Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Roe has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Roe is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Roe for more statistics.
Committee Membership
David “Phil” Roe sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
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House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Roe sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (32%) Health (23%) Armed Forces and National Security (21%) Labor and Employment (13%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (6%) Agriculture and Food (4%)
Recent Bills
Some of Roe’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6277: To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans Affairs rule relating ...
- H.R. 6122: AIM HEA Act
- H.R. 5881: Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2016
- H.R. 5399: Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2016
- H.J.Res. 88: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition ...
- H.R. 4881: Healthy Food Choices Act of 2016
- H.R. 4662: School-Based Asthma Management Program Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2009 to Sep 2016, Roe missed 143 of 5,742 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 60 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills