Ritchie Torres
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- Civil servant; Community organizer
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Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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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.
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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
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.
The annual defense policy law.
Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.
Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.
Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.
Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.
Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.
Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.
Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.
Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.
Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.
Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.
Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
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Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $18,624,000 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.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Botanical Garden | Public Law 119-74 | Nature Your City ProjectDOC · NOAA ORF | None printed | $750,000 |
| Billion Oyster Project | Public Law 119-74 | Hudson Oyster ReefDOC · NOAA--CZM | None printed | $833,000 |
| New York City Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Hospital | Public Law 119-74 | New York City Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Hospital Youth Violence Intervention InitiativeDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $350,000 |
| Police Athletic League (PAL) | Public Law 119-74 | Crime Prevention Through Youth DevelopmentDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $500,000 |
| New York City Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | NY-15 Camera ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development | Public Law 119-75 | NYC Neighborhood Connectivity Expansion and EquipmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $2,000,000 |
| New York City Housing Authority | Public Law 119-75 | NYCHA Building Line Initiative--Patterso n HousesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $5,000,000 |
| New York State Housing Finance Agency--NYS Homes and Community Renewal | Public Law 119-75 | Concourse Village Domestic Pipes ReplacementDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $3,150,000 |
| New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) | Public Law 119-75 | NYCHA Gun Hill Fire Alarm System UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $850,000 |
| New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) | Public Law 119-75 | NYCHA Parkside Fire Alarm System UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $850,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostos Community College, City University of New York | Public Law 119-75 | CUNY Hostos Library RenovationsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $700,000 |
| New York City Department For The Aging (DFTA) | Public Law 119-75 | DFTA Transportation Vans AcquisitionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $660,000 |
| New York City Department of Parks and Recreation | Public Law 119-75 | Drew Playground Restroom RenovationsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $500,000 |
| New York City Department of Parks and Recreation | Public Law 119-75 | Shoelace Park Resilience--Infrastr ucture and Facility UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $1,200,000 |
| New York City Department of Education | Public Law 119-75 | Leaders of Tomorrow Middle School Hydroponic Science Lab Development, Construction, and EquipmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NY | $250,000 |
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