Jahana Hayes

Overview

Jahana Hayes represents Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat with 495 recorded votes. Her voting record shows strong and consistent support for healthcare legislation, labor protections, and foreign policy measures, while she frequently opposes budget proposals and environmental or energy bills that reach the House floor — a pattern common among Democrats voting against majority-party legislation designed to reduce regulations or reshape spending priorities. Her highest rates of support appear in foreign policy (90.9% Yea), labor (80% Yea), and healthcare (79.3% Yea), reflecting priorities around worker protections, access to medical care, and international engagement. She also shows solid support for education and agriculture legislation. Her lower Yea rates on environment and energy votes (32.4%), budget measures (24.1%), and housing bills (25%) largely reflect opposition to Republican-led proposals in those areas rather than opposition to environmental protection or housing programs themselves — for example, she voted against a resolution to disapprove EPA emissions regulations for California, effectively supporting the environmental standards in question. On defense, Hayes has a mixed record with 63% Yea votes, supporting veterans' care legislation like the Take Care of America's Veterans Act while opposing the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. Her approach to immigration and criminal justice legislation also shows selective engagement, supporting some measures while opposing others. Overall, Hayes votes with her party on most major issues but demonstrates enough independence to place her slightly to the right of the average House Democrat, suggesting a pragmatic approach shaped by her Connecticut constituency.

Key Positions

• •Consistently supports healthcare access legislation, voting Yea on 79.3% of healthcare bills including motions related to the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.
• •Opposes rollbacks of environmental regulations — voted Nay on a resolution to disapprove EPA rules on California harbor craft emission standards, supporting the existing pollution controls.
• •Strongly supports foreign policy engagement, voting Yea on 90.9% of foreign policy measures that came to a vote.
• •Supports labor protections, voting Yea on 80% of labor-related legislation.
• •Opposes Republican-authored budget proposals, voting Nay on the fiscal year 2027 congressional budget resolution and continuing appropriations measures.
• •Supports veterans' services, voting Yea on the Take Care of America's Veterans Act while voting Nay on the broader National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027.
• •Voted to extend protections for the North Atlantic right whale by supporting an amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, reflecting wildlife conservation priorities.
• •Supports education funding and policy, voting Yea on 63.6% of education-related legislation.