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Rob Bresnahan Jr

U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 8th District, in his first 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.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Background

  • The 8th District's representative since January 2025. He won in 2024 with 195,663 votes to Matt Cartwright's 189,411.
  • Sits on the Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business committees.
  • His campaign says he became finance chief of his family's electrical contractor, Kuharchik Construction, at 19 and later ran it, then founded RPB Ventures to redevelop buildings in the region.
  • His campaign says he chaired the Joint Apprentice Training Committee and was a trustee of IBEW Local 163's health and annuity funds.

What they say they want to do

  • A secure border and a finished wall.
  • Less federal spending, lower inflation and lower taxes.
  • No rise in the retirement age and no cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits.
  • Police with the resources to fight fentanyl.
  • Local towns, not developers, deciding where data centers go.

What the official record shows

  • Voted Aye on the final House vote for H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21: permanent lower income-tax rates, no tax on tips, $46.55 billion for border barriers, and Medicaid work requirements.
  • Signed the discharge petition for a vote on restoring federal workers' union bargaining rights, then voted for the bill, H.R. 2550, which passed the House 231-195 in December.
  • Filed the last of 18 stock-trade reports for 2025. Together they list more than 600 trades in individual stocks and options during the year.
  • Voted for the House farm bill, H.R. 7567, which includes his local-food program as section 4306. It passed 224-200 and awaits the Senate.
  • Voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act, H.R. 7008, which he cosponsored. It passed the House 232-198; the Senate fell short of 60 votes to take it up on September 30.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 9 committees$1,896,741
Leadership PACs 83 committees$383,400
Trade Association PACs 75 committees$250,250
Corporation PACs 70 committees$236,750
Labor Organization PACs 29 committees$165,000
House 54 committees$131,277
PAC - Qualified 27 committees$102,500
Membership Organization PACs 24 committees$74,000
Cooperative PACs 6 committees$17,000
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 1 committee$10,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 2 committees$6,000
Party committees 1 committee$5,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 1 committee$1,500
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee$1,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 1 committee$250

Source: Federal Election Commission

Money from committees in the 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026: lines 11B (party committees), 11C (other political committees) and 12 (transfers from joint fundraising committees), grouped by the FEC's record of each committee. Each line adds up to the campaign's filed total. The rows sum to 3,280,667.97 dollars, part of what the campaign raised, not all of it. Donations people made through ActBlue or WinRed are individual contributions and are not in this 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.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His office says he has long pushed to ban stock trading by members of Congress, a belief he says he has held since before taking office.

What the record shows ·

He filed his own trading ban in 2025, cosponsored another, signed a discharge petition, and voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act the House passed in July 2026.

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What they say

His office says he has long pushed to ban stock trading by members of Congress, a belief he says he has held since before taking office.

“Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks and profit off the information they are entrusted with; this is a belief I have held since before taking office”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 3182 on May 5, 2025 to bar members and spouses from trading stock; it drew no cosponsors and has not moved. He cosponsored Rep. Chip Roy's ban, H.R. 5106, in September 2025. On December 10, 2025 he signed the discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 1908, which would ban members from owning stock, not only trading it. He is an original cosponsor of the Stop Insider Trading Act, H.R. 7008, and voted for it when it passed the House 232-198 on July 22, 2026. The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to take it up on September 30.

Limit: The bill that passed, H.R. 7008, bars buying new stocks; members could keep what they own and sell after 7 to 14 days' public notice. His own trading is on the next card.

Not comparable yet

What they say

He says members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks, a belief he says predates his time in office.

What the record shows ·

His 2025 reports list over 600 stock and option trades and say advisers decided from August; 2026 reports list only government bond buys, and his 2025 annual report lists individual stocks.

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What they say

He says members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks, a belief he says predates his time in office.

“Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks and profit off the information they are entrusted with; this is a belief I have held since before taking office”

What the record shows ·

His 18 stock-trade reports for 2025 list more than 600 trades in individual stocks and options, from January to December 11, 2025. From August 2025 the reports say advisers make the decisions and he has no role. His three 2026 reports list only purchases of government bonds and Treasury notes. His 2025 annual report, filed August 13, 2026, still lists individual stocks among his assets.

Limit: He is talking about what the law should allow. Members could legally trade, and these trades come from his own reports. The count is a hand count of those reports.

No assessment

What they say

In April 2025 he and 11 other Republicans told House leaders they would not back a final bill that reduced Medicaid coverage for vulnerable people.

What the record shows ·

He backed work rules and six-month checks for some adults, plus shorter back-dated coverage for the letter's vulnerable groups. CBO gives no uninsured count for those groups.

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What they say

In April 2025 he and 11 other Republicans told House leaders they would not back a final bill that reduced Medicaid coverage for vulnerable people.

“we cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 on May 22, 2025 and for the final version on July 3, 2025. The law requires states to set Medicaid work requirements for certain adults, with exemptions for groups such as people under 19, parents of children 13 and under, and people who are blind or disabled (section 71119). It also requires eligibility checks every six months for expansion adults (section 71107) and lowers the cap on state provider taxes (section 71115). For enrollees outside the expansion group, including children, older and disabled people and pregnant women, it shortens back-dated coverage from three months before applying to two (section 71112), and it pauses two rules meant to ease enrollment until 2034 (sections 71101 and 71102).

Why there is no assessment here

The letter names children, seniors, people with disabilities and pregnant women as the people Medicaid is meant to help. The law largely leaves these groups out of its work requirements, but shortens their back-dated coverage (section 71112). Whether that is a cut in coverage, and how many people lose coverage, the record does not settle.

Limit: In May 2025 his office said he blocked cuts to the provider-tax limit and the expansion match rate. The final law lowers the provider-tax limit but keeps the 90 per cent match, except for emergency care for some non-citizens (section 71110). CBO estimates the law's Medicaid changes leave 7.5 million more people uninsured in 2034, and gives no count for the groups the letter names.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His office says the House farm bill includes his bipartisan Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act.

What the record shows ·

Section 4306 of the House-passed farm bill is the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Program, but without his bill's set $200 million a year; the Senate has not passed it.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says the House farm bill includes his bipartisan Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act.

“I'm proud this final bill includes my bipartisan legislation to connect families in need with fresh food grown right here in our communities.”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 4782 on July 29, 2025, with Democratic and Republican original cosponsors. Section 4306 of the House farm bill, H.R. 7567, is the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Program. He voted for the farm bill, which passed the House 224-200 on April 30, 2026. The Senate has not passed it.

Limit: "Final bill" means the House-passed version. It is not law, and the section could change in a deal with the Senate. The section copies his bill's program but not its guaranteed $200 million a year; the money would depend on yearly appropriations.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Food: keeping WIC funded

Matches stated direction

What they say

His office says mothers and babies on WIC should not go hungry because of a government shutdown.

What the record shows ·

He introduced a 2025 bill to fund WIC during a shutdown, which stayed in committee, and voted for a November 2025 spending law that gave WIC $8.2 billion.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says mothers and babies on WIC should not go hungry because of a government shutdown.

“Moms and babies should not go hungry because Washington cannot do its job”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 5836, the Keep WIC Working Act, on October 28, 2025, to fund WIC during any shutdown in fiscal 2026. It is still in committee. On November 12, 2025 he voted for H.R. 5371, which the House cleared 222-209 and which became Public Law 119-37 that day. Its farm and food title, Division B, gives WIC $8.2 billion.

Limit: His own bill would have lasted only until the year's farm and food funding passed, which this law did.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His office says he broke with his party to restore federal workers' union rights, signing the discharge petition that forced the vote.

What the record shows ·

House Clerk records show he signed the discharge petition on September 2, 2025, and he voted for H.R. 2550, which passed the House in December 2025 and has not passed the Senate.

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What they say

His office says he broke with his party to restore federal workers' union rights, signing the discharge petition that forced the vote.

“after Rep. Bresnahan helped secure floor consideration through a successful discharge petition , which he signed on September 2, 2025”

What the record shows ·

The Clerk's signature list for discharge petition 119-6 shows his signature on September 2, 2025. He voted for the motion to discharge on December 10, 2025 and for H.R. 2550 on December 11; it passed 231-195 and went to the Senate. He had cosponsored the bill in April 2025.

Limit: The bill has not passed the Senate, so the bargaining rights are not restored in law.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His office says the right to bargain collectively is the cornerstone of fair labor.

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored the Faster Labor Contracts Act, setting deadlines for first union contracts, and voted for it when the House passed it in 2026; the Senate has not.

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What they say

His office says the right to bargain collectively is the cornerstone of fair labor.

“The right to collectively bargain is the cornerstone of fair labor and a strong middle class”

What the record shows ·

He was an original cosponsor of H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, introduced September 16, 2025. It sets deadlines for an employer and a new union to start bargaining, then mediation and binding arbitration if they cannot agree on a first contract. On June 9, 2026 he voted for the motion that forced it to the floor and for the bill itself; it passed 230-193 and went to the Senate.

Limit: The Senate has not passed it, so it is not law.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His office says he introduced a bill to protect towns that turn down data centers from lawsuits by developers.

What the record shows ·

He introduced the Local Control Protection Act on June 11, 2026; it would bar federal courts from hearing developers' challenges to local denials and has not left committee.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says he introduced a bill to protect towns that turn down data centers from lawsuits by developers.

“My legislation will protect small boroughs and townships who decide against a data center from the legal wrath of billion-dollar corporations.”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 9262, the Local Control Protection Act, on June 11, 2026. The bill would bar federal courts from hearing developers' challenges to recorded local denials, and deny federal permits to developers who sue over such a denial in any court. It was sent to committees and has had no further action.

What the filings show

His 2025 annual disclosure lists stock in two data-center companies, Digital Realty Trust and Equinix, each worth $1,001 to $15,000 at year end.

Values are filed ranges. Owning a stock is not evidence of how he acted on a bill.

Limit: Introducing a bill is the whole claim here. The bill would not stop suits in state court, though a developer who sued there would lose federal permits.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says the country must secure the border and build the wall.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1, which became law and sets aside $46.55 billion through 2029 for border barriers and the border wall system.

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What they say

His campaign says the country must secure the border and build the wall.

“We must secure the border, build the wall”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 on passage and on the final House vote. The law, Public Law 119-21, appropriates $46.55 billion through 2029 for border barriers and the border wall system (section 90001).

Limit: The vote was on a large bill that did many other things. How much wall gets built is up to the executive branch.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His office says keeping communities safe starts with securing the border and enforcing the law.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2026 Secure America Act, which passed the House 214-212 and became law, giving ICE $31.1 billion and Customs and Border Protection $13 billion.

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What they say

His office says keeping communities safe starts with securing the border and enforcing the law.

“Keeping our communities safe starts with securing our borders and enforcing the law”

What the record shows ·

He voted for S. 2, the Secure America Act, which passed the House 214-212 on June 9, 2026 and became Public Law 119-98 the next day. It gives ICE $31.1 billion and Customs and Border Protection $13.0 billion for immigration enforcement through September 2029 (sections 201 and 202), among other homeland security money.

Limit: The quote comes from his own release about this vote.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Taxes: cutting them

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says taxes should be cut so families keep more of what they earn.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 twice; the law makes the 2017 lower income-tax rates permanent and adds a deduction for tips, among other tax changes.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says taxes should be cut so families keep more of what they earn.

“cut taxes so you can keep more of the money you earn for your family”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 twice. The law makes the 2017 lower income-tax rates permanent (section 70101) and adds a deduction for tips (section 70201), among other tax changes.

Limit: Who pays less, and by how much, depends on income and is an estimate rather than a record. The same law's spending and Medicaid changes are on other cards.

Issues in this record

Follow the evidence by issue.

Ethics, stock trading and campaign moneyHealth careTaxes and costsJobs and unionsBorder and public safetyData centersFarms and food

Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    Ballots set

    County sample ballots print two candidates: Cognetti (Democratic) and Bresnahan (Republican), plus a write-in line.

  2. race event

    Financial disclosures filed

    Cognetti filed her candidate report and Bresnahan his 2025 annual report.

  3. race event

    House passes the Stop Insider Trading Act

    H.R. 7008 passed 232-198 with Bresnahan's vote. On September 30 the Senate fell short of 60 votes to take it up.

  4. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    July Quarterly 2026 (amended), principal campaign committee ROB FOR PA.

  5. race event

    Primary election

    Cognetti and Bresnahan were each unopposed for their party's nomination.

  6. race event

    House passes the farm bill

    H.R. 7567 passed 224-200 with Bresnahan's local-food program as section 4306.

  7. race event

    Bresnahan's last 2025 stock-trade report

    The last of 18 reports for 2025; his 2026 reports list only government bonds and Treasury notes.

  8. race event

    House passes federal workers' union bill

    H.R. 2550 passed 231-195 after a discharge petition Bresnahan signed. It awaits the Senate.

  9. race event

    Bresnahan signs petition for a stock-ownership ban

    He signed the discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 1908, which would ban members from owning stock.

  10. race event

    The reconciliation act becomes law

    H.R. 1 became Public Law 119-21. Bresnahan voted for it on May 22 and July 3.

  11. race event

    Bresnahan's stock-trading bill

    He introduced H.R. 3182 to bar members and spouses from trading stock.

  12. race event

    Bresnahan's Medicaid letter

    He and 11 other Republicans told House leaders they would not back a final bill that cut Medicaid coverage for vulnerable people.

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Sources63 source records

How we use sources

  1. Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.https://www.congress.gov/member/robert-bresnahan/B001327

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Member B001327, resolved from Congress.gov's listing of Pennsylvania's 8th District for the 119th Congress. Republican; House service from 2025.

    official legislative record

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

  2. Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 5, 2024 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Pennsylvania, 8th District: Rob Bresnahan, Jr., Republican, 195,663; Matt Cartwright, Democrat, 189,411.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. Robert P. Bresnahan, member profilehttps://clerk.house.gov/members/B001327

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee and subcommittee assignments: Agriculture, Small Business, and Transportation and Infrastructure.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. House member data, 119th Congress (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Published September 2, 2026. Lists B001327 on Agriculture (AG00), Transportation and Infrastructure (PW00) and Small Business (SM00).

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  5. About Robhttps://robforpa.com/about/

    Rob for PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography: family business, Kuharchik Construction, RPB Ventures, committees, union roles.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  6. Biographyhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/about/biography

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Congressional biography; says he became CEO of Kuharchik Construction in 2013.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  7. Rob for PAhttps://robforpa.com/

    Rob for PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign home page, paid for by Rob for PA, the committee's FEC-filed website. Issue statements on border, economy, Social Security and Medicare, public safety, jobs. Links X and Instagram @Rob4PA and Facebook RobforPA.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Border: building the wall; Taxes: cutting them

  8. Bresnahan Introduces Bill to Keep Data Center Decisions in Local Handshttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-introduces-bill-keep-data-center-decisions-local-hands

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Jun 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of June 11, 2026, on the Local Control Protection Act.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Data centers: local control

  9. 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 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, passed 218-214. Bresnahan: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Health care: Medicaid coverage; Border: building the wall; Taxes: cutting them; The reconciliation act becomes law

  10. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, 2025 reconciliation act)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted July 4, 2025. Sec. 70101 makes the lower income-tax rates permanent; sec. 70201 creates the no-tax-on-tips deduction; secs. 71101-71102 pause the 2023 and 2024 Medicaid, CHIP and Medicare Savings Program enrollment rules until September 30, 2034; sec. 71107 sets six-month eligibility checks for expansion adults; sec. 71110 limits the expansion match rate for emergency care for certain non-citizens; sec. 71112 cuts back-dated coverage to one month before application for expansion adults and two months for all other enrollees, from three; sec. 71115 lowers the provider-tax threshold; sec. 71119 requires Medicaid work requirements with exemptions; sec. 90001 appropriates $46,550,000,000 for border barriers and the wall system. The 90 per cent expansion match rate in SSA 1905(y) is not amended.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Health care: Medicaid coverage; Border: building the wall; Taxes: cutting them; The reconciliation act becomes law

  11. Discharge petition 119-6 (H. Res. 432)https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025060406

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signature list. Robert P. Bresnahan, PA-08, Republican, signed September 2, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights; House passes federal workers' union bill

  12. 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 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 11, 2025, passed 231-195. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights; House passes federal workers' union bill

  13. H.R. 2550, Protect America's Workforce Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2550

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Jared Golden. Bresnahan cosponsored April 17, 2025. Passed the House December 11, 2025, 231-195 (Roll Call 332); received in the Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights

  14. Financial disclosure index, 2025 filings (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Lists 18 periodic transaction reports from Bresnahan for 2025, filed February 13 to December 19, 2025, and his 2025 annual report filed August 13, 2026. Read with each report on October 1, 2026; together the 2025 reports list about 650 transactions, more than 600 of them in individual stocks or options (a hand count of the filed PDFs).

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Stock trading: his own trades

  15. Periodic transaction report, filing 20033574 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Dec 19, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed December 19, 2025. Includes a sale of Kellanova stock on December 11, 2025, the latest individual-stock trade in his 2025 reports. Says an adviser makes his investment decisions.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Stock trading: his own trades; Bresnahan's last 2025 stock-trade report

  16. Roll Call 154, H.R. 7567, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026154

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of April 30, 2026, passed 224-200. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill; House passes the farm bill

  17. H.R. 7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson. Passed the House April 30, 2026, 224-200 (Roll Call 154). Not passed by the Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill

  18. H.R. 7567, as engrossed in the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr7567eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 4306 is the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Program.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill; House passes the farm bill

  19. Roll Call 280, H.R. 7008, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026280

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 22, 2026, passed 232-198. Bresnahan: Yea. On the motion to recommit just before (Roll Call 279) he voted Nay.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Stock trading: his push for a ban; House passes the Stop Insider Trading Act

  20. H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced January 12, 2026 by Rep. Bryan Steil. Bresnahan is an original cosponsor. Passed the House July 22, 2026, 232-198 (Roll Call 280). On September 30, 2026 the Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed, 53-47.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Stock trading: his push for a ban

  21. Senate Roll Call 253, motion to proceed to H.R. 7008 (cloture)https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00253.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    September 30, 2026. Cloture not invoked, 53-47.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Stock trading: his push for a ban; House passes the Stop Insider Trading Act

  22. ROB FOR PA, receipts from committees, 2025-2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00852137/?cycle=2026&tab=raising

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026: lines 11B (1 row), 11C (662 rows, 5 memo) and 12 (1,537 rows, 1,471 memo), through June 30, 2026. Each line's itemized sum equals the filed total.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  23. Bresnahan Delivers on Longstanding Push to Ban Congressional Stock Tradinghttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-delivers-longstanding-push-ban-congressional-stock-trading

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of July 22, 2026. Says the bill passed 231-198; the Clerk records 232-198.

    official office record

    For: Stock trading: his push for a ban; Stock trading: his own trades

  24. H.R. 3182, to prohibit Members of Congress and their spouses from trading stockhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3182

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced May 5, 2025. Sponsor: Bresnahan. No cosponsors. Referred to the House Administration Committee; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Stock trading: his push for a ban; Bresnahan's stock-trading bill

  25. H.R. 5106, Restore Trust in Congress Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5106

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced September 3, 2025 by Rep. Chip Roy. Bresnahan cosponsored on September 4, 2025. No floor action.

    official legislative record

    For: Stock trading: his push for a ban

  26. Discharge petition 119-11 (H. Res. 725, for H.R. 1908)https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025120211

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Petition by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, filed December 2, 2025, to force a vote on H.R. 1908. Signature 37: Robert P. Bresnahan, PA-08, Republican, December 10, 2025. No withdrawal shown when read on October 1, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Stock trading: his push for a ban; Bresnahan signs petition for a stock-ownership ban

  27. H.R. 1908, End Congressional Stock Trading Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1908

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced March 6, 2025 by Rep. Tim Burchett. Would prohibit stock trading and ownership by members, spouses and dependent children.

    official legislative record

    For: Stock trading: his push for a ban

  28. Periodic transaction report, filing 20024346 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Feb 13, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed February 13, 2025: the first of his 2025 reports, listing stock trades from January 2025.

    official office record

    For: Stock trading: his own trades

  29. Periodic transaction report, filing 20030857 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 25, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed August 25, 2025: the first of his reports to say that professional advisers make his investment decisions. Earlier 2025 reports carry no such statement.

    official office record

    For: Stock trading: his own trades

  30. Periodic transaction report, filing 20034044 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Feb 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed February 22, 2026: purchases of a Philadelphia municipal bond and a U.S. Treasury note, both coded [GS].

    official office record

    For: Stock trading: his own trades; Bresnahan's last 2025 stock-trade report

  31. Periodic transaction report, filing 20034202 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Mar 18, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed March 18, 2026: purchases of a Parkland School District bond and a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission bond, both coded [GS]. With 20035216 these are his only three 2026 reports in the Clerk's 2026 index (read October 1, 2026); all list government bonds or Treasury notes, no individual stock.

    official office record

    For: Stock trading: his own trades; Bresnahan's last 2025 stock-trade report

  32. Periodic transaction report, filing 20035216 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed August 12, 2026: one purchase of a U.S. Treasury note.

    official office record

    For: Stock trading: his own trades; Bresnahan's last 2025 stock-trade report

  33. Annual financial disclosure report, 2025, filing 10075331 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed August 13, 2026. Lists individual stocks among his assets, including Digital Realty Trust and Equinix, each $1,001 to $15,000, and Blackstone, $15,001 to $50,000.

    official office record

    For: Stock trading: his own trades; Data centers: local control; Financial disclosures filed

  34. ICYMI: Bresnahan Sends Letter to House Leadership Affirming Commitment to Medicaidhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-bresnahan-sends-letter-house-leadership-affirming-commitment-medicaid

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Apr 17, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of April 17, 2025, with the text of a letter from Bresnahan and 11 other Republicans to House leaders.

    official office record

    For: Health care: Medicaid coverage; Bresnahan's Medicaid letter

  35. 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 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, passed 215-214 with one Present. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Health care: Medicaid coverage; Border: building the wall; Taxes: cutting them; The reconciliation act becomes law

  36. Bresnahan Statement on Reconciliation Votehttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-statement-reconciliation-vote

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of May 22, 2025, on the House's first passage of H.R. 1. Says Medicaid will be protected and lists the work-requirement exemptions.

    official office record

    For: Health care: Medicaid coverage

  37. Supplemental Cost Estimate: Public Law 119-21, Title VII, Subtitle B, Chapter 1, Medicaidhttps://www.cbo.gov/publication/61837

    Congressional Budget Office · Published Oct 28, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Read in the owner's browser because the site blocks scripts. CBO estimates the Medicaid chapter leaves 7.5 million more people uninsured in 2034.

    official legislative record

    For: Health care: Medicaid coverage

  38. House Passes Farm Bill, Bresnahan-Led Local Farmers Feeding Our Community Acthttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-farm-bill-bresnahan-led-local-farmers-feeding-our-community-act

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of April 30, 2026. Says he introduced the bill on July 30, 2025; Congress.gov records July 29.

    official office record

    For: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill

  39. H.R. 4782, Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4782

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced July 29, 2025. Sponsor: Bresnahan. 73 cosponsors, 50 of them Democrats; 11 original cosponsors including Democrats Pingree, Riley, Budzinski, Costa, Vindman, Panetta and Adams. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill

  40. H.R. 4782, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4782ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sec. 2(g)(1) directs $200 million a year from the Commodity Credit Corporation, from fiscal 2026 on, plus an authorization of appropriations. The farm bill's section 4306 keeps only an authorization of $200 million a year for 2027-2031, and lowers the cap on administration and technical assistance from 25 to 15 per cent.

    official legislative record

    For: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill

  41. Bresnahan Introduces Keep WIC Working Act to Protect WIC Funding During Government Shutdownhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-introduces-keep-wic-working-act-protect-wic-funding-during

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Oct 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of October 29, 2025 on H.R. 5836.

    official office record

    For: Food: keeping WIC funded

  42. H.R. 5836, Keep WIC Working Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5836

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced October 28, 2025. Sponsor: Bresnahan. Referred to the Committee on Appropriations; no later action.

    official legislative record

    For: Food: keeping WIC funded

  43. H.R. 5836, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr5836ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Funds WIC during any lapse in Agriculture Department appropriations in fiscal 2026, until that year's Agriculture appropriations are enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Food: keeping WIC funded

  44. Roll Call 285, H.R. 5371, motion to concur in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025285

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 12, 2025, agreed 222-209. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Food: keeping WIC funded

  45. H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5371

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole. The House agreed to the Senate amendment November 12, 2025 (Roll Call 285); became Public Law 119-37.

    official legislative record

    For: Food: keeping WIC funded

  46. Public Law 119-37 (H.R. 5371)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Approved November 12, 2025. Division B (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration) appropriates $8,200,000,000 for WIC.

    official legislative record

    For: Food: keeping WIC funded

  47. Bresnahan Breaks Party Line to Defend Union Rightshttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-breaks-party-line-defend-union-rights

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release on the House passage of H.R. 2550 (December 11, 2025). Says he signed the discharge petition on September 2, 2025.

    official office record

    For: Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights; Unions: faster first contracts

  48. Roll Call 321, H. Res. 432, on the motion to dischargehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025321

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Dec 10, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 10, 2025, passed 222-200. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights

  49. H.R. 5408, Faster Labor Contracts Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Donald Norcross. Bresnahan is an original cosponsor (September 16, 2025). Passed the House June 9, 2026, 230-193 (Roll Call 216); received in the Senate June 10.

    official legislative record

    For: Unions: faster first contracts

  50. H.R. 5408, as engrossed in the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr5408eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 3: bargaining on a first contract starts within 10 days of a request; either side may ask for mediation after 90 days; after 30 more days a 3-person arbitration panel decides, binding for 2 years.

    official legislative record

    For: Unions: faster first contracts

  51. Roll Call 212, H.Res. 1140, motion to dischargehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026212

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 9, 2026 on discharging H.Res. 1140, the rule for H.R. 5408. Passed 220-199. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Unions: faster first contracts

  52. Roll Call 216, H.R. 5408, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026216

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 9, 2026, passed 230-193. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Unions: faster first contracts

  53. H.R. 9262, Local Control Protection Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9262

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced June 11, 2026. Sponsor: Bresnahan. Referred to Ways and Means and Judiciary; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Data centers: local control

  54. H.R. 9262, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr9262ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sec. 2 bars federal courts from hearing challenges to a local government's recorded decision, with documented findings, to block a data center. Sec. 3 bars federal permits while the developer is suing in any court over a local zoning denial. Sec. 4 ties tax credits to a community benefit agreement.

    official legislative record

    For: Data centers: local control

  55. Bresnahan Votes to Secure Border, Fund CBP and ICEhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-votes-secure-border-fund-cbp-and-ice

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of June 9, 2026 on his vote for S. 2, the Secure America Act.

    official office record

    For: Border: money for ICE and CBP

  56. Roll Call 214, S. 2, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 9, 2026, passed 214-212. Bresnahan: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Border: money for ICE and CBP

  57. S. 2, Secure America Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Sen. Lindsey Graham. Passed the House June 9, 2026 (Roll Call 214); became Public Law 119-98 on June 10, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Border: money for ICE and CBP

  58. Public Law 119-98 (S. 2, Secure America Act)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ98/html/PLAW-119publ98.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Approved June 10, 2026. Sec. 201 appropriates $13,020,000,000 to CBP and sec. 202 $31,075,000,000 to ICE for immigration enforcement, both available until September 30, 2029.

    official legislative record

    For: Border: money for ICE and CBP

  59. Sample ballots, general election, November 3, 2026 (document)

    Luzerne County Bureau of Elections · Published Sep 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    380-page set of precinct sample ballots stamped September 11, 2026. Representative in Congress, 8th Congressional District: Paige Cognetti (Democratic), then Rob Bresnahan Jr (Republican), then a write-in line. No other candidate is printed.

    official election record

    For: Ballots set

  60. Official notice of election for military and overseas voters, November 3, 2026 (document)

    Lackawanna County Department of Elections · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Created September 1, 2026. Lists two candidates for Representative in Congress, 8th District: Paige Cognetti, Democratic, and Rob Bresnahan Jr, Republican.

    official election record

    For: Ballots set

  61. Candidate financial disclosure report, filing 10078325 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed August 13, 2026, covering January 1, 2025 to July 14, 2026. Assets are bank and money-market accounts, mutual and retirement funds, and her spouse's private company, Caravia Fresh Foods. No individual stock is listed.

    official office record

    For: Financial disclosures filed

  62. ROB FOR PA, July Quarterly 2026 (amended) (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee C00852137, covering April 30 to June 30, 2026, amendment received August 18, 2026, file 2007181; it replaces the July 15 original (file 1996900) with the same totals. Debts of $777,068.50 are carried forward.

    fec filing

    For: FEC filing snapshot

  63. Certified summary results, general primary, May 19, 2026 (document)

    Lackawanna County Department of Elections · Published Jun 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Certified June 8, 2026. In the county's share of the 8th District, Cognetti was the only name on the Democratic ballot (22,743 votes) and Bresnahan the only name on the Republican ballot (7,901).

    official election record

    For: Primary election