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Seat
Representative for Texas District 20
Born
September 16, 1974
Age 51
Phone
(202) 225-3236
Office
2241 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 20

Joaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The district includes just over half of his native San Antonio. He currently serves on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Voting Record — 568
Yes40%
No56%
Present1%
Not Voting4%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Congressional District 20

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Joaquin Castro
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 20
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Joaquin's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 21 sponsored · 104 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Reposted byJoaquin Castro
America's Voice@americasvoice.bsky.socialDec 7(source)
Trump’s DHS nominee has virtually no experience in many of the department’s most critical responsibilities, including transportation security, border security, Coast Guard operations, and in particular counterterrorism, which affects the safety of all Americans: open.substack.com/pub/zacharym...
Agents of Mass Deportation: Who is DHS Secretary Nominee Kristi Noem?
Donald Trump’s mass deportation team has been taking shape, and it is alarming, as expected.
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Eleanor Klibanoff@eleanorklib.bsky.socialDec 6(source)
On Friday, Texas’ maternal mortality committee defended its decision to not fully review 2022, 2023 deaths as necessary to offer timely recommendations. At times speaking through tears, mothers and doctors implored the committee to change course. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
Texas’ maternal mortality committee faces backlash for not reviewing deaths from first two years post-Dobbs
Committee members said it was necessary to skip the two years after Texas passed its restrictive abortion laws to offer more timely recommendations.
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
The New York Times@nytimes.comDec 6(source)
Israeli airstrikes and intense gunfire on the ground around one of the last working hospitals in northern Gaza killed or wounded scores of people early Friday, the hospital’s director said, as Israeli forces ordered the building evacuated.
Israeli Attacks Around Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza Kill Scores, Doctors Say
Airstrikes, gunfire, panic and orders to evacuate in the dark of night combined to cause heavy casualties in the area of Kamal Adwan, one of the last hospitals still operating in northern Gaza.
Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialDec 6(source)
Texas Republicans are trying to cover up the deadly toll of their extreme abortion ban. "Texas officials will not investigate pregnancy-related deaths for 2022 and 2023, skipping over the years immediately following the state’s controversial abortion ban."
Texas won't review maternal deaths for the two years after its abortion ban
Maternal health advocates had expected that the abortion bans would increase maternal deaths, as more women would carry pregnancies to term.
Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialDec 6(source)
The deadline for Medicare Open Enrollment is coming up! Because of the Inflation Reduction Act I voted for, Medicare out-of-pocket prescription drug costs will be capped at $2,000 a year starting in 2025. Don’t miss out - visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-MEDICARE by the December 7th deadline.
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
The New Republic@newrepublic.comDec 5(source)
GOP Representative John Duarte, who just lost his seat in the elections, explicitly tells Reuters that farming interests in his California district depend on undocumented immigrants—and that Trump should exempt many from removal. newrepublic.com/article/1890...
Suddenly, Trump’s Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance
One of Trump’s central campaign claims was that green energy and immigration pose a massive threat to American workers. But now it seems local Republicans think otherwise.
Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialDec 3(source)
Earlier this year, I led a push with other Texas lawmakers to make sure USPS understood how mail delays would hurt San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. Mail delivery is important and needs to be reliable across South Texas. 2/
Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialDec 3(source)
Good news ahead of the holiday season: USPS has decided NOT to merge the San Antonio and McAllen mail processing centers – moving away from a proposal that could have slowed down delivery across our region. 1/
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.socialDec 3(source)
“Some #TPS holders have been living in the US for decades, meaning that forcing them to return home would likely result in family separations and impact the communities where they have laid roots, as well as the US industries that employ them.” www.vox.com/policy/38868...
Trump is targeting protections for almost 1 million legal immigrants
Temporary Protected Status shields thousands of immigrants from deportation. Trump wants to end it.
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
ProPublica@propublica.orgDec 3(source)
Under Trump, EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves. By @fastlerner.bsky.social
EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.
Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to…
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.socialDec 2(source)
Tom Homan, Trump’s incoming “border czar,” has defended deporting U.S. citizens along with their undocumented loved ones and the use of the U.S. military for his mass deportation agenda, saying, “no one is off the table.” We should believe him. open.substack.com/pub/zacharym...
Agents of Mass Deportation: Who is Border Czar Thomas Homan?
Donald Trump has announced that Thomas Homan, a Project 2025 contributor and former acting ICE director under his first administration, will be returning to his second term as a “border czar” to carry...
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.socialDec 2(source)
Both Texas and Georgia are destroying evidence of all maternal mortality, blocking proof that women are dying from abortion bans. This story has a lot more going on than you think. Especially since Republicans are lying about the public cases. www.salon.com/2024/12/02/d...
Republicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to know about it
Women will keep dying, but the GOP is working hard to destroy the evidence
Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialDec 1(source)
Mayor Howard Peak was a dedicated public servant, an urban planner, and a lifelong believer in San Antonio’s future. I’m saddened to hear of his passing and my heart goes out to his loved ones. 1/
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.socialNov 30(source)
Whatever a border czar is, they don't have arrest authority. Federal law enforcement officers do, pending judicial enforcement. Consultation with prosecutors is the norm for pre-planned arrests & here's the kicker: people being arrested must have actually committed a crime.
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
NPR@npr.orgNov 30(source)
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrike, Gaza health ministry says
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
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Voting History
568 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-01-21H.R. 186 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-01-16H.R. 30 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-01-16H.R. 30 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2025-01-15H.R. 33 (119th)Final passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-01-15H.R. 144 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-01-15H.R. 164 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-01-14H.R. 28 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-01-14H.R. 28 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2025-01-14H.R. 153 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-01-14H.R. 152 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-01-13H.R. 192 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-01-09H.R. 23 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-01-07H.R. 29 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-01-03H. Res. 5 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-01-03H. Res. 5 (119th)Motion to Commit with InstructionsYESYES✓Failed
2025-01-03H. Res. 5 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-01-03—Election of the SpeakerNOT_VOTING——Johnson (LA)
2025-01-03—Call by StatesPRESENT——Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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