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David G. Valadao

Current U.S. representative for California's 22nd Congressional District; Congress.gov records House service from 2013 to 2019 and again since 2021. Campaign affiliation: Republican.

Voter guide

Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

David G. Valadao

Background

  • The sitting member for California's 22nd district. Congress.gov records House service from 2013 to 2019 for the 21st district, and again since 2021; he has represented the 22nd since 2023.
  • The House Clerk lists him on the Appropriations Committee, on its Agriculture, Defense and Legislative Branch subcommittees, and on the Agriculture Committee.
  • His campaign describes him as a dairy farmer raised in Hanford, whose family emigrated from the Azores, and says he was elected to the California State Assembly in 2010.
  • Congress.gov lists 93 sponsored items for him, two of them floor amendments. By its latest-action record one bill, the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, became law under its own number.

What they say they want to do

  • A pathway to citizenship, a guest worker program for agriculture, and immigration enforcement focused on people who have committed serious crimes.
  • A safe and stable water supply for the Central Valley and its farms.
  • Market-based health care reform that lowers costs while keeping access for the elderly, the poor and people with pre-existing conditions.
  • A balanced budget, with spending cuts and a fairer tax code; he opposes California's high-speed rail.
  • More domestic energy production, including oil and natural gas in California as well as solar and hydro power.

What the official record shows

  • His Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act became Public Law 115-59.
  • Voted Yea on House passage of the American Dream and Promise Act and of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which he cosponsored. Both passed the House and went no further.
  • Voted Yea on House passage of H.R. 1, the 2025 reconciliation bill, which carried 215-214.
  • Voted Aye on concurring in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, 218-214; it became Public Law 119-21 the next day.
  • Became an original cosponsor of the Dignity Act of 2025, having cosponsored the 2023 version.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 8 committees$1,568,869
Corporation PACs 136 committees$532,371
Leadership PACs 91 committees$414,510
Trade Association PACs 91 committees$361,500
PAC - Qualified 45 committees$172,500
House 58 committees$130,402
Membership Organization PACs 29 committees$112,500
Cooperative PACs 18 committees$67,750
Labor Organization PACs 13 committees$52,500
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 4 committees$19,000
PAC - Nonqualified 4 committees$17,500
Committees the FEC records no type for 5 committees$11,500
Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only) 3 committees$11,000
Party committees 2 committees$10,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 2 committees$7,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 1 committee$1,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Contributions from political committees on lines 11B (party committees), 11C (other political committees) and 12 (transfers from joint fundraising committees) of his committee's 2025-2026 cycle filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's recorded organisation type or designation of the contributing committee. Each line reconciles exactly to the committee's own filed total: 10,000 dollars on line 11B, 1,911,533.22 dollars on line 11C and 1,568,869.04 dollars on line 12. The rows sum to 3,490,402.26 dollars, which is a part of what his committee reports raising and not its total. Donations individuals made through WinRed are individual contributions and are not in the table.

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

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What they say

After the House passed its version of the reconciliation bill, he said he had told House leadership he would not support a final bill that reduced Medicaid coverage for children, seniors, people with disabilities or pregnant women.

“I would not support a final reconciliation bill that included any reduction in Medicaid coverage for our most vulnerable populations—children, seniors, individuals with disabilities, and pregnant women”

What the record shows ·

He voted Aye on the final bill on July 3, 2025 (Roll Call 190, 218-214), having voted Yea on House passage on May 22 (Roll Call 145, 215-214). The House-passed bill already shortened retroactive coverage, and by more: for every enrollee, children, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities included, Medicaid and CHIP would have paid for care only from the month before the month of application instead of the third month before (section 44122 of the engrossed bill). The release carrying his promise said of that bill: “This bill honors my commitment to protect Medicaid for our most vulnerable populations.” The final law, Public Law 119-21, shortens retroactive coverage by less for most of the groups he named, for applications from 2027: for everyone enrolled outside the adult expansion group, which is where children, pregnant women and people over 65 qualify, Medicaid will pay for care from the second month before the month of application instead of the third; for expansion adults, from the month before, as in the House bill (section 71112). Some adults with disabilities are in that group. The law's new community engagement requirement applies only to expansion adults aged 19 to 64 who are not pregnant, and exempts people who are medically frail or disabled and parents or caregivers of a child 13 or under or of a disabled person (section 71119). The enacted text contains no per-capita cap, one of the provisions he says he kept out.

Limit: The label rests on his own words, “any reduction”: the final law narrows the months of care Medicaid will cover before an application for the groups he named, and he voted for it. The case the other way is strong. The change is narrow, ends no one's eligibility and starts in 2027, and it is smaller for most of his groups than the one in the House bill, which he said honoured his commitment in the same statement that made the promise; by his own usage that day, a shorter retroactive window may not have been the reduction he meant. The work requirement was written to exclude the groups he named, and on July 3 he said he voted for the bill because it preserves Medicaid for children, pregnant women, the disabled and the elderly. Whether a shorter retroactive window is the kind of reduction his promise ruled out is a judgment for the owner.

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What they say

He said that after his conversations an additional $25 billion was added to the new Rural Health Transformation Program, bringing it to $50 billion.

What the record shows ·

The final law has $50 billion for the program, $25 billion more than the Senate's June text, but no record shows what part his conversations played.

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What they say

He said that after his conversations an additional $25 billion was added to the new Rural Health Transformation Program, bringing it to $50 billion.

“an additional $25 billion was added to the newly established Rural Health Transformation Program”

What the record shows ·

Section 71401 of Public Law 119-21 creates the Rural Health Transformation Program and appropriates $10,000,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 to 2030, $50 billion in all, for allotments to states through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The program was not in the House-passed bill of May 22. It appears in the Senate Budget Committee's substitute text of June 27, 2025 at $25 billion, spread over fiscal years 2028 to 2032; the enacted law carries twice that. He voted Aye on the final bill on July 3, 2025 (Roll Call 190).

Limit: The enacted total is exactly the $50 billion he gives, and it is $25 billion more than the Senate's June 27 text, so the increase he describes is in the record. No record checked here shows what part his conversations played. The offices of Senators Murkowski and Collins each say they pushed for the $50 billion; neither names him. The money goes to every state by allotment, not to his district in particular, and any left unspent in October 2032 returns to the Treasury.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

He said he secured $1 billion in western water storage and conveyance funding in the reconciliation law.

What the record shows ·

The 2025 law he voted for gives the Bureau of Reclamation $1 billion for water storage and conveyance across the West, but its text can't show who secured it.

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What they say

He said he secured $1 billion in western water storage and conveyance funding in the reconciliation law.

“I was able to secure $1 billion in western water storage and conveyance funding”

What the record shows ·

Section 50501 of Public Law 119-21 appropriates $1,000,000,000 to the Bureau of Reclamation, available until September 30, 2034, to restore or increase the capacity of existing Reclamation conveyance facilities and to increase the capacity of existing Reclamation surface water storage. None of it is reimbursable or subject to cost-sharing. He voted Aye on the final bill (Roll Call 190).

Limit: The appropriation exists at the figure and for the purpose he states. It is the Bureau of Reclamation's to spend “in a manner as determined by the Secretary of the Interior”, across the West rather than in his district, and the law's text cannot show who secured it. “Secured” is his account of his role, which no record checked here confirms or contradicts. The House bill he voted for in May carried more, in two sections: $2 billion for surface storage and $500 million for conveyance (sections 80203 and 80204). The enacted law merges them into the $1 billion he cites.

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What they say

His campaign says he supports a reasonable and responsible pathway to citizenship, for people who want to come and for people already here, and that he will work on immigration reform until a solution is reached.

What the record shows ·

Since 2013 he has cosponsored and voted for bills offering legal status to Dreamers and others, most with a provisional status first, and none became law.

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What they say

His campaign says he supports a reasonable and responsible pathway to citizenship, for people who want to come and for people already here, and that he will work on immigration reform until a solution is reached.

“David supports a reasonable and responsible pathway to citizenship for those wishing to enter our country and those already here.”

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored H.R. 15 in 2013, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, which offered registered provisional immigrant status to people living in the country unlawfully since before 2012, with later adjustment to permanent residence; its summary says they could then be naturalized in three years. He cosponsored the Dream Act of 2017 and was an original cosponsor of the USA Act of 2018, both offering conditional permanent residence to people brought to the country as minors. In June 2018 he voted No on the Securing America's Future Act (Roll Call 282, failed 193-231), which offered them a contingent nonimmigrant status, and Aye on the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act (Roll Call 297, failed 121-301), which offered people who arrived before 16 a renewable contingent status and a points-based route to immigrant status. On March 18, 2021 he voted Yea on House passage of the American Dream and Promise Act (Roll Call 91, 228-197), which offered conditional permanent residence to qualifying people brought to the country as minors and permanent residence to some holders of temporary protected status, and of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (Roll Call 93, 247-174), which he cosponsored and which created a certified agricultural worker status. Both passed the House and went no further. He cosponsored the Dignity Act in 2023 and was an original cosponsor of the Dignity Act of 2025; both were referred to subcommittee.

Limit: His votes and cosponsorships run the way his campaign says, from his first term to his current one. None of these bills became law. Most offer a provisional, conditional or contingent status first, and permanent residence, the step before citizenship, only after years. His office's release says the 2025 Dignity Act “grants legal status and a path to permanent residency for Dreamers.” The campaign page is undated and appears to predate 2023.

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What they say

After his final vote on the 2025 reconciliation bill, he said it eliminates taxes on tips and overtime, expands the Child Tax Credit and enhances deductions for seniors.

What the record shows ·

The law lets workers deduct capped amounts of tips and overtime pay through 2028, raises the child credit from $2,000 to $2,200 and adds a $6,000 deduction for seniors.

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After his final vote on the 2025 reconciliation bill, he said it eliminates taxes on tips and overtime, expands the Child Tax Credit and enhances deductions for seniors.

“eliminating taxes on tips and overtime, expanding the Child Tax Credit, enhancing deductions for seniors”

What the record shows ·

He voted Aye on the final bill on July 3, 2025 (Roll Call 190), and it became Public Law 119-21. Workers can deduct up to $25,000 a year in tips and up to $12,500 in overtime pay ($25,000 on a joint return), counting only the part of overtime pay above their regular rate (sections 70201 and 70202). Both deductions shrink above $150,000 of income ($300,000 joint) and end after 2028. The Child Tax Credit rises from $2,000 to $2,200 per child (section 70104). People 65 and over get an extra $6,000 deduction through 2028, reduced above $75,000 of income, or $150,000 on a joint return (section 70103).

Limit: The tip and overtime breaks are capped deductions that end after 2028, so “eliminating” taxes on them overstates the law. The child credit and senior deduction are in the law as he says.

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What they say

His campaign supports expanding domestic energy to cut dependence on foreign energy and save money, naming oil and natural gas in California as well as solar and hydro power.

What the record shows ·

He backed the 2025 oil/gas lease-sale law with limits on wind/solar credits, and a fracking-ban restriction that passed only the House. The credit cutoff has an exception.

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What they say

His campaign supports expanding domestic energy to cut dependence on foreign energy and save money, naming oil and natural gas in California as well as solar and hydro power.

“David supports expanding our domestic energy potential to reduce our dependence on foreign energy and save money here at home.”

What the record shows ·

He was an original cosponsor of the Protecting American Energy Production Act (H.R. 1121) in February 2023. It bars a president from declaring a moratorium on fracking unless Congress authorizes one. He voted Yea when it passed the House on March 20, 2024 (Roll Call 93, 229-188); it was then referred to a Senate committee. The same ban was in the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1), which also required at least four onshore oil and gas lease sales a year in each state with land available; he voted Yea when it passed the House on March 30, 2023 (Roll Call 182, 225-204). He voted Aye on the 2025 reconciliation law (Roll Call 190), which orders the Interior Department to immediately resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales (section 50101 of Public Law 119-21).

Limit: The campaign page is undated. The same 2025 law ends the clean electricity production and investment credits for wind and solar facilities placed in service after 2027, unless construction began within 12 months of enactment (sections 70512 and 70513).

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What they say

His campaign says that without improvements Social Security and Medicare will be unable to fully meet their promises to the next generation of retirees, and that he believes “we must act in order to strengthen and preserve these vital programs.”

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored and voted for the Fairness Act, now law, raising some public pensioners' benefits. Trustees say it worsened trust-fund finances. No Medicare vote was checked.

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What they say

His campaign says that without improvements Social Security and Medicare will be unable to fully meet their promises to the next generation of retirees, and that he believes “we must act in order to strengthen and preserve these vital programs.”

“David, who believes we must act in order to strengthen and preserve these vital programs”

What the record shows ·

On February 27, 2023 he cosponsored H. Res. 109, which states that Social Security “should be preserved and protected for current beneficiaries, and for future generations to come.” It was referred to the Ways and Means Committee. He cosponsored the Social Security Fairness Act in every Congress he served from 2013 until it passed. He voted Yea when the House passed the 2023 bill on November 12, 2024 (Roll Call 456, 327-75), and it became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025. It repealed the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset, which cut Social Security benefits for some people with a state or local government pension.

Limit: H. Res. 109 states a view and changes no law. The Fairness Act raised benefits, and the program's trustees say it hurt the retirement trust fund's finances. No Medicare vote was checked. The campaign page is undated.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said he voted to release the Epstein files.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed the House 427-1 on November 18, 2025 and became law the next day; earlier procedural votes were not checked.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said he voted to release the Epstein files.

What the record shows ·

He voted Aye on November 18, 2025, when the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) 427-1 (Roll Call 289). It became Public Law 119-38 the next day. It orders the Attorney General to make public the Justice Department's unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein.

Limit: This is the House vote that passed the bill. His earlier procedural votes on the files were not checked.

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What they say

Asked in the October 6 KGET debate whether he still stands by his 2021 vote to impeach President Trump, Valadao said he made his decisions and stands by them, and that he works with whoever is president.

What the record shows ·

In January 2021 he was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump; whether he still stands by that vote is his own account.

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What they say

Asked in the October 6 KGET debate whether he still stands by his 2021 vote to impeach President Trump, Valadao said he made his decisions and stands by them, and that he works with whoever is president.

What the record shows ·

On January 13, 2021 he voted Yea on H. Res. 24, impeaching President Trump (Roll Call 17). It passed 232-197, with 10 Republicans voting Yea.

Limit: The vote is on the record. Whether he still stands by it is his own account.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said he is not one of those who shut down the government and that he votes to fund it.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2025 and 2026 stopgap funding bills and the 2026 consolidated spending bill checked here; earlier years were not checked.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said he is not one of those who shut down the government and that he votes to fund it.

What the record shows ·

He voted Yea on the stopgap funding bills the House passed on March 11, 2025 (Roll Call 70, 217-213) and September 19, 2025 (Roll Call 281, 217-212), and on the Senate's version of the second, agreed to on November 12, 2025 (Roll Call 285, 222-209). He voted Yea on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 on February 3, 2026 (Roll Call 53, 217-214) and on a stopgap for fiscal 2027 on July 21, 2026 (Roll Call 272, 220-205).

Limit: Only his 2025 and 2026 votes on stopgaps and the 2026 consolidated spending bill were checked. Earlier years were not.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said the 2025 reconciliation law he voted for improved Pell grants, so young people can go to school to learn trades such as plumbing.

What the record shows ·

The law creates Workforce Pell Grants for short, approved job-training programs from July 2026, and also narrows regular Pell for some students.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said the 2025 reconciliation law he voted for improved Pell grants, so young people can go to school to learn trades such as plumbing.

What the record shows ·

Section 83002 of Public Law 119-21 creates Workforce Pell Grants from July 1, 2026, for job-training programs of at least 150 but under 600 clock hours, lasting at least 8 but under 15 weeks, that the state's governor and the Education Department approve. The same law ends regular Pell grants from July 2026 for students whose student aid index is at least twice the maximum grant, or whose non-federal grants cover their full cost (sections 83001 and 83004). He voted Aye on the final bill (Roll Call 190).

Limit: Workforce Pell starts with the 2026-27 school year, and a program qualifies only after state and federal approval. The same law narrows regular Pell for some students.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said he brought over $500 million to the district this year alone, including $500 million to help the Central Valley develop more water infrastructure, money he tied to the 2025 reconciliation law.

What the record shows ·

In March 2026 Interior gave $540 million from the 2025 law he voted for to water projects across the Central Valley, not just his district; no record shows his part.

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In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said he brought over $500 million to the district this year alone, including $500 million to help the Central Valley develop more water infrastructure, money he tied to the 2025 reconciliation law.

What the record shows ·

On March 17, 2026 the Interior Department gave $540 million of the law's $1 billion for Bureau of Reclamation water storage and conveyance to Central Valley projects: $235 million for the Delta-Mendota Canal, $200 million for the Friant-Kern Canal, $50 million for the San Luis Canal, $15 million for a Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority pumping plant and $40 million to plan raising Shasta Dam. The $1 billion is in section 50501 of Public Law 119-21, which he voted for (Roll Call 190).

Limit: Interior's $540 million matches his figure, but it goes to projects the length of the Central Valley, not just his district. Interior picked them, and no record checked here shows his part.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said that at the end of 2016, under the Obama administration, they passed the WIIN Act with changes that let them move water through the Delta.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the WIIN Act, law since December 2016, which told agencies to maximize Delta pumping within fish limits; most of its California part expired in 2021.

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In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said that at the end of 2016, under the Obama administration, they passed the WIIN Act with changes that let them move water through the Delta.

What the record shows ·

He voted Aye when the House passed the WIIN Act on December 8, 2016, 360-61 (Roll Call 622), and it became Public Law 114-322 on December 16, 2016. Its California water subtitle tells federal agencies to provide the most water practicable to Central Valley Project contractors, and to run the south Delta pumps at the most negative river flow the fish biological opinions allow, to maximize supplies, unless that harms listed fish more than those opinions expected or breaks state law (sections 4001 and 4002).

Limit: The law changed how the pumps are run; it does not show how much more water moved. Most of the California subtitle expired five years after enactment, in December 2021.

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said that through the appropriations process he helped with a seniors' building coming to Kern County, with roads and with wells, and that his appropriations helped communities such as Arvin, including a project bringing water to Arvin's edge to help its wells.

What the record shows ·

Two 2026 spending laws he voted for fund his requests for Bakersfield senior housing, two wells, an Arvin street and an Arvin-Edison water district project; agencies still award the grants.

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In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said that through the appropriations process he helped with a seniors' building coming to Kern County, with roads and with wells, and that his appropriations helped communities such as Arvin, including a project bringing water to Arvin's edge to help its wells.

What the record shows ·

Two 2026 spending laws he voted for (Roll Calls 7 and 53) fund projects their explanatory statements list him as requesting, including $7,575,000 for the Kern County Housing Authority's Bakersfield Senior Center affordable housing, $1,250,000 for a street project in Arvin, $2,000,000 each for a new well in Kings County and a replacement well in McFarland, and $2,000,000 for an Arvin-Edison Water Storage District water supply project. They are Public Laws 119-74 and 119-75. The same tables list him for four more road projects worth $13,000,000.

Limit: The tables name him as the House member who asked for each project; agencies still award the grants. He did not name the Arvin water project, so the Arvin-Edison one shown here may not be the one he meant.

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Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    Official candidate list certified

    The California Secretary of State's certified list for the November 3 general election names both candidates for the 22nd district.

  2. race event

    July quarterly reports filed

    Both principal campaign committees filed their reports for May 14 to June 30, 2026 on the same day.

  3. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    July Quarterly 2026, principal campaign committee VALADAO FOR CONGRESS.

  4. race event

    Dignity Act of 2025 introduced

    Valadao was one of its original cosponsors.

  5. race event

    The reconciliation act becomes law

    H.R. 1 became Public Law 119-21. Valadao voted Aye on the final House vote the day before.

  6. race event

    Valadao sets terms for his reconciliation vote

    After voting for House passage of H.R. 1, he said he would not support a final bill that reduced Medicaid coverage for children, seniors, people with disabilities or pregnant women.

  7. race event

    House passes two immigration bills

    Valadao voted Yea on House passage of the American Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. Neither became law.

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Sources74 source records

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  1. David G. Valadao, member recordhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/V000129

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Resolved from Congress.gov's listing for California's 22nd district in the 119th Congress and name-checked. Used for his terms: the 113th to 115th Congresses for the 21st district, the 117th for the 21st, and the 118th and 119th for the 22nd; and for his 93 sponsored items.

    official office record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money

  2. Representative David G. Valadaohttps://clerk.house.gov/members/V000129

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Clerk's member page, used for his committee and subcommittee assignments in the 119th Congress.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. About Davidhttps://valadaoforcongress.com/about-david/

    Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled biography. Undated; it describes his earlier House service in the 21st district and his current Appropriations subcommittee.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. H.R. 624, Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/624

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His bill, which became Public Law 115-59 on September 15, 2017. By Congress.gov's latest-action record it is the only one of his sponsored bills to become law under its own number.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  5. Issues: Immigrationhttps://valadaoforcongress.com/immigration/

    Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled; undated. See the note on the healthcare page.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  6. Issues: Waterhttps://valadaoforcongress.com/water/

    Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled; undated.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  7. Issues: Healthcarehttps://valadaoforcongress.com/healthcare/

    Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled. The campaign's issue pages are undated and appear to predate 2023: the jobs page refers to the 21st Congressional District and the spending page to a national debt of $23 trillion. They are the campaign's positions as published on September 23, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  8. Issues: Spendinghttps://valadaoforcongress.com/spending/

    Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled; undated. Cites a national debt of $23 trillion.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  9. Issues: Energyhttps://valadaoforcongress.com/energy/

    Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled; undated.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Expanding domestic oil and gas production

  10. Roll Call 91, H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2021, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202191

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 18, 2021, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 228-197.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Immigration: a pathway to legal status; House passes two immigration bills

  11. Roll Call 93, H.R. 1603, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202193

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 18, 2021, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 247-174.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Immigration: a pathway to legal status; House passes two immigration bills

  12. H.R. 1603, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1603

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Cosponsorship (he joined on March 9, 2021) and the House-passed summary: a certified agricultural worker status for farmworkers and changes to the H-2A programme. Passed the House; not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  13. Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 215-214, one member voting present.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Medicaid coverage for the most vulnerable; Valadao sets terms for his reconciliation vote

  14. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Agreed to 218-214; the bill became law the next day.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Medicaid coverage for the most vulnerable; The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program; $1 billion for western water storage and conveyance; Tax breaks in the 2025 reconciliation law; Expanding domestic oil and gas production; Pell grants for short job-training programs; $540 million for Central Valley water projects; The reconciliation act becomes law

  15. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, 119th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The enacted text, read in full from GovInfo. Used for sections 50501 (water conveyance and storage), 71112 (retroactive coverage), 71119 (community engagement requirement) and 71401 (Rural Health Transformation Program). Also used for sections 50101 (onshore lease sales), 70103, 70104, 70201 and 70202 (senior deduction, child credit, tips, overtime), and 70512 and 70513 (wind and solar credits).

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Medicaid coverage for the most vulnerable; The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program; $1 billion for western water storage and conveyance; Tax breaks in the 2025 reconciliation law; Expanding domestic oil and gas production; Pell grants for short job-training programs; $540 million for Central Valley water projects; The reconciliation act becomes law

  16. H.R. 4393, Dignity Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4393

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Cosponsorship: an original cosponsor on July 15, 2025, one of 39. Referred to subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Immigration: a pathway to legal status; Dignity Act of 2025 introduced

  17. H.R. 3599, Dignity Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3599

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Cosponsorship: he joined on September 21, 2023, one of 38 cosponsors. Referred to subcommittee; not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  18. VALADAO FOR CONGRESS, receipts from political committees (lines 11B, 11C and 12)https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00499392&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11C

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on September 23, 2026: 2 line-11B rows, 882 line-11C rows (9 memo) and 1,071 line-12 rows (1,016 memo), reconciled to the committee's filed totals.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  19. VALADAO FOR CONGRESS, committee recordhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00499392/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee of candidate H2CA20094, the Republican incumbent. The committee's FEC record lists no website; the campaign site was identified by its "Paid for by Valadao for Congress" line.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  20. Congressman Valadao Releases Statement on Passage of the House Version of Reconciliation Billhttps://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1979

    Office of Congressman David G. Valadao · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His congressional office's press release, in his own words. Used for his statement about the terms on which he would support a final reconciliation bill.

    candidate statement

    For: Medicaid coverage for the most vulnerable; Valadao sets terms for his reconciliation vote

  21. H.R. 1 as passed by the House, May 22, 2025 (engrossed text)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1eh/html/BILLS-119hr1eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The text the House passed on May 22, 2025, read in full from GovInfo. Used for section 44122 (retroactive coverage) and sections 80203 and 80204 (surface water storage and conveyance). A search of the full text for "Rural Health Transformation" returns nothing.

    official legislative record

    For: Medicaid coverage for the most vulnerable; The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program; $1 billion for western water storage and conveyance

  22. Congressman Valadao Releases Statement After House Budget Reconciliation Votehttps://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3103

    Office of Congressman David G. Valadao · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His congressional office's press release on his final vote for H.R. 1, in his own words. It makes several claims about what he secured in the law.

    candidate statement

    For: The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program; $1 billion for western water storage and conveyance; Tax breaks in the 2025 reconciliation law

  23. Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1, Senate Budget Committee text of June 27, 2025 (document)

    U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget · Published Jun 27, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    A substitute for H.R. 1 intended to be proposed by the committee's chairman, published on the committee's site; the file was created on June 27, 2025. Its section 71401 (PDF page 739) appropriates $10 billion for each of fiscal years 2028 and 2029, $2 billion for each of 2030 and 2031 and $1 billion for 2032 to the Rural Health Transformation Program, $25 billion in all.

    official legislative record

    For: The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program

  24. Murkowski on Rural Health Transformation Fund: "Alaska has an extraordinary opportunity."https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/murkowski-on-rural-health-transformation-fund-alaska-has-an-extraordinary-opportunity

    Office of Senator Lisa Murkowski · Published Dec 29, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026

    She calls herself one of the lead advocates to double the fund from $25 billion to $50 billion. The release does not mention Valadao.

    official office record

    For: The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program

  25. Senator Collins Announces $190 Million for Maine Rural Hospitals and Providers through Rural Health Transformation Programhttps://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-announces-190-million-for-maine-rural-hospitals-and-providers-through-rural-health-transformation-program

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Published Dec 29, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026

    It says she proposed the fund and pushed to expand it to $50 billion. The release does not mention Valadao.

    official office record

    For: The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program

  26. H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (113th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/15

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Cosponsorship (he joined on October 30, 2013, one of 200 cosponsors) and its summary as introduced: registered provisional immigrant status for people in the country unlawfully since before 2012, with later adjustment to lawful permanent residence, then naturalization after three years for those lawfully present for ten years first. Not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  27. H.R. 3440, Dream Act of 2017https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3440

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Cosponsorship (he joined on September 13, 2017) and its summary as introduced: conditional permanent resident status for qualifying people who entered the United States before 18. Not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  28. H.R. 4796, USA Act of 2018https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4796

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Cosponsorship (an original cosponsor on January 16, 2018) and its summary as introduced: conditional permanent resident status for qualifying people who entered the United States before 18. Referred to subcommittee; not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  29. Roll Call 282, H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act of 2018, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2018282

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 21, 2018, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Failed 193-231. The bill's summary on Congress.gov describes a contingent nonimmigrant status for certain people who entered the United States as minors.

    official legislative record

    For: Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  30. Roll Call 297, H.R. 6136, Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2018297

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 27, 2018, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Failed 121-301. The bill's summary on Congress.gov describes a six-year renewable contingent nonimmigrant status for certain people who entered the United States before 16, and adjustment to immigrant status on a point system.

    official legislative record

    For: Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  31. H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2021https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Its summary as passed by the House: conditional permanent resident status for qualifying people who entered the United States as minors, and permanent resident status for certain TPS and DED holders. Passed the House; not enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  32. Congressman Valadao Works to Reform Our Nation's Immigration Systemhttps://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3117

    Office of Congressman David G. Valadao · Published Jul 16, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His congressional office's release on the Dignity Act of 2025. It also quotes the bill's lead sponsor, whose words are not his and are not used as his position.

    candidate statement

    For: Immigration: a pathway to legal status

  33. H.R. 1121, Protecting American Energy Production Act (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1121

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan; he was an original cosponsor on February 21, 2023. Passed the House on March 20, 2024 and was referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The House-engrossed text on GovInfo (BILLS-118hr1121eh) was read for the fracking moratorium ban.

    official legislative record

    For: Expanding domestic oil and gas production

  34. Roll Call 93, H.R. 1121, Protecting American Energy Production Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202493

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 20, 2024, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 229-188.

    official legislative record

    For: Expanding domestic oil and gas production

  35. H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise. The House-engrossed text on GovInfo (BILLS-118hr1eh) was read for section 10002 (fracking moratorium) and section 20101 (onshore lease sales).

    official legislative record

    For: Expanding domestic oil and gas production

  36. Roll Call 182, H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023182

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 30, 2023, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 225-204.

    official legislative record

    For: Expanding domestic oil and gas production

  37. Issues: Seniorshttps://valadaoforcongress.com/seniors/

    Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled; undated.

    candidate statement

    For: Preserving Social Security

  38. H. Res. 109, Social Security should be preserved and protected (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/109

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Claudia Tenney; he cosponsored it on February 27, 2023. Its text, read on GovInfo (BILLS-118hres109ih), shows it was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  39. H.R. 1795, Social Security Fairness Act of 2013https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1795

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    He is listed as a cosponsor.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  40. H.R. 973, Social Security Fairness Act of 2015https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/973

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    He is listed as a cosponsor.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  41. H.R. 1205, Social Security Fairness Act of 2017https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1205

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    He is listed as a cosponsor.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  42. H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2021https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/82

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    He is listed as a cosponsor.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  43. H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves; he cosponsored it on January 20, 2023. Became Public Law 118-273. Its summary says it repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for people who also receive a pension such as one from a state or local government.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  44. Roll Call 456, H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, on motion to suspend the rules and passhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 12, 2024, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 327-75, one present.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  45. Public Law 118-273 (H.R. 82, 118th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ273/html/PLAW-118publ273.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 5, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The enacted text: section 2 repeals the government pension offset and section 3 the windfall elimination provisions. Approved January 5, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  46. The 2025 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds (H. Doc. 119-62) (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jun 23, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Section III.B says the Social Security Fairness Act increases benefits for people who worked in jobs not covered by Social Security and has a significant negative effect on the OASI Trust Fund.

    official legislative record

    For: Preserving Social Security

  47. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on the Epstein files vote, 28:24https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=1704s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    28:27-28:29. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: Voting to release the Epstein files

  48. Roll Call 289, H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Transparency Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025289

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 18, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 427-1 under suspension of the rules.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting to release the Epstein files

  49. Public Law 119-38 (H.R. 4405, 119th Congress), Epstein Files Transparency Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ38/html/PLAW-119publ38.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 19, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The enacted text, signed November 19, 2025. Section 2 orders the Attorney General to make public the Justice Department's unclassified Epstein records.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting to release the Epstein files

  50. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on his impeachment vote, 28:47https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=1727s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    28:52-29:28 (question and answer). Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: His 2021 vote to impeach President Trump

  51. Roll Call 17, H. Res. 24, impeaching President Trumphttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202117

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of January 13, 2021, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Agreed to 232-197; Republicans voted 10 Yea and 197 Nay.

    official legislative record

    For: His 2021 vote to impeach President Trump

  52. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on funding the government, 26:18https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=1578s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    26:32-26:39. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: Votes to keep the government funded

  53. Roll Call 70, H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202570

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 11, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 217-213.

    official legislative record

    For: Votes to keep the government funded

  54. Roll Call 281, H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025281

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of September 19, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 217-212.

    official legislative record

    For: Votes to keep the government funded

  55. Roll Call 285, H.R. 5371, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025285

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 12, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Agreed to 222-209.

    official legislative record

    For: Votes to keep the government funded

  56. Roll Call 53, H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, on concurring in the Senate amendmentshttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202653

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 3, 2026, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Agreed to 217-214.

    official legislative record

    For: Votes to keep the government funded; Local projects he requested in the 2026 spending laws

  57. Roll Call 272, H.R. 9770, continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026272

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 21, 2026, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 220-205.

    official legislative record

    For: Votes to keep the government funded

  58. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on what the 2025 law carried, 26:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=1560s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    26:03-26:19. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: Pell grants for short job-training programs; $540 million for Central Valley water projects

  59. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on Central Valley water money, 20:20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=1220s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    20:26-20:42. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: $540 million for Central Valley water projects

  60. Interior Announces $889 Million Investment in Western Water Infrastructurehttps://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-announces-889-million-investment-western-water-infrastructure-through

    U.S. Department of the Interior · Published Mar 17, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Interior's allocation of the 2025 law's $1 billion for water storage and conveyance: $540 million to Central Valley projects, listed by canal and dam.

    official office record

    For: $540 million for Central Valley water projects

  61. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on the 2016 WIIN Act, 47:14https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=2834s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    47:29-47:35. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: The 2016 WIIN Act and Delta water

  62. Roll Call 622, S. 612 (the WIIN Act), on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2016622

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 8, 2016, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 360-61; the House passed the Senate bill with its WIIN Act amendment.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2016 WIIN Act and Delta water

  63. S. 612, House amendment of December 8, 2016https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s612eah/html/BILLS-114s612eah.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 8, 2016 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The text the House passed, which replaced the Senate bill with the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2016 WIIN Act and Delta water

  64. Public Law 114-322 (S. 612, 114th Congress), the WIIN Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-114publ322/html/PLAW-114publ322.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 16, 2016 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The enacted text. Used for sections 4001, 4002 and 4013 of its California water subtitle.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2016 WIIN Act and Delta water

  65. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on local projects, 13:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=780s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    13:03-13:18. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: Local projects he requested in the 2026 spending laws

  66. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on Arvin, 47:54https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=2874s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    47:57-48:14. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

    candidate statement

    For: Local projects he requested in the 2026 spending laws

  67. Explanatory statement on H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-01-22/html/CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgH1353-2.htm

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The housing and transportation project tables list him as the House requester of $7,575,000 for the Bakersfield Senior Center affordable housing, $1,250,000 for Arvin's 4th Street project and four more road projects worth $13,000,000.

    official legislative record

    For: Local projects he requested in the 2026 spending laws

  68. FY26 Interior and Environment project table, as enacted (document)

    Senate Committee on Appropriations · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The project table for the Interior division of Public Law 119-74, built by GPO. It lists him as House requester of $2,000,000 each for the Arvin-Edison project and wells in McFarland and Kings County; Senator Padilla also requested the Kings County well.

    official legislative record

    For: Local projects he requested in the 2026 spending laws

  69. Public Law 119-74 (H.R. 6938, 119th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ74/html/PLAW-119publ74.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 23, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Signed January 23, 2026. Section 4 gives the House explanatory statement the effect of a conference report's; Division C is the Interior and Environment act.

    official legislative record

    For: Local projects he requested in the 2026 spending laws

  70. Public Law 119-75 (H.R. 7148, 119th Congress), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Signed February 3, 2026. Section 4 gives the House explanatory statement the effect of a conference report's; Division D is the transportation and housing act.

    official legislative record

    For: Local projects he requested in the 2026 spending laws

  71. Roll Call 7, H.R. 6938, Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20267

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of January 8, 2026, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 397-28.

    official legislative record

    For: Local projects he requested in the 2026 spending laws

  72. Official certified list of candidates, November 3, 2026 general election (document)

    California Secretary of State · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Certified list dated August 27, 2026. Lists Randy Villegas (Democratic, ballot designation Teacher/Business Owner) and David G. Valadao (Republican, Congressman/Dairy Farmer) for District 22, in that order.

    official election record

    For: Official candidate list certified

  73. VILLEGAS FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Published Jul 15, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering May 14 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026 and read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026 as the most recent report, not amended.

    fec filing

    For: July quarterly reports filed

  74. VALADAO FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Published Jul 15, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering May 14 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026 and read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026 as the most recent report, not amended.

    fec filing

    For: July quarterly reports filed; FEC filing snapshot