![Photo of Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX16]](/static/legislator-photos/412825-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Escobar.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Escobar 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 Escobar has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 2, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Veronica Escobar sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Escobar sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (60%) Immigration (40%)
Recent Bills
Some of Escobar’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6533: Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act
- H.R. 6277: Fairness for Families of Fallen Sailors Act
- H.R. 6234: Castner Range National Monument Act
- H.R. 5625: Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019
- H.R. 2759: Department of Defense Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act
- H.R. 2662: Asylum Seeker Protection Act
- H.R. 2203: Homeland Security Improvement Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Jul 2020, Escobar missed 12 of 839 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is better than 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 Veronica Escobar for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
