Rep. Ernest “Tony” Gonzales

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Gonzales.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Gonzales is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Gonzales has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 27, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Ernest “Tony” Gonzales sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Appropriations
• House Committee on Homeland Security
  Border Security and Enforcement, Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Gonzales was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 4706 (117th): Blackwell School National Historic Site Act

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Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Gonzales sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Immigration (29%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) International Affairs (12%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (8%) Energy (8%) Health (8%) Sports and Recreation (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Gonzales recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 1544: Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
• H.R. 1127: To allow for cooperate research activities between the Department of Homeland Security and …
• H.R. 917: Protecting Military Installations from Foreign Espionage Act
• H.R. 916: Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2023
• H.R. 786: To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an additional place for …
• H.R. 163: Security First Act
• H.R. 162: National Digital Reserve Corps Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2021 to Mar 2023, Gonzales missed 4 of 1,164 roll call votes, which is 0.3%. This is better than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Office of Rep. Gonzales for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills