Promise Tracker › Sylvia R. Garcia
U.S. Representative, Texas 29th district · Democrat
Sylvia R. Garcia
40 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for27039.9%
- Voted against37054.7%
- Did not vote324.7%
Turned up for 94.7% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Garcia voted 95 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the House, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Danny K. Davis 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 67 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, 2019
- Terms served
- 4 terms in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- September 6, 1950
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Only two headings repeat in what Garcia has on the record here, a capital access bill and a women veterans cancer care bill. Everything else appears once, several of them explaining votes she was unable to cast.
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.
- Main Street Capital Access Act2
- Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act2
What Was Said, and What Was Done
40 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Sylvia R. Garcia’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-07-21MAIN STREET CAPITAL ACCESS ACT“Mr. Speaker, I rise against H.R. 6955. Instead of the Main Street Act, this bill, Mr. Speaker, should be called the Wall Street wins Main Street loses act.”
- 2026-05-21HONORING ERNIE MANOUSE“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Ernie Manouse, a dear friend and a true Houston institution, and to congratulate him on 30 years with Houston Public Media.”
- 2026-04-27CLERGY ACT“Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote during the vote series today. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 138, Passage of H.R. 7959, IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act, and YEA on Roll Call No. 139, Passage of H.R. 227, Clergy Act.”
- 2026-04-23HARNESSING ENERGY AT THERMAL SOURCES ACT OF 2026“Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote during the vote series today. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 137, Passage of H.R. 5587--HEATS Act of 2026.”
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, Sylvia R. Garcia voted on 448 and was with the Democrat majority on 445 of them.
448 party line votes cast
- With their party44599.3%
- Against their party30.7%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 21-Jul-2026H R 8800Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 13-May-2026H R 1346Voted Yea · On Passage
- 20-Nov-2025H R 3109Voted Yea · On Passage
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Danny K. DavisDemocrat · IL · agreed on 99.0% of 614 shared votes
- Janice D. SchakowskyDemocrat · IL · agreed on 99.0% of 598 shared votes
- Gerald E. ConnollyDemocrat · VA · agreed on 98.9% of 93 shared votes
- Maxine WatersDemocrat · CA · agreed on 98.9% of 613 shared votes
- Bonnie Watson ColemanDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 98.7% of 637 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- James C. MoylanRepublican · GU · agreed on 67.1% of 73 shared votes
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRepublican · MP · agreed on 61.5% of 65 shared votes
- Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 45.0% of 635 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 37.3% of 630 shared votes
- Don BaconRepublican · NE · agreed on 35.7% of 638 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Sylvia R. Garcia as speaking in 44 items of business across 40 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, 2026MAIN STREET CAPITAL ACCESS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 119
- June 11, 2026PERMANENT PROTECTIONS FOR DREAMERS; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 99
- May 21, 2026HONORING ERNIE MANOUSE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 87
- April 27, 2026CLERGY ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 73
- April 23, 2026HARNESSING ENERGY AT THERMAL SOURCES ACT OF 2026; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 72
- April 22, 2026FIRE IMPROVEMENT AND REFORMING EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 71
- April 22, 2026PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, RELIABLE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF
- March 27, 2026HONORING CHARLES H. MILBY HIGH SCHOOL; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 58
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 Sylvia R. Garcia. 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 Texas representatives in this Congress: Henry Cuellar and Jasmine Crockett.
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