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Did Derrick Van Orden vote for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act?

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

Derrick Van Orden

The 2026 housing law

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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.

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  1. 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.

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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  4. 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.

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