U.S. Representative
Joaquin Castro
DHouseTexas · District 20
U.S. Representative (D) for Texas, 52 years old.
Tenure
Representative since 2013
Born
San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., 1974
Prior career
- lawyer
Education
- B.A. Stanford University (1996)
- J.D. Harvard University (2000)
Full biography
CASTRO, Joaquin, a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., September 16, 1974; graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, San Antonio, Tex., 1992; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1996; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2000; lawyer, private practice; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 2002-2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.
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Oversight committees · 7
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Recent legislative activity · 40 bills
20 sponsored, 20 cosponsored in the 119th Congress. Color-coded by sector — yellow chips mark bills that overlap a sector this politician has actually traded in.
- To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- To prohibit the President from filing a civil action against the United States.Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- To amend section 1304 of title 31, United States Code to restrict payments for compromise settlements or awards.Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors ActForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- To amend title 1, United States Code, to expand the scope of documents the Secretary of State is required to transmit to the Congress, and for other purposes.Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors ActForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- YALI Act of 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 6.
- Dental Care for Veterans ActCommittee Hearings Held
- Condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan and calling for an end to external support to the warring parties and for efforts to promote a negotiated settlement of the war.Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 2.
- Calling for the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen and sexual war crime survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and other survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
- MORE ActReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- MATCH ActOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 8.
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Justice must comply with the Domestic Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by refusing to administratively settle the billions of dollars in legal claims filed against the United States by President Donald Trump.Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump, his Special Envoy Steven Witkoff, and all Federal officials must comply with the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by immediately turning over to the Department of the Treasury any payments received from the United Arab Emirates or any other foreign state and divest from all business interests linked to foreign governments.Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office ActReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for a ten-year statute of limitations for export control violations.Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
- To prohibit the use of funds to use military force in or against Cuba, and for other purposes.Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.