Salud O. Carbajal

Overview

Salud Carbajal is a Democratic U.S. Representative from California with a voting record spanning 510 recorded votes. His record shows strong engagement across a wide range of policy areas, with particularly active participation in healthcare, environment and energy, defense, and budget legislation. Carbajal has voted in favor of healthcare-related measures at a high rate, supporting bills such as the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. On foreign policy, he has voted unanimously in favor of all measures that came before him, and he has shown consistent support for infrastructure and labor legislation. He also supported measures related to taxation and technology at rates above 70 percent. On budget matters, Carbajal frequently voted against spending and appropriations bills brought to the floor, including opposing the fiscal year 2027 budget resolution and continuing appropriations measures. His environment and energy votes show a pattern of opposing measures that would roll back environmental regulations — for example, voting against congressional disapproval of EPA rules related to California pollution standards. He also voted against most immigration and housing bills that reached the floor during this period. Overall, Carbajal's record reflects a legislator who supports expanded healthcare access, environmental protections, infrastructure investment, and international engagement, while opposing many budget and spending proposals and immigration enforcement measures advanced by the House majority.

Key Positions

• •Voted in favor of healthcare access measures, including supporting recommit motions on the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.
• •Voted against congressional disapproval of EPA rules on California pollution standards, siding with maintaining existing environmental regulations.
• •Supported all 11 foreign policy measures that came before him, indicating consistent backing for international engagement legislation.
• •Opposed the fiscal year 2027 budget resolution and continuing appropriations measures, voting against 23 of 28 budget-related bills.
• •Supported veterans' care legislation, voting in favor of the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, while voting against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.
• •Voted in favor of War Powers Resolution measures to direct the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon, supporting congressional oversight of military deployments.
• •Voted against most immigration-related bills, opposing 6 of 8 measures in that category.
• •Supported infrastructure and labor legislation at high rates, voting in favor of 80 percent of bills in both areas.