Josh Gottheimer
U.S. Representative
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NJ - District 5
Democratic
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Service: 2017-present
Biography
A Representative from New Jersey. Born in North Caldwell, Essex County, N. J. , March 8, 1975. Graduated from West Essex Senior High School, North Caldwell, N. J. , 1993. B. A. , University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1997. J. D. , Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. , 2004. Special assistant and speechwriter for President William J. Clinton, 1998-2001. Staff, Wesley Clark presidential campaign, 2004. Staff, John Kerry presidential campaign, 2004. Business executive. Senior counselor to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 2010-2012. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present).
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Voting History
Sponsored Bills
HR 9059: National Police Athletic/Activities League Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 8927: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the doxxing of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges, and for other purposes.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 8895: No Rigged Grocery Prices Act
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HCONRES 75: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Status: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR 8728: Feed Our Kids Act of 2026
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cosponsored Bills
HR 4602: Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HJRES 189: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
HR 9195: To promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to children and youth who are blind or visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, or deafblind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique language and learning needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
HRES 1162: Supporting the goals and ideals of Glisten's (formerly GLSEN's) 2026 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-LGBTQI+ bullying, harassment, discrimination, and other forms of victimization faced by individuals in schools, and calling communities across the country to action to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.
Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary,
HRES 1342: Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee Memberships
