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.
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 same-sex marriage recognition and opposes discrimination based on whom a person loves; voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
Supports protecting and strengthening Medicare, opposes repealing the Affordable Care Act, and favors allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices to lower costs.
Supports investing in a clean energy economy to create jobs, protect the environment, and increase U.S. energy independence, including clean energy development in the Imperial Valley.
Supports protecting and expanding Social Security and Medicare benefits and opposes cuts or changes to the retirement age.
Supports policies to create good-paying jobs, boost economic growth, cut bureaucratic red tape, and help small businesses succeed through bipartisan cooperation.
Supports access to safe, legal abortion without restrictions and opposes limitations on abortion services, including funding restrictions affecting low-income women.
Emphasizes a pragmatic, bipartisan approach to policymaking, prioritizing practical solutions over partisan ideology.
Supports bipartisan immigration reform that secures the border, protects workers and businesses, and provides an earned pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, farmworkers, and other undocumented immigrants.
