Basics
- Chamber
- senate
- Party
- Republican
- State
- TX
- Class
- —
- Rank
- junior
Contact & office
- Office
- 167 Russell Senate Office Building
- Address
- 167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Identifiers
- Bioguide
- C001098
- OSID
- N00033085
- C-SPAN
- 1019953
- PVS
- —
Committees
- Africa and Global Health Policy (Chair)
- Aviation, Space, and Innovation (Ex Officio)
- Border Security and Immigration (Member)
- Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries (Ex Officio)
- Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy (Ex Officio)
- Crime and Counterterrorism (Member)
- Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights (Chair)
- Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism (Member)
- Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness (Ex Officio)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Chair)
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Member)
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (Member)
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Member)
- Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety (Ex Officio)
- Telecommunications and Media (Ex Officio)
- Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues (Member)
- the Constitution (Member)
Sponsored bills (recent)
- S. 3639 — SAT Streamlining Act · 2026-01-14
- S. 3418 — COMPETE Act · 2025-12-10
- S. 3263 — Stop TSP ESG Act · 2025-11-20
- S. 3120 — Ensuring Predictable and Reliable Water Deliveries Act of 2025 · 2025-11-06
- S. 3107 — USPS Act · 2025-11-05
- S. 3113 — Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2025 · 2025-11-05
- S. 3081 — Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2025 · 2025-10-30
- S. 3035 — Natural Gas Export Expansion Act · 2025-10-23
- S.Res. 463 — A resolution expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor “Ezra” Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States’ global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance. · 2025-10-23
- S. 3031 — Keep America Flying Act of 2026 · 2025-10-22
Votes (recent)
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-2: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-12: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-6: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States … · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-5: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be Un… · Yea · 2026-02-02
- H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · Nay · 2026-01-30
District / state context
- Population
- 29243342
- Median income
- 73035
- Poverty rate
- 13.9
- State
- Texas
Raw GovTrack payload (debug)
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