Official portrait of Ritchie Torres
U.S. House · New York, District 15

Ritchie Torres

DDemocratIn this seat since January 3, 2021Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.

Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Torres has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.

27 Yes · 30 No · 3 Did not vote
Confirmed from the official record

The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.

This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.

The record in plain language

Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Torres is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Torres votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.

Torres votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention, the HALT Fentanyl Act, the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar) and the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

On funding the government, Torres votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.

Torres votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Torres votes to cancel 1 and against cancelling 22, and did not vote on 1. The rules Torres votes to cancel come from: Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).

Torres votes differently from most House Democrats on 5 of 57 Yes and No votes: No on the law that extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants, No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026, Yes on the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), Yes on the law that cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do and Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention.

Torres did not vote on the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; and the law that cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.

Votes on laws that passed

Most recent

Public Law 119-111 · Signed September 18, 2026Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes No
Public Law 119-110 · Signed September 16, 2026Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act

Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.

House 376–8Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-109 · Signed September 16, 2026Local Access to Courts Act

Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.

House 378–10Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-103 · Signed September 2, 2026Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.

House 370–48Senate 90–6Votes Yes

Most recent No votes

Public Law 119-111 · Signed September 18, 2026Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes No
Public Law 119-98 · Signed June 10, 2026Secure America Act

Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.

House 214–212Senate 52–47Votes No

Votes on a resolution that passed a law

Public Law 119-28 · Signed July 24, 2025Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed this law in the House

What this member says about laws and orders

This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases.

From the official record

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From this member’s press releases

No saved press release from this member names a law or an executive order.

Member-requested spending

Confirmed from the official record

Congress printed 20 spending items this member requested, $22,088,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.

Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.

RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
New York Botanical GardenPublic Law 119-74Nature Your City ProjectDOC · NOAA ORFNone printed$750,000
Billion Oyster ProjectPublic Law 119-74Hudson Oyster ReefDOC · NOAA--CZMNone printed$833,000
New York City Health + Hospitals/Lincoln HospitalPublic Law 119-74New York City Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Hospital Youth Violence Intervention InitiativeDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$350,000
Police Athletic League (PAL)Public Law 119-74Crime Prevention Through Youth DevelopmentDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$500,000
New York City Police DepartmentPublic Law 119-74NY-15 Camera ProjectDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$1,031,000
New York Botanical GardenPublic Law 119-74Nature Your City ProjectDOC · NOAA ORFNone printed$750,000
Billion Oyster ProjectPublic Law 119-74Hudson Oyster ReefDOC · NOAA--CZMNone printed$833,000
New York City Health + Hospitals/Lincoln HospitalPublic Law 119-74New York City Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Hospital Youth Violence Intervention InitiativeDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$350,000
Police Athletic League (PAL)Public Law 119-74Crime Prevention Through Youth DevelopmentDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$500,000
New York City Police DepartmentPublic Law 119-74NY-15 Camera ProjectDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$1,031,000
Show all 20
RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
New York City Department of Housing Preservation & DevelopmentPublic Law 119-75NYC Neighborhood Connectivity Expansion and EquipmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$2,000,000
New York City Housing AuthorityPublic Law 119-75NYCHA Building Line Initiative--Patterso n HousesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$5,000,000
New York State Housing Finance Agency--NYS Homes and Community RenewalPublic Law 119-75Concourse Village Domestic Pipes ReplacementDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$3,150,000
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)Public Law 119-75NYCHA Gun Hill Fire Alarm System UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$850,000
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)Public Law 119-75NYCHA Parkside Fire Alarm System UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$850,000
Hostos Community College, City University of New YorkPublic Law 119-75CUNY Hostos Library RenovationsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$700,000
New York City Department For The Aging (DFTA)Public Law 119-75DFTA Transportation Vans AcquisitionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$660,000
New York City Department of Parks and RecreationPublic Law 119-75Drew Playground Restroom RenovationsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$500,000
New York City Department of Parks and RecreationPublic Law 119-75Shoelace Park Resilience--Infrastr ucture and Facility UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$1,200,000
New York City Department of EducationPublic Law 119-75Leaders of Tomorrow Middle School Hydroponic Science Lab Development, Construction, and EquipmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNY$250,000

5 rows here have the same law, recipient, purpose and amount as another row. The Congressional Record may print one item more than once. The count and the total include each row.

Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.

Online ads

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Read from Google Ads Transparency Center, its data file of October 6, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.

Campaign money

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Where this comes from

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Official portraitCongress.gov member directory · saved October 5, 2026 · Image courtesy of the Member
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House roll call 308 of 2026 (Russia and Iran sanctions law)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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House roll call 284 of 2026 (Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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House roll call 285 of 2026 (Local Access to Courts Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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