Promise Tracker › Brian Schatz
U.S. Senator, Hawaii · Democrat
Brian Schatz
105 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.
915 recorded votes
- Voted for26428.9%
- Voted against64069.9%
- Did not vote111.2%
Turned up for 98.8% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.
Schatz voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Tina Smith more than anyone else. The two agreed 98 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 22 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- December 27, 2012
- Terms served
- 4 terms in the Senate
- Current term
- January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
- Born
- October 20, 1972
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Schatz's indexed remarks are spread across the year's business. Resolutions of congressional disapproval lead at five, then Project 2025 at four. The consolidated appropriations act, energy costs and Iran follow at three each, with government funding, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and a nomination at two.
The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.
- Providing for Congressional Disapproval under Chapter 8…5
- Project 20254
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 20263
- Energy Costs3
- Iran3
- Government Funding2
- Nomination of Peter Hegseth2
- One Big Beautiful Bill Act2
What Was Said, and What Was Done
105 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Brian Schatz’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-08-06NOMINATION OF KENNETH SORENSON“Mr. President, I rise today in support of the nomination of Kenneth Sorenson to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii. Mr. Sorenson has devoted four decades to the Department of Justice, serving with distinction as an assistant U.S. attorney, first assistant U.S. attorney, criminal chief, senior litigation counsel, and most recently as acting and interim U.S. attorney.”
- 2026-08-05Economy (Executive Calendar)“Mr. President, the price of everything is up, and that is on purpose. It is on purpose because Donald Trump made it so. We are not in the middle of a pandemic or a recession or a national emergency, but the President of the United States has decided that Americans should pay more for everything--food, gas, electricity, healthcare, housing, clothes, everything.”
- 2026-07-22Honoring Tyler Feehan (Executive Calendar)“Hawaii and everybody across this country about the death of 1LT Tyler Feehan of Ewa Beach, HI, who was among those killed in Jordan this past weekend while serving our country.”
- 2026-07-15TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT MAJOR DAVID MARSHALL“Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to an exceptional noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, SGM David J. Marshall, who currently serves as the deputy chief for the Army's Senate Liaison Division and will retire from Active Duty after 20 distinguished years of active Federal service at the end of this year.”
What Their Votes Add Up To
The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.
Voting With Their Party
On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Brian Schatz voted on 832 and was with the Democrat majority on 821 of them.
832 party line votes cast
- With their party82198.7%
- Against their party111.3%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- September 28, 2026S.Amdt. 6760Voted Nay · On the Amendment
- August 7, 2026S.Amdt. 6715Voted Nay · On the Amendment
- February 26, 2026PN730-46Voted Yea · On the Nomination
- February 26, 2026PN730-46Voted Yea · On the Cloture Motion
- January 30, 2026H.R. 7148Voted Yea · On Passage of the Bill
- August 2, 2025PN22-18Voted Yea · On the Nomination
- June 30, 2025S.Amdt. 2772Voted Nay · On the Motion
- March 26, 2025H.J.Res. 25Voted Yea · On the Motion to Proceed
- March 14, 2025H.R. 1968Voted Yea · On the Cloture Motion
- March 4, 2025S.J.Res. 3Voted Yea · On the Joint Resolution
- March 4, 2025S.J.Res. 3Voted Yea · On the Motion to Proceed
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Tina SmithDemocrat · MN · agreed on 97.7% of 863 shared votes
- Patty MurrayDemocrat · WA · agreed on 97.4% of 853 shared votes
- Charles E. SchumerDemocrat · NY · agreed on 97.0% of 901 shared votes
- Jeff MerkleyDemocrat · OR · agreed on 96.4% of 898 shared votes
- Chris Van HollenDemocrat · MD · agreed on 96.2% of 890 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- Susan M. CollinsRepublican · ME · agreed on 21.6% of 904 shared votes
- Lisa MurkowskiRepublican · AK · agreed on 19.5% of 867 shared votes
- Darline GrahamRepublican · SC · agreed on 18.5% of 54 shared votes
- Rand PaulRepublican · KY · agreed on 14.8% of 860 shared votes
- Alan ArmstrongRepublican · OK · agreed on 10.7% of 187 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Brian Schatz as speaking in 223 items of business across 86 sitting days of this Congress.
Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.
- August 6, 2026NOMINATION OF KENNETH SORENSON; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 129
- August 5, 2026Nomination of Todd Blanche (Executive Calendar); Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 128
- August 5, 2026Economy (Executive Calendar); Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 128
- July 22, 2026Waiving Quorum Calls (Executive Calendar); Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 120
- July 22, 2026Foreign Aid (Executive Calendar); Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 120
- July 22, 2026Honoring Tyler Feehan (Executive Calendar); Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 120
- July 15, 2026TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT MAJOR DAVID MARSHALL; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 115
- July 15, 2026Iran (Executive Calendar); Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 115
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every Recorded Vote
All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Brian Schatz. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.
Elsewhere in the Record
- Everyone who represents Hawaii Both chambers, with a link to each member's page.
- Find your representatives Every member of the 119th Congress, by state.
The other Hawaii seat in this chamber is held by Mazie K. Hirono.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.