Joaquin Castro
U.S. Representative
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TX - District 20
Democratic
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Service: 2013-present
Biography
A Representative from Texas. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. , September 16, 1974. Graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, San Antonio, Tex. , 1992. B. A. , Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. , 1996. J. D. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 2000. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Texas state house of representatives, 2002-2012. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present). One of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.
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Voting History
HR 227
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Voted Yea on Apr 27, 2026
HR 7959
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Voted Yea on Apr 27, 2026
HR 5587
On Passage
Voted Nay on Apr 23, 2026
HR 6387
On Passage
Voted Nay on Apr 22, 2026
HR 6387
On Motion to Recommit
Voted Yea on Apr 22, 2026
Sponsored Bills
HR 7675: Securing Partner Supply Chains Act
Status: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 3.
HRES 1012: Recognizing and honoring Cristina M. Rodríguez for her historic appointment as dean of Yale Law School.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
HR 7059: No Unauthorized War in Mexico Act
Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, fo
HRES 969: Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 8, 2025, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
HR 6910: United States International Development Corporation Chief Development Officer Act
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cosponsored Bills
HCONRES 26: Calling for the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen and sexual war crime survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and other survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
HR 5068: MORE Act
Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce
HR 8494: To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.
Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, f
HRES 1210: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
HR 8170: MATCH Act
Status: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 8.
Committee Memberships
