Based on 59 tracked votes, this profile is more climate-focused, including opposing Homeowner Energy Freedom Act and backing Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act.
Based on 2 tracked votes, this profile is more fossil-energy supportive, including backing An amendment numbered 23 printed in House Report 119-232 to prohibit the use of funds for the Delaware River Basin "Commission to implement or enforce the final rule entitled, Comprehensive Plan and Special Regulations With Respect to High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing; Rules of Practice and Procedure Regarding Project Review Classifications and Fees.". and opposing Protecting American Energy Production Act.
Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including opposing Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and backing Protect Children’s Innocence Act.
On his official issues page, Rutherford says he introduced the Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act to expand mental health services for individuals leaving the prison system, and relaunched the Congressional Crohn's and Colitis Caucus.
Source: Rutherford House - Health CareNot enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
In an official press release, Rutherford says the Justice Department should enforce the FACE Act equally to protect churches and pro-life pregnancy centers, and criticized what he described as unequal prosecution after attacks on pregnancy resource centers.
Source: Rutherford House - Urges Equal Prosecution Under FACE ActBased on 2 tracked votes, this profile is less labor-supportive, including backing Flexibility for Workers Education Act and opposing Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act.
Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing 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..
On his official issues page, Rutherford says he supports education reform, school choice, and ensuring that students in Northeast Florida have access to quality educational opportunities.
Source: Rutherford House - Education Issues PageNot enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
In an official press release, Rutherford says teachers, first responders, and law-enforcement officers should have a clearer path to homeownership, and he reintroduced the HELPER Act to cut down-payment and mortgage-insurance barriers for those workers.
Source: Rutherford House - Reintroduce HELPER ActNot enough tracked votes yet. Scroll for an official source summary of the representative's stated position.
On his official issues page, Rutherford says as a former sheriff he supports community safety, introduced the TRACER Act to require law enforcement notification when terrorism-convicted federal prisoners are released into communities.
Source: Rutherford House - Issues PageBased on 2 tracked votes, this profile is more civil-rights supportive, including backing Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act and backing this bill prohibits a non-U.S.
Based on 9 tracked votes, this profile is more reform-focused, including backing ROTOR Act and backing Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act.
Based on 35 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.
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.
Based on 16 tracked votes, this profile is more aggressive on foreign policy, including opposing 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 opposing this concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S.