Rep. Joaquin Castro

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Castro.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Castro 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 Castro has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 6, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Joaquin Castro sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Education and Labor
  • Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment
  • Member, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • Member, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation
  • Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence Modernization and Readiness

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Castro sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (33%) Immigration (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Education (12%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Taxation (4%) Crime and Law Enforcement (4%)

Recent Bills

Some of Castro’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 5346: To require investigations and reports regarding individuals who died in the custody of ...
• H.Res. 732: Condemning and recognizing transnational White supremacist extremism as a major global threat.
• H.R. 4864: Global Child Thrive Act of 2019
• H.R. 4539: For the relief of Alirio Palacios Gamez, Hilda Veronica Ramirez Mendez, and Jayro ...
• H.J.Res. 75: Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.
• H.R. 4380: Transparency for Transfer Students Act
• H.R. 4196: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include child development and ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Dec 2019, Castro missed 166 of 4,395 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% 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.

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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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills