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Joaquin Castro Voting Record and Issue Profile

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U.S. House Representative

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Joaquin Castro
TX-20 · In office since 2013Democrat
98%
party alignment
Issue Profile
Climate72 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 72 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Homeowner Energy Freedom Act and opposing Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act.

Energy5 votes
More clean-energy supportive

Based on 5 tracked votes, this profile is more clean-energy supportive, including backing Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act and opposing Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision"..

Healthcare2 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and opposing Protect Children’s Innocence Act.

Abortion / Reproductive Rights1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

Official Position

In an official press release, Castro says the Dobbs decision endangers people's health and safety in Texas and across the country, and that Congress must codify abortion rights through the Women's Health Protection Act so families can decide when and how to start a family.

Source: Castro House - Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson
Jobs / Labor2 votes
More labor-supportive

Based on 2 tracked votes, this profile is more labor-supportive, including opposing Flexibility for Workers Education Act and backing Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act.

Education1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1005) to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds from or entering into contracts with the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child's public school, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1069) to prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People's Republic of China; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4305) to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes..

Official Position

Joaquin Castro supports making college transfer easier for community college students and says schools should give students clearer information so they can complete four-year degrees without losing credits.

Source: Castro House - Transfer Students Act
Housing1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

Official Position

In an official press release, Castro says affordable housing and home repair investments help families stay in safe homes and strengthen San Antonio neighborhoods, and he announced federal funding for both housing rehabilitation and affordable homeownership projects.

Source: Castro House - $10.6 Million for Housing, Libraries, Safer Streets, and More Community Projects
Criminal Justice / Policing1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025.

Official Position

Joaquin Castro says law-enforcement agencies should fully disclose information after fatal shootings and pressed ICE and Texas DPS to release records and footage in a case involving the death of a U.S. citizen.

Source: Castro House - Demand Full Disclosure on Fatal Shooting
Civil Rights / LGBTQ+ Rights2 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act and opposing this bill prohibits a non-U.S.

Government Reform / Democracy10 votes
More reform-focused

Based on 10 tracked votes, this profile is more reform-focused, including backing ROTOR Act and opposing An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 119-399 to strike section 307 relating to enhancing multi-class share disclosures..

Immigration34 votes
More restrictive

Based on 34 tracked votes, this profile is more restrictive, including backing Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 and backing Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025.

Trade2 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Remote Access Security Act and backing Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act.

Foreign Policy15 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 15 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. and backing this concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S.