This report card includes information on more than 900 bills introduced during this Congress. So far, Rep. Waters has taken the following action during this Congress:

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.1 the For the People Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.4974 the State Public Option Act.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.6 the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.8 the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.3993 the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.51 the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.

co-sponsored H.R.5487 the SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.447 the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021.

voted for H.R.4837 the Honoring Family-Friendly Workplaces Act.

co-sponsored H.R.6008 the See the Board Act.

co-sponsored H.R.6008 the See the Board Act.

co-sponsored H.R.6129 the Harnessing Opportunities by Pursuing Expungement Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.7248 the Continuing Systems of Care for Children Act.

co-sponsored H.R.7475 the Mamas First Act.

co-sponsored H.R.7620 the Stop Sexual Harassment in K–12 Act.

voted for H.R.8213 the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022.

co-sponsored H.R.9272 the Consumer Financial Education and Empowerment Act.

co-sponsored H.R.9580 the RISE from Trauma Act.

co-sponsored H.R.1 the For the People Act of 2021.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.1280 the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021.

voted for H.R.131 the Kalief’s Law.

voted for H.R.137 the Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2021.

voted for H.R.1603 the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.1620 the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.1706 the Emergency Homelessness Assistance Act of 2021.

sponsored H.R.1724 the Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2021.

sponsored H.R.1725 the Emergency Assistance for Renters Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.1753 the Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2021.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.1808 the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.

co-sponsored H.R.1919 the EATS Act of 2021.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.2377 the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.2465 the Healthy Families Act.

co-sponsored H.R.2730 the College for All Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.2817 the Child Care for Working Families Act.

co-sponsored H.R.2886 the Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act.

co-sponsored H.R.3216 the To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create parity for unmarried individuals and heads of household with respect to the temporary 2021 income phaseouts in the child tax credit..

co-sponsored H.R.3312 the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.3488 the John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act.

co-sponsored H.R.3519 the Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.3617 the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act.

co-sponsored H.R.4077 the Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.4237 the Tenant Empowerment Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.4332 the Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.4402 the Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.4403 the Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2021.

sponsored H.R.4495 the Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021.

sponsored H.R.4496 the Ending Homelessness Act of 2021.

sponsored H.R.4497 the Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2021.

sponsored H.R.4791 the Protecting Renters from Evictions Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.4826 the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act.

voted for H.R.5129 the Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022.

sponsored H.R.5196 the Expediting Assistance to Renters and Landlords Act of 2021.

voted for H.R.5305 the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act.

voted for H.R.5487 the SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021.

voted against H.R.5551 the Improving the Health of Children Act.

voted for H.R.5561 the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2021.

co-sponsored H.R.5595 the College Student Hunger Act of 2021.

voted for H.R.5746 the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.

co-sponsored H.R.5984 the IDEA Full Funding Act.

voted for H.R.6531 the Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022.

co-sponsored H.R.6583 the Stop the Wait Act of 2022.

did not vote on H.R.6878 the Pregnant Women in Custody Act.

sponsored H.R.7003 the Expanding Financial Access for Underserved Communities Act.

voted for H.R.7309 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022.

voted for H.R.7666 the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022.

voted for H.R.7780 the Mental Health Matters Act.

voted for H.R.7790 the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022.

voted for H.R.7791 the Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022.

voted for and co-sponsored H.R.7910 the Protecting Our Kids Act.

voted for H.R.8326 the Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act.

voted for H.R.8404 the Respect for Marriage Act.

voted for H.R.8542 the Mental Health Justice Act of 2022.

voted for H.R.8876 the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022.

As with any scorecard, this tool is inherently limited. Some members may score differently than they might expect because a committee assignment requires they work primarily on issues outside the scope of CDF’s portfolio. Additionally, because the important work done by leadership in Congress is not entirely captured by our model, Members of Congress in leadership roles tend to appear near the middle of our range of grades. There are some data limitations as well. A truly comprehensive measure of action taken on behalf of children would likely include things like floor statements, committee votes, votes on amendments, public leadership, and much more. An expansion of this Report Card to include those additional data may be possible in the future.

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