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Derrick Van Orden

Current U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, in his second term. 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.

Derrick Van Orden

Background

  • The sitting member for Wisconsin's third district, in his second term; Congress.gov records his service beginning with the 118th Congress in January 2023.
  • His campaign says he served 26 years in the Navy, 21 of them as a SEAL, and returned to Wisconsin to open a small business.
  • He chairs the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, receives his own health care through the VA, and says he is the first Wisconsin member in more than a decade to sit on the House Agriculture Committee.

What they say they want to do

  • Safe drinking water, well-maintained roads and bridges, and reliable rural broadband for western Wisconsin.
  • Protection for people with pre-existing conditions once the Affordable Care Act is repealed and replaced by a system he says would drive costs down through competition.
  • Term limits on all legislators, so that election to Congress “remains an act of public service, not a way to enrich one's self”.
  • Data centre development that needs local consent, spares productive farmland, protects ratepayers from new grid costs, and uses closed-loop or air-cooled systems rather than local water.
  • Continued support for border enforcement and for legislation classifying fentanyl as a controlled substance.

What the official record shows

  • Voted Yea on House passage of the FAA reauthorisation, which carried 351-69.
  • Voted Yea on final passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, which carried 387-26; the Act authorises not more than $350,000,000 for a programme moving airport firefighting foam off PFAS.
  • Introduced H.R. 985 to enlarge the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives; it was referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry and went no further as a bill, as his earlier one had. Two of its three changes passed the House inside section 1015 of the 2026 farm bill, which he voted for on April 30, 2026 and which has not become law.
  • His own VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, which he introduced alone and which passed both chambers by voice vote, became Public Law 119-31.
  • The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act became Public Law 119-69; he was an original cosponsor of the House companion, one of 118.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 9 committees$2,088,471
Leadership PACs 81 committees$366,000
House 63 committees$149,491
Trade Association PACs 41 committees$142,500
PAC - Qualified 24 committees$112,750
Corporation PACs 22 committees$69,000
Membership Organization PACs 18 committees$64,001
Labor Organization PACs 9 committees$33,000
Cooperative PACs 8 committees$20,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 4 committees$17,000
Party committees 2 committees$15,000
PAC - Nonqualified 3 committees$5,500
Committees the FEC records no type for 2 committees$3,000
Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only) 1 committee$2,500

Source: Federal Election Commission

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through July 22, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 3,088,213.16 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here, except as passed through joint fundraising committees.

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.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

At the October 20 forum, Van Orden said he voted against the President's order on public-sector unions.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 2550 to cancel the order; it passed the House 231-195 in December 2025 but has not become law.

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What they say

At the October 20 forum, Van Orden said he voted against the President's order on public-sector unions.

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored H.R. 2550 to cancel the March 27, 2025 order and voted for it on December 11. It passed 231-195, with 20 Republicans voting yes.

Limit: His vote was on a bill, not the order itself. The order affects federal agencies, not all public-sector unions; the bill is not law.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has demanded accountability from the VA and fought to protect veterans from foreclosure through the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act.

What the record shows ·

He was its only sponsor, both chambers passed it by voice vote, and it became law in July 2025.

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What they say

His campaign says he has demanded accountability from the VA and fought to protect veterans from foreclosure through the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act.

“fought to protect veterans from foreclosure through the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act”

What the record shows ·

He introduced that Act as H.R. 1815 on March 3, 2025, as its only sponsor, with no cosponsors. The House passed it by voice vote on May 19 and the Senate by voice vote on July 15. It became Public Law 119-31 on July 30, 2025, and authorises the VA to pay a loan holder the amount needed to avoid foreclosure, and to establish a partial claim programme.

Limit: Both chambers passed the bill by voice vote, so no roll call records which members supported it. The law's effect on any individual foreclosure is not something this record can show — what it establishes is that the Act exists, that he alone introduced it, and that it was signed.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has secured $350 million to transition firefighting foams away from PFAS to safer alternatives.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2024 FAA law allowing up to $350 million for airports nationwide to replace PFAS foam, a cap on future funding rather than money set aside.

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What they say

His campaign says he has secured $350 million to transition firefighting foams away from PFAS to safer alternatives.

“secured $350 million to transition firefighting foams away from PFAS to safer alternatives”

What the record shows ·

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 authorises “not more than $350,000,000 to carry out the PFAS replacement program”, which reimburses certificated airports for moving to approved fluorine-free firefighting foams at a 100 percent federal share. He voted Yea on House passage on July 20, 2023, which carried 351-69, and Yea on final passage on May 15, 2024, which carried 387-26. It became Public Law 118-63 the next day.

Limit: The figure is an authorisation ceiling — the most that may later be appropriated — rather than money appropriated. The programme is national and applies to airports holding a part 139 certificate, not specifically to Wisconsin. He was one of 387 members voting for it. The same $350,000,000 figure appears beside PFAS language in nine other public laws, all of them enacted before he took office on January 3, 2023, and none of those can be the one he means.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he championed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which was signed into law by President Trump and ensures children have access to whole milk.

What the record shows ·

He was one of 118 cosponsors of the House version, but the bill signed into law in January 2026 was the Senate version.

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What they say

His campaign says he championed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which was signed into law by President Trump and ensures children have access to whole milk.

“championed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act which was signed into law by President Trump”

What the record shows ·

He was an original cosponsor of the House bill, H.R. 649, on January 23, 2025, one of 118 cosponsors. That bill never left the Union Calendar. The measure that became law was the Senate companion, S. 222, which became Public Law 119-69 on January 14, 2026.

Limit: The Act was signed into law, and he put his name to the House version on the day it was introduced. But the bill he cosponsored is not the bill that passed, and he was one of 118 cosponsors of it. A first check of this claim found the Act's name in no public law and would have called it false; the Senate bill had been enacted and not yet indexed, which is why the enacted text rather than the bill index settles it.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says bringing together law enforcement leaders across the district led to his support for legislation that classifies fentanyl as a controlled substance.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2025 HALT Fentanyl Act, which made permanent the Schedule I treatment of fentanyl-related drugs; fentanyl itself was already controlled.

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What they say

His campaign says bringing together law enforcement leaders across the district led to his support for legislation that classifies fentanyl as a controlled substance.

“his support for legislation that classifies fentanyl as a controlled substance”

What the record shows ·

He voted Yea on passage of S. 331, the HALT Fentanyl Act, on June 12, 2025, which carried 217-1. It became Public Law 119-26 on July 16, 2025. He had also voted Yea on the House companion, H.R. 27, on February 6, 2025, which carried 214-1 and went no further than the Senate.

Limit: The Act makes the Schedule I treatment of fentanyl-related substances permanent. Fentanyl itself was already a controlled substance before it, so the claim is loosely worded even though the vote behind it is real. He was one of 217 members voting for it, and as with the whole-milk Act the measure that became law was the Senate bill rather than the House companion he also voted for.

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

His campaign lists, among major wins for Wisconsin farmers, passing the Dairy Business Innovation Act to support the development, production, marketing and distribution of Wisconsin dairy products.

“including passing the Dairy Business Innovation Act”

What the record shows ·

He sponsored a Dairy Business Innovation bill twice, H.R. 4894 in the 118th Congress and H.R. 985 in the 119th; each was referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry and went no further. Two of the three changes his bill would have made — raising the number of regional initiatives from three to four in both places the statute sets it — did pass the House, inside section 1015 of the 2026 farm bill, which he voted for on April 30, 2026. That bill has not become law. The third change, raising the authorisation from $20,000,000 to $36,000,000, is not in it. The initiative itself is section 12513 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, four years before he took office.

Limit: The label rests on the words he used: the Act he names did not pass, and the vehicle that carries two thirds of it is not law either. But the distance between the claim and the record is narrow: the operative text of one of his bills cleared the House inside the farm bill with his vote.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has secured millions in funding to provide western Wisconsin with drinking water that is safe from contaminants.

What the record shows ·

2024 funding tables list $2 million each for Eau Claire and Town of Campbell water projects he requested, plus $800,000 for a third; results are not shown.

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What they say

His campaign says he has secured millions in funding to provide western Wisconsin with drinking water that is safe from contaminants.

“secured millions in funding to provide western Wisconsin with drinking water that is safe from contaminants”

What the record shows ·

The final FY2024 Interior funding tables list the City of Eau Claire Water Treatment Project at $2,000,000 and the Town of Campbell Water Utility Project at $2,000,000, each naming Van Orden in the House requester column, alongside a third Wisconsin drinking-water project at $800,000 requested by him. His congressional office had announced the first two as requests in November 2023.

Limit: The tables establish that the money was appropriated and that he was the member who requested it. They do not establish that the water is now free of contaminants: an appropriation is not a finished treatment plant, and no source here shows when either project was built or what it delivered. Community project funding is listed in the joint explanatory statement rather than in the law itself.

Derrick Van Orden

The 2026 housing law

Matches stated record claim

What they say

At the October 20 Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, Van Orden said Congress had just passed a 2026 housing act he called the Road to Homeownership 2026 Act, and later the Road to Housing Act of 2026, which he said cuts regulations to lower the cost of building a home.

What the record shows ·

He voted yes in February and on the final House vote in June 2026; it became Public Law 119-101.

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What they say

At the October 20 Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, Van Orden said Congress had just passed a 2026 housing act he called the Road to Homeownership 2026 Act, and later the Road to Housing Act of 2026, which he said cuts regulations to lower the cost of building a home.

What the record shows ·

The law is the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, H.R. 6644. He voted Yea when the House first passed it on February 9, 2026, 390-9 (Roll Call 57), and Yea on the final House vote on June 23, 2026, 358-32 (Roll Call 224), which sent it to the President. It became Public Law 119-101.

Limit: He named it differently; the law's own short title is the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. He was one of 358 members voting for the final version. His description of what it does, including cost figures for building a house, was not checked.

Derrick Van Orden

Workforce Pell Grants

Matches stated direction

What they say

At the October 20 Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, Van Orden said that he and others worked hard to get Workforce Pell Grants through, so that people who want to work with their hands can.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2025 tax and spending law that created them, at both House votes; the votes were on the whole bill.

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What they say

At the October 20 Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, Van Orden said that he and others worked hard to get Workforce Pell Grants through, so that people who want to work with their hands can.

What the record shows ·

Workforce Pell Grants are section 83002 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21. He voted Yea on House passage on May 22, 2025, 215-214 (Roll Call 145), and Aye on the final House vote on July 3, 2025, 218-214 (Roll Call 190).

Limit: His votes are on the whole bill, not on the Pell section alone. How hard he worked on it is not something the record shows.

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

Van Orden said the 2025 law got rid of the death tax so farms could pass between generations.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1. It raised the 2026 exemption to $15 million per person; the estate tax remains.

Limit: The exemption is shared with lifetime taxable gifts. We did not count affected Wisconsin farms.

Issues in this record

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Money and power in WashingtonHealth careFarms and dairyClean water and PFASVeteransCosts and the rural economy

Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    The ballot is set

    The La Crosse County Clerk's official sample ballot for the November 3 election prints four candidates for this seat, plus an unnamed write-in line. Every candidate on this page is on that ballot, and nobody else is.

  2. race event

    Both filing campaigns report through July 22

    The two committees that file reports of receipts and disbursements lodge their pre-primary reports on the same day, covering July 1 to July 22, 2026. The other two printed candidates have registered principal campaign committees and have never filed such a report, in either cycle.

  3. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    Pre-Primary 2026, principal campaign committee VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS.

  4. race event

    The whole-milk bill is signed

    S. 222, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025, becomes Public Law 119-69. Van Orden was an original cosponsor of the House companion, H.R. 649, which never left the Union Calendar.

  5. race event

    Van Orden's own bill becomes law

    The VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, which Van Orden introduced alone on March 3, 2025 and which passed both chambers by voice vote, becomes Public Law 119-31. It authorises the VA to pay a loan holder what is needed to avoid foreclosure and establishes a partial claim programme.

  6. race event

    The firefighting-foam money is enacted

    The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 becomes Public Law 118-63, authorising not more than $350,000,000 for a programme that reimburses certificated airports for the transition to fluorine-free firefighting foams. Van Orden had voted for the bill at both House stages.

  7. race event

    Van Orden's service begins

    Congress.gov records Van Orden's first term beginning with the 118th Congress on January 3, 2023. The date settles one of his claims: the $350 million figure he cites for moving firefighting foams off PFAS appears in eleven public laws, and nine of them were enacted before this day.

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Sources38 source records

How we use sources

  1. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, member recordhttps://www.congress.gov/member/derrick-van-orden/V000135

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-22. Records two terms for Wisconsin's 3rd district, the 118th beginning 2023 and the 119th beginning 2025, 62 sponsored and 719 cosponsored measures.

    official office record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; Van Orden's service begins

  2. Van Orden for Congress, issueshttps://vanordenforcongress.com/issues/

    Van Orden for Congress · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-22; 1,074 words. The campaign's own site, identified by its "Paid for by Van Orden for Congress" line. Note that derrickvanorden.com is a registrar parking page and is not this site.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Protecting veterans from foreclosure; $350 million to move firefighting foam off PFAS; The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act; Classifying fentanyl-related substances; The Dairy Business Innovation Act; Money for western Wisconsin drinking water

  3. House roll call 364, 118th Congress, 1st session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 3935, 2023-07-20. Passed 351-69. Van Orden voted Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; $350 million to move firefighting foam off PFAS

  4. House roll call 200, 118th Congress, 2nd session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    On the motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3935, 2024-05-15. Passed 387-26. Van Orden voted Yea. This is the vote that sent the bill to the President.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; $350 million to move firefighting foam off PFAS; The firefighting-foam money is enacted

  5. Public Law 118-63, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-118publ63

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Enacted 2024-05-16. Its text reads: "There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $350,000,000 to carry out the PFAS replacement program", which reimburses airports holding a part 139 operating certificate for the transition to approved fluorine-free firefighting foams, at a federal share of 100 percent. Read from the GovInfo package text on 2026-09-22.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; $350 million to move firefighting foam off PFAS; The firefighting-foam money is enacted

  6. H.R. 985, to reauthorize the dairy business innovation initiatives (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/985

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Van Orden. Congress.gov summarises it as increasing the authorization of appropriations for the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives and requiring a minimum of four regionally located initiatives instead of three. Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Dairy Business Innovation Act

  7. H.R. 4894, to reauthorize the dairy business innovation initiatives (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4894

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    His earlier bill on the same subject, also sponsored by him and also referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry with no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Dairy Business Innovation Act

  8. H.R. 7567, as passed the House, section 1015https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7567eh/html/BILLS-119hr7567eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    The 2026 farm bill as engrossed. Section 1015 amends section 12513 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 by striking "3" and inserting "4" in subsection (b) and in subsection (g)(1)(A) — the first two of the three clauses of Van Orden's own H.R. 985, word for word. His bill's third clause, raising the authorisation from $20,000,000 to $36,000,000, is not in it. Read from the GovInfo package text on 2026-09-22.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Dairy Business Innovation Act

  9. House roll call 154, 119th Congress, 2nd session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 7567, 2026-04-30. Passed 209-3. Van Orden voted Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Dairy Business Innovation Act

  10. Public Law 119-31, VA Home Loan Program Reform Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ31

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Enacted 2025-07-30. The Public Law summary records that it authorises the VA to pay a loan holder the amount needed to avoid foreclosure, establishes a partial claim programme, and temporarily raises amounts for transitional housing and supportive services for veterans experiencing homelessness.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Protecting veterans from foreclosure; Van Orden's own bill becomes law

  11. H.R. 1815, VA Home Loan Program Reform Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1815

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-22. Introduced 2025-03-03 by Rep. Van Orden with no cosponsors; passed the House by voice vote 2025-05-19 and the Senate by voice vote 2025-07-15.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Protecting veterans from foreclosure; Van Orden's own bill becomes law

  12. S. 222, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/222

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-22. The Senate companion, and the measure that became Public Law 119-69 on 2026-01-14.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act; The whole-milk bill is signed

  13. H.R. 649, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/649

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-22. Van Orden is one of 118 cosponsors and an original one, dated 2025-01-23. The bill itself went no further than the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 111, on 2025-06-05.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act; The whole-milk bill is signed

  14. VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00742007&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-22: all 1,158 itemized non-individual rows the FEC reports for the cycle, of which 1,110 carry a contributing-committee identifier and are grouped in the table. OpenFEC would not page through this committee at any page size — the second page returned a timeout every time — so it was read one month at a time and the total checked against the FEC's own count before anything was published. No individual contributor row was read.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  15. Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, October 20: Van Orden on the federal union orderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCa_4llPFE&t=1387s

    WEAU · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    23:07. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Federal worker union order

  16. Roll Call 332, H.R. 2550, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025332

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Dec 11, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 11, 2025 (231 to 195), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Yea. Twenty Republicans voted Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal worker union order

  17. H.R. 2550, Protect America's Workforce Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2550

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API and the GovInfo engrossed text on 2026-10-22. Sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden; Van Orden is a cosponsor, not an original one, and no cosponsor has withdrawn. Section 2 says the March 27, 2025 executive order "Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs" shall have no force or effect. No law on record.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal worker union order

  18. House roll call 166, 119th Congress, 1st session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    On passage of S. 331, 2025-06-12. Passed 217-1. Van Orden voted Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Classifying fentanyl-related substances

  19. S. 331, HALT Fentanyl Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/331

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-22. Became Public Law 119-26 on 2025-07-16. It makes permanent the Schedule I treatment of fentanyl-related substances; fentanyl itself was already controlled.

    official legislative record

    For: Classifying fentanyl-related substances

  20. House roll call 33, 119th Congress, 1st session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 27, the House companion HALT Fentanyl Act, 2025-02-06. Passed 214-1. Van Orden voted Yea. The bill was received in the Senate and went no further; the Senate's own bill became law instead.

    official legislative record

    For: Classifying fentanyl-related substances

  21. Public Law 119-37, Continuing Appropriations and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ37

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read from the GovInfo package text on 2026-09-22. Under the Agricultural Marketing Service it provides that of the amounts made available, $13,750,000 shall carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115-334, "of which $11,250,000 shall be for dairy business innovation". Section 12513 is a provision of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.

    official legislative record

    For: The Dairy Business Innovation Act

  22. FY2024 Interior joint explanatory statement, community project funding tables (document)

    U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    The final funding tables accompanying the FY2024 Interior appropriation. Read on 2026-09-22: the drinking water state revolving fund rows list "City of Eau Claire for Water Treatment Project 2,000,000 Van Orden" and "Town of Campbell for Water Utility Project 2,000,000 Van Orden", with a third Wisconsin project at 800,000 also requested by him. Community project funding is listed here rather than in the statute, which is why searching the enacted law and the Congressional Record for these projects returns nothing.

    official legislative record

    For: Money for western Wisconsin drinking water

  23. Van Orden champions clean water funding for Wisconsin's third district in FY24https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-champions-clean-water-funding-wisconsins-third-district-fy24

    Office of Rep. Derrick Van Orden · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    His congressional office's own account of two community project funding items requested in the FY2024 Interior appropriations bill: $2,000,000 for PFAS filtration equipment in Eau Claire and $2,000,000 for a new water system for the Town of Campbell. A request is what this source records; it is not an appropriation.

    official office record

    For: Money for western Wisconsin drinking water

  24. Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, October 20: Van Orden on the housing acthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCa_4llPFE&t=1432s

    WEAU · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    23:52, and again at 32:11. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: The 2026 housing law

  25. Roll Call 57, H.R. 6644, on passage as amendedhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202657

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Feb 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended, February 9, 2026 (390 to 9), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2026 housing law

  26. Roll Call 224, H.R. 6644, final House votehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jun 23, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment, June 23, 2026 (358 to 32), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2026 housing law

  27. H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API and the GovInfo enrolled text on 2026-10-22. Sponsored by Rep. French Hill. Section 1: "This Act may be cited as the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act". Became Public Law 119-101.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2026 housing law

  28. Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, October 20: Van Orden on Workforce Pell Grantshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCa_4llPFE&t=1225s

    WEAU · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    20:25. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Workforce Pell Grants

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

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025 (215 to 214), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Workforce Pell Grants; The 2025 estate-tax change

  30. 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 · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025 (218 to 214), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Aye. This vote sent the bill to the President.

    official legislative record

    For: Workforce Pell Grants; The 2025 estate-tax change

  31. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ21

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Read from the GovInfo package text on 2026-10-22. Contains "SEC. 70106. EXTENSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF INCREASED ESTATE AND GIFT TAX EXEMPTION AMOUNTS" and "SEC. 83002. WORKFORCE PELL GRANTS".

    official legislative record

    For: Workforce Pell Grants; The 2025 estate-tax change

  32. Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, October 20: Van Orden on the death taxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCa_4llPFE&t=486s

    WEAU · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    8:06. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: The 2025 estate-tax change

  33. Estate Tax: filing thresholds and taxable giftshttps://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estate-tax

    Internal Revenue Service · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    The 2026 table lists $15 million. Lifetime taxable gifts enter the estate-tax calculation before the available unified credit.

    official office record

    For: The 2025 estate-tax change

  34. Official sample ballot, Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District (document)

    La Crosse County Clerk · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    The county's own sample ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election, metadata dated August 26, 2026. It prints four candidates for this seat and an unnamed write-in line.

    official election record

    For: The ballot is set

  35. VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS, pre-primary report 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00742007/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-22. Unamended pre-primary report covering 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-22, file number 2003094, beginning image 202607309899247516, received 2026-07-30. Cash on hand and debt are period-end figures.

    fec filing

    For: Both filing campaigns report through July 22; FEC filing snapshot

  36. COOKE FOR CONGRESS, pre-primary report 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00844993/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-22. Unamended pre-primary report covering 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-22, file number 2003110, beginning image 202607309899249797, received 2026-07-30. Cash on hand and debt are period-end figures.

    fec filing

    For: Both filing campaigns report through July 22

  37. ALEXANDER VALIENSI KENT FOR CONGRESS, committee filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00948240/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-22. His principal campaign committee holds two filings of any kind: a Form 1 statement of organization dated 2026-04-24 and a Form 99 miscellaneous submission dated 2026-07-08. No report of receipts and disbursements has ever been filed.

    fec filing

    For: Both filing campaigns report through July 22

  38. RUSTIN PROVANCE FOR CONGRESS, committee filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00859504/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-22. His principal campaign committee holds three filings of any kind: Form 1 statements of organization dated 2023-12-07 and 2025-04-14, and a 2024 request for additional information. No report of receipts and disbursements has ever been filed, across two cycles.

    fec filing

    For: Both filing campaigns report through July 22