Gilbert Ray Cisneros

Overview

Rep. Cisneros compiled a voting record of 463 votes during his time in the U.S. House, reflecting a consistently progressive approach to legislation. His strongest areas of legislative activity included environment and energy policy, defense, and budget matters, where he cast the most recorded votes outside of general procedural business. On domestic policy, Cisneros showed strong support for healthcare legislation (voting yea on roughly 78% of healthcare bills), labor protections (80% yea), and social security measures (75% yea). He opposed most budget resolutions put forward during his tenure, voting nay on 85% of budget-related measures, which is consistent with Democrats opposing Republican-drafted spending plans. His foreign policy record stands out as notably bipartisan, with yea votes on over 90% of foreign policy measures that came to the floor. On defense, Cisneros took a mixed approach, supporting about 58% of defense-related legislation. He voted yea on veterans' care bills such as the Take Care of America's Veterans Act and supported War Powers Resolution measures to limit military deployments, while voting against the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. His environment and energy votes skewed heavily toward opposing rollbacks of environmental regulations, including voting against congressional disapproval of California's harbor craft pollution standards. Cisneros also engaged with technology, education, and infrastructure legislation, generally supporting measures in those areas. His record on immigration was evenly split, and he opposed most housing-related bills that came to the floor during his tenure.

Key Positions

• •Consistently opposed Republican-drafted budget and appropriations bills, voting nay on 85% of budget measures, including the FY2027 budget resolution and continuing appropriations.
• •Strongly supported healthcare legislation, voting yea on about 78% of healthcare bills that reached the floor.
• •Supported labor protections at a high rate, voting yea on 80% of labor-related measures.
• •Voted to support War Powers Resolution measures directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities in Lebanon, while opposing the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
• •Defended California's environmental standards by voting against congressional disapproval of EPA rules related to the state's harbor craft pollution regulations.
• •Showed strong bipartisan engagement on foreign policy, supporting over 90% of foreign policy measures.
• •Supported the Ratepayer Protection Act and Water Resources Development Act on energy and environmental matters.
• •Voted against the impeachment of President Trump in the criminal justice category.