Promise Tracker › Luz M. Rivas
U.S. Representative, California 29th district · Democrat
Luz M. Rivas
51 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for28241.7%
- Voted against38456.8%
- Did not vote71.0%
Turned up for 98.5% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Rivas voted 98 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 Janice D. Schakowsky more than anyone else. The two agreed 99 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with James C. Moylan. They agreed 65 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- January 3, 2025
- Terms served
- 1 term in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- February 6, 1974
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Healthcare and the cost of living carry most of Rivas's indexed remarks. Six fall under protecting healthcare, four under a heading on affordability and three more under making life affordable. Funding for Los Angeles, a greenhouse gas resolution, artificial intelligence and California wildfires follow.
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.
- Protecting Healthcare for Millions of Americans6
- Stop the Republican Affordability Crisis4
- Funding for Los Angeles3
- Greenhouse Gas Resolution3
- Making Life More Affordable3
- Artificial Intelligence Is Here2
- California Wildfires2
- Mourning the Loss of Nancy Oda2
What Was Said, and What Was Done
51 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Luz M. Rivas’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-07-21NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027“Madam Chair, I missed three votes during a vote series today. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on Roll Call No. 255, NO on Roll Call No. 256, and NO on Roll Call No. 257.”
- 2026-06-30RELEASE OF ARMENIAN PRISONERS“Mr. Speaker, for 1,000 days, Armenian prisoners of war and civilians have been held in unlawful detention. Detainees are reported to have suffered from torture and abuse while being denied fundamental legal rights.”
- 2026-06-09MOURNING THE LOSS OF NANCY ODA“Mr. Speaker, the San Fernando Valley mourns the loss of Nancy Oda. Nancy was born in the Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II, where her family was persecuted for their Japanese heritage.”
- 2026-05-14GREENHOUSE GAS RESOLUTION“Mr. Speaker, last September, the Trump administration announced that it would roll back the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, or the GHGRP. I led 29 of my colleagues urging the EPA to preserve the GHGRP.”
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, Luz M. Rivas voted on 468 and was with the Democrat majority on 466 of them.
468 party line votes cast
- With their party46699.6%
- Against their party20.4%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 15-Jul-2026H R 8595Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 14-May-2026H R 5625Voted Yea · On Passage
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Janice D. SchakowskyDemocrat · IL · agreed on 99.4% of 620 shared votes
- Dwight EvansDemocrat · PA · agreed on 99.0% of 618 shared votes
- Sara JacobsDemocrat · CA · agreed on 98.9% of 664 shared votes
- LaMonica McIverDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 98.9% of 663 shared votes
- Suzanne BonamiciDemocrat · OR · agreed on 98.9% of 657 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- James C. MoylanRepublican · GU · agreed on 64.8% of 71 shared votes
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRepublican · MP · agreed on 60.3% of 63 shared votes
- Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 44.7% of 660 shared votes
- James GallagherRepublican · CA · agreed on 37.5% of 88 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 36.1% of 654 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Luz M. Rivas as speaking in 35 items of business across 29 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.
- July 21, 2026NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 119
- June 30, 2026RELEASE OF ARMENIAN PRISONERS; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 109
- June 30, 2026PERSONAL EXPLANATION; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 109
- June 9, 2026MOURNING THE LOSS OF NANCY ODA; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 97
- May 14, 2026CASHLESS BAIL REPORTING ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
- May 14, 2026GREENHOUSE GAS RESOLUTION; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
- April 21, 20262027 PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET REQUEST WILL MAKE LIFE HARDER; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 70
- April 21, 2026SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MOURNS THE LOSS OF BELINDA BARRAGAN; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 70
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 Luz M. Rivas. 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 against (Nay) · On Passage
Elsewhere in the Record
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The other California representatives in this Congress: Judy Chu and Laura Friedman.
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