![Photo of Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele [D-HI2]](/static/legislator-photos/456815-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kahele 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 Kahele has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 24, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Kaialiʻi Kahele sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Kahele sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (45%) Agriculture and Food (36%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (18%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Kahele recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7813: Cacao Tree Health Initiative Act of 2022
- H.R. 7812: Floriculture and Nursery Plant Health Initiative Act of 2022
- H.R. 7130: Leandra Wai Act
- H.R. 6714: Red Hill WAI Act
- H.R. 5776: Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act
- H.R. 5422: Macadamia Tree Health Initiative Amendments Act
- H.R. 5421: Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2021 to May 2022, Kahele missed 6 of 681 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better 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.
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. Kahele for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills