Rep. Maria Salazar
Representative for Florida’s 27th District
pronounced muh-REE-uh // SAL-uh-zahr
![Photo of Rep. Maria Salazar [R-FL27]](/static/legislator-photos/456810-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Salazar proposed $39 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $6 million to Miami Dade College for “Miami Dade College Historic Dyer Federal Courthouse Renovation”
- $5 million to City of South Miami for “City of South Miami Septic to Sanitary Sewer”
- $5 million to City of Miami for “City of Miami Golden Pines Neighborhood Roadway and Drainage Improvements Project”
View all requests and justifications on Salazar’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Salazar.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Salazar 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 Salazar has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 22, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Maria Salazar sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Salazar sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (22%) Commerce (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Immigration (12%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (9%) Health (9%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Salazar recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5349: Crucial Communism Teaching Act
- H.R. 5127: Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act
- H.R. 4667: RECLAIM Taxpayer Funds Act
- H.R. 4438: John W. Walsh Alpha-1 Home Infusion Act of 2023
- H.R. 4389: Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023
- H.R. 4352: Nicaragua Political Prisoner Support Act
- H.R. 4305: Shelter Act
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2021 to Sep 2023, Salazar missed 40 of 1,393 roll call votes, which is 2.9%. This is worse than the median of 1.7% 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.
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. Salazar for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
