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Matt Van Epps

U.S. Representative, TN-7

Republican Tennessee since Dec 4, 2025

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Technology & Privacy 2 Defense & Military 1 Environment & Energy 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, TN-7 current Tennessee	Republican	Dec 4, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7 current United States	Republican	Dec 4, 2025	Jan 1, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Homeland Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Homeland Security — Counterterrorism and Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Homeland Security — Transportation and Maritime Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.657, social dim. 0.690. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (272 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HR 6359 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6359 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act	Nay	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1014 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1014 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1014 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6945 — Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6945 — Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act	Nay	Jan 21, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1009 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of…	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1009 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of…	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5764 — AI for Main Street Act	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5763 — Main Street Parity Act	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2988 — Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2988 — Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act	Nay	Jan 15, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2988 — Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 14, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 14, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 992 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Yea	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 992 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Yea	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4593 — SHOWER Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

HR 9307 US · Jun 11, 2026
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a centralized resource for access to data to facilitate biological research through enabling advanced…

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HR 9232 US · Jun 9, 2026
To grant authority to use counter-unmanned aircraft system technologies to private owners of critical infrastructure facilities, and for other purposes.

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