Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Castro 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). Castro is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Castro for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Joaquin Castro sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Member, Subcommittee on Readiness
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on The Western Hemisphere
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Castro sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (33%) International Affairs (28%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Taxation (11%) Immigration (11%)
Recent Bills
Some of Castro’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4743: National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2016
- H.R. 4042: Pre-K for USA Act
- H.R. 3960: Reduce Homelessness for Female Veterans Act
- H.R. 3924: Global Development Lab Act of 2016
- H.R. 3836: FAIR Act
- H.R. 3785: Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act
- H.R. 3481: PRIDE Act
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Castro missed 130 of 2,470 roll call votes, which is 5.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 11 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