Ritchie Torres
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.
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
Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.
Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.
Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.
Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.
Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.
Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.
Renews the Congressional Award program, which recognizes young people for service and achievement.
When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.
Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.
Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.
Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.
Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.
Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.
Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.
Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.
Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.
Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.
Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.
Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
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.
What this member says about laws and orders
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From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
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Member-requested spending
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.
| 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--Byrn e | None printed | $350,000 |
| Police Athletic League (PAL) | Public Law 119-74 | Crime Prevention Through Youth DevelopmentDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | 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 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 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
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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Campaign money
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