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Veronica Escobar

U.S. Representative, TX-16

Democratic Texas since Jan 3, 2025

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, TX-16 current
Texas
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-16
Texas
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District TX-16
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District TX-16
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-16
Texas
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-16
Texas
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District TX-16
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.474, social dim. -0.277. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
S 2503 — ROTOR Act Yea Feb 24, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6329 — Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025 Yea Feb 24, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2189 — Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act Nay Feb 12, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Yea Feb 11, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 Nay Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 Yea Feb 11, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 72 — Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025. Yea Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3617 — Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act Nay Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3617 — Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act Yea Feb 11, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1057 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes… Nay Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1057 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes… Nay Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and… Nay Feb 10, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and… Nay Feb 10, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1531 — PROTECT Taiwan Act Yea Feb 9, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Feb 9, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… Nay Feb 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4090 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act Nay Feb 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4090 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act Yea Feb 4, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Feb 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1032 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year… Nay Feb 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1032 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year… Nay Feb 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3123 — Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act Yea Feb 2, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 980 — Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025 Yea Feb 2, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 68 — To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress. Yea Jan 22, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $1,702,490. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 166 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 139 $407,321 24%
Corporate PAC 27 $135,000 8%
Unclassified 834 $1,160,169 68%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$5,000 THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS AND BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Apr 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 BORDER HEALTH FEDERAL PAC VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Aug 8, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Mar 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAC VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Apr 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC. PAC VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Feb 23, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Aug 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jun 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Mar 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 ACTBLUE VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Apr 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE PAC VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Feb 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Dec 20, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Nov 17, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Nov 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 BORDER HEALTH FEDERAL PAC VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Aug 8, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

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