Rouda is the representative for California’s 48th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Rouda is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA48]](/static/legislator-photos/412759-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Rouda.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Rouda 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 liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Rouda has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Feb 14, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Harley Rouda sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform
- Environment subcommittee Chair
National Security subcommittees -
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Highways and Transit, Water Resources and Environment subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Rouda was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3889: ONDCP Technical Corrections Act of 2019
- H.R. 2739: Transit Infrastructure Vehicle Security Act
Does 2 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Rouda sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (27%) Transportation and Public Works (20%) Sports and Recreation (13%) International Affairs (13%) Environmental Protection (13%) Taxation (13%)
Recent Bills
Some of Rouda’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 799: Supporting efforts to preserve Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American heritage and history and recognizing the ...
- H.R. 4687: SMART Infrastructure Act
- H.R. 4551: Hong Kong Policy Reevaluation Act of 2019
- H.R. 4423: Teacher and School Leader Quality Partnership Grants Act
- H.R. 4375: Pipeline Seismic Safety Study Act
- H.Res. 533: Recognizing the accomplishments of professional surfer and surfwear executive Danny Kwock.
- H.Res. 534: Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Open of Surfing.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Feb 2020, Rouda missed 17 of 771 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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 and major life events.
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 the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
