Monica De La Cruz
Her campaign says it will protect Medicare and Social Security, and that she cosponsored legislation preventing cuts to seniors' benefits.
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Issue record
Health care, Medicare and Social Security
In short
De La Cruz's campaign backs protecting Medicare and Social Security and says she cosponsored a bill against benefit cuts. Pulido's campaign backs strengthening both, lower health and drug costs and keeping rural hospitals open. On the record, she cosponsored a debt-limit bill to keep benefits paid, never voted on, and the Social Security Fairness Act, a law that raised some retirees' benefits. Her SPEAK Act's text became law in 2026 inside a spending act.
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Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Bobby Pulido
His campaign says Medicare, like Social Security, is a promise to keep and strengthen, and that health and drug costs must come down and rural hospitals stay open.
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Evidence timeline
What the record shows.
official action
Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
Her veterans housing bill was signed in January 2026, and the SPEAK Act's text became law word for word inside the February 2026 spending act.
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Her House office lists the SPEAK Act and the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act among new laws she led in 2026. Both are law. Her SPEAK Act (H.R. 2092) never moved past committee under its own number, but its text was enacted word for word as section 6213 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, signed February 3, 2026 as Public Law 119-75; she voted for that act twice. It orders HHS guidance on interpreters and telehealth for patients with limited English. Her Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act (H.R. 224) passed both chambers and was signed on January 20, 2026 as Public Law 119-70. Limit: The SPEAK Act became law as one section of a large spending act, so her votes on it were votes on the whole act. The section orders guidance; it does not require providers to follow it.
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Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
She cosponsored a bill to keep Social Security and Medicare paid in a debt-limit standoff, which got no vote, and the Social Security Fairness Act, now law.
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Her campaign says she cosponsored legislation preventing cuts to seniors' benefits. She cosponsored H.R. 875, the Protecting Social Security and Medicare Act, from June 30, 2023. It would let the Treasury keep paying Social Security and Medicare benefits in full and on time if the debt limit is reached; it never got a vote. She also cosponsored the Social Security Fairness Act and voted Yea when it passed the House on November 12, 2024. It became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025 and ended two rules that reduced some public-service retirees' benefits. Limit: The claim does not name a bill; these are the two cosponsorships in her record that fit it. H.R. 875 deals with missed payments in a debt-limit standoff, not benefit levels; the Social Security Fairness Act raised benefits rather than preventing a cut.
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Sources11 source records
- Monica on the Issueshttps://monicaforcongress.us/issues/
Monica for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The campaign's issue list: six headings (agriculture, border security and immigration, economy, energy, seniors, spending and national debt) with short bullet lines. Undated.
candidate statement
For: Monica De La Cruz: campaign position; Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- Issueshttps://www.bobbypulidofortexas.com/issues/
Bobby Pulido for Texas · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The campaign's issue page: six sections (economy, agriculture, border security and immigration, health care, education, water), written in his voice. Undated. One passage is about his opponent's vote and is not used here.
candidate statement
For: Bobby Pulido: campaign position
- De La Cruz Recaps 2026https://delacruz.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4008
Office of Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
Her House office's mid-year release, September 4, 2026. Lists New Laws Led by De La Cruz: the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act with five of her provisions, the SPEAK Act and the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act. It also says she secured $21.77 million in federal community project funding for fiscal 2026.
candidate statement
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 2092, SPEAK Act of 2025, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2092
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
She is the sponsor. The bill itself stopped at referral to Energy and Commerce; its text was enacted as section 6213 of Public Law 119-75.
official legislative record
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ75/PLAW-119publ75.htm
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
Enacted text, H.R. 7148, signed February 3, 2026. Section 4 gives the explanatory statement printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 21, 2026 the effect of a conference report. Division J, section 6213 orders HHS guidance on telehealth for people with limited English proficiency, in the same words as H.R. 2092.
official legislative record
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7148
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
She voted Yea on House passage (Roll Call 45, January 22, 2026) and on agreeing to the Senate amendments (Roll Call 53, February 3, 2026). Signed February 3, 2026 as Public Law 119-75.
official legislative record
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 224, Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/224
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
She is the sponsor. Passed the House by voice vote on February 10, 2025 and the Senate by unanimous consent on January 6, 2026; signed January 20, 2026 as Public Law 119-70.
official legislative record
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 875, Protecting Social Security and Medicare Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/875
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. John James; she was one of three cosponsors, from June 30, 2023. Would let the Treasury keep paying Social Security and Medicare benefits in full and on time if the debt limit is reached. Referred to committee; no vote.
official legislative record
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 875, 118th Congress, introducedhttps://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr875/BILLS-118hr875ih.htm
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The bill's text.
official legislative record
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
She cosponsored it from February 17, 2023 and voted Yea when it passed the House on November 12, 2024 (Roll Call 456). Signed January 5, 2025 as Public Law 118-273. It repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which reduced some retirees' benefits.
official legislative record
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
- Roll Call 456 of 2024, H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act, on suspending the rules and passing the billhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of November 12, 2024, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.
official legislative record
For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim
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