless of employment status.
Opposes budget approaches based solely on spending cuts, supports federal economic stimulus, but voted against a $900 billion COVID relief package while supporting the larger $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
Has a record of supporting LGBT rights and sponsored legislation to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
Opposes lowering corporate taxes, arguing such cuts do not promote economic growth.
