Politician
U.S. Representative from California
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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 abortion rights, opposing bans on federal health coverage for abortion, restrictions on interstate travel for abortion, and partial-birth abortion bans; supports embryonic stem cell research.
Supports Second Amendment rights for law-abiding gun owners while backing commonsense measures such as comprehensive criminal background checks and other gun violence prevention policies.
Supports comprehensive immigration reform including an earned pathway to citizenship, keeping families together, border security, and education access for children of immigrants.
Supports the Affordable Care Act as an important step toward universal health coverage, while acknowledging it is imperfect and needs improvement.
Favors a balanced approach to reducing debt and deficit through spending cuts, fair taxation, and job creation, and has criticized tariff policies for raising costs on families.
Supports a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians and backed President Biden's peace plan calling for hostage release, humanitarian aid, and a ceasefire.
Opposes cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, criticizing proposed reductions to these programs.
