Promise Tracker › David Kustoff
U.S. Representative, Tennessee 8th district · Republican
David Kustoff
14 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for52177.1%
- Voted against14721.7%
- Did not vote50.7%
Turned up for 98.8% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Kustoff voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the House, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Mike Johnson more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with Henry Cuellar. They agreed 54 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 2 headings more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- January 3, 2017
- Terms served
- 5 terms in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- October 8, 1966
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Only two headings repeat in Kustoff's indexed remarks, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and a tribute to a business founder. Everything else appears once, taking in a memorial and a friend's death.
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.
- One Big Beautiful Bill Act2
- Remarkable Life and Legacy of Frederick W. Smith2
What Was Said, and What Was Done
14 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against David Kustoff’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-06-11WELCOMING REVEREND CARLTON GERRELL“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome Pastor Carlton Gerrell of Tennessee Valley Community Church in Paris, Tennessee, as our guest chaplain. Pastor Gerrell has dedicated his life to ministry in the church and through public service.”
- 2026-03-26HONORING THE DEDICATED LIFE OF FORMER TENNESSEE FIRST LADY MARTHA SUNDQUIST“Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Martha Sundquist. Martha passed away on March 11 of this year, and she served as First Lady of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003, alongside Governor Don Sundquist, a former Member of the House of Representatives.”
- 2026-03-25RECOGNIZING MEDAL OF HONOR DAY“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Utah for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the life of a really good friend, Steve Stamson, who was a devoted public servant and a veteran whose record left a lasting mark on Shelby County in west Tennessee.”
- 2025-12-01IMPROVING SOCIAL SECURITY'S SERVICE TO VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT ACT“Mr. Speaker, I thank our Ways and Means chairman, Jason Smith, not only for his strong leadership but for his support on this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, every year, more and more Americans are having their identity stolen.”
What Their Votes Add Up To
Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.
- Voted for
- Voted against
Voting With Their Party
On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, David Kustoff voted on 468 and was with the Republican majority on 461 of them.
468 party line votes cast
- With their party46198.5%
- Against their party71.5%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 21-Jul-2026H R 8800Voted Aye · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 13-May-2026H R 1346Voted Nay · On Passage
- 10-Sep-2025H R 3838Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 4-Sep-2025H R 4553Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 4-Sep-2025H R 4553Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 3-Sep-2025H R 4553Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 3-Sep-2025H R 4553Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Mike JohnsonRepublican · LA · agreed on 100.0% of 517 shared votes
- Matt Van EppsRepublican · TN · agreed on 98.9% of 362 shared votes
- Tony GonzalesRepublican · TX · agreed on 98.8% of 423 shared votes
- Trent KellyRepublican · MS · agreed on 98.8% of 663 shared votes
- Rudy Yakym IIIRepublican · IN · agreed on 98.5% of 668 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- Henry CuellarDemocrat · TX · agreed on 54.3% of 659 shared votes
- Donald G. DavisDemocrat · NC · agreed on 50.8% of 654 shared votes
- Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · WA · agreed on 50.5% of 659 shared votes
- Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · ME · agreed on 50.2% of 650 shared votes
- Vicente GonzalezDemocrat · TX · agreed on 47.9% of 633 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks David Kustoff as speaking in 13 items of business across 12 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.
- June 11, 2026WELCOMING REVEREND CARLTON GERRELL; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 99
- March 26, 2026HONORING THE DEDICATED LIFE OF FORMER TENNESSEE FIRST LADY MARTHA SUNDQUIST; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No
- March 25, 2026RECOGNIZING MEDAL OF HONOR DAY; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 56
- February 11, 2026HONORING DEPUTY SHERIFF DERRICK BONHAM; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 29
- December 1, 2025IMPROVING SOCIAL SECURITY'S SERVICE TO VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 200
- July 23, 2025HONORING THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF JIMMY MOORE; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 126
- July 2, 2025ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 114
- June 24, 2025REMARKABLE LIFE AND LEGACY OF FREDERICK W. SMITH; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 108
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every Recorded Vote
All 676 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists David Kustoff. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.
- 16-Sep-2026S 2403Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9497Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9340Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H J RES 213Voted for (Yea) · On Passage
Elsewhere in the Record
- Everyone who represents Tennessee Both chambers, with a link to each member's page.
- Find your representatives Every member of the 119th Congress, by state.
The other Tennessee representatives in this Congress: Matt Van Epps and Steve Cohen.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.