
Vince Fong
U.S. Representative for California’s 20th District
- Party
- Republican
- In office since
- June 3, 2024
- Current term ends
- January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 2026
Running for the House in CA-20
| Candidate | Party | Raised | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra Van Scotter | Democratic | $48K | $-1,680 |
| Vince FongIncumbent | Republican | $2.4M | $667K |
Under California's top-two system, the two leading finishers in the June 2 primary advance regardless of party, so both candidates can be from the same party.
Certified candidate list from California Secretary of State, retrieved September 24, 2026. Write-in candidates are not listed. Fundraising from Federal Election Commission filings, reported through October 14, 2026; a dash means no FEC record.
How Fong has voted on the DNA Scan’s statements
Some of the statements in the DNA Scan have come to a recorded floor vote in Congress. Below are Fong’s votes on them from 2023 to 2026: what each measure did, which way a yea pointed, and the official roll call. The other statements haven’t come to a direct vote, so we don’t guess where Fong stands on them.
See where you and Fong line up, statement by statement.
Take the free DNA Scan“Government should be reduced to the absolute minimum, or eliminated entirely.”
- Voted nayH.R. 8595Jul 15, 2026
Amendment to the FY2027 national security and State Department appropriations bill to eliminate funding for the Fulbright Program; a yea removes funding for a federal program, toward the statement.
House failed · Republicans 79-137 · Democrats 0-211Roll callMeasure
- Voted nayH.R. 4553Sep 4, 2025
Amendment to the FY2026 Energy and Water appropriations bill to reduce unobligated funds from top-line accounts by $37,353,345,385.09; a yea reduces federal spending, toward the statement.
House failed · Republicans 76-141 · Democrats 0-210Roll callMeasure
- Voted nayH.R. 4553Sep 4, 2025
Amendment to the FY2026 Energy and Water appropriations bill to strike all funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; a yea removes funding for a federal office, toward the statement.
House failed · Republicans 127-88 · Democrats 0-209Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.R. 4Jun 12, 2025
The Rescissions Act of 2025 rescinds specified unobligated funds provided to the State Department, USAID, various independent agencies and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; a yea withdraws previously appropriated federal funds, toward the statement.
House passed · Republicans 214-4 · Democrats 0-208Roll callMeasure
“Free markets, with minimal regulation, create the best outcomes for society.”
- Voted yeaH.R. 6955Jul 21, 2026
Per its summary, the bill 'lessens and otherwise modifies banking regulations', including capital phase-ins for new banks, a lower leverage ratio for certain rural banks, and a requirement that regulators tailor actions to limit burdens; a yea reduces regulation, which corresponds to agreeing.
House passed · Republicans 213-1 · Democrats 57-154Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.R. 2965Dec 3, 2025
Requires the SBA to keep the annual small business regulatory budget (the cost to small businesses of new, modified or repealed federal rules) no greater than zero; a yea caps net new regulatory cost, which corresponds to agreeing.
House passed · Republicans 208-0 · Democrats 15-190Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.R. 1402Apr 29, 2025
Requires ticket sellers, including secondary-market sellers, to disclose the total ticket price up front and itemize fees, and bars selling tickets the seller does not possess; a yea adds federal requirements on how a market operates, which corresponds to disagreeing.
House passed · Republicans 202-15 · Democrats 207-0Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.R. 973Apr 28, 2025
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a mandatory consumer product safety rule for lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes and scooters, binding manufacturers and distributors to specified safety standards; a yea adds a federal product regulation, which corresponds to disagreeing.
House passed · Republicans 163-42 · Democrats 202-0Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.J.Res. 25Mar 11, 2025
Nullifies the IRS rule requiring persons effectuating decentralized finance (DeFi) transactions to report information on digital asset sales; a yea removes a federal reporting requirement on market participants, which corresponds to agreeing.
House passed · Republicans 216-0 · Democrats 76-132Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.R. 6543Jun 11, 2024
Requires hotels, short-term rentals and other short-term lodging providers to include each mandatory fee in any displayed or advertised price, enforced by the FTC and state attorneys general; a yea adds a federal requirement on sellers, which corresponds to disagreeing.
House passed · Republicans 180-25 · Democrats 204-0Roll callMeasure
“National sovereignty should never be compromised by international agreements or institutions.”
- Voted yeaH.R. 23Jan 9, 2025
The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act requires sanctions on foreign persons who assist the International Criminal Court in investigating, arresting, detaining or prosecuting US persons (unless the US consents to ICC jurisdiction) or nationals of allies not party to the Rome Statute; a yea resists an international court's jurisdiction over non-consenting nations, which corresponds to agreeing.
House passed · Republicans 198-0 · Democrats 45-140Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.R. 1425Sep 11, 2024
Deems any pandemic agreement reached through the World Health Assembly's negotiating body a treaty requiring the Senate's advice and consent; a yea requires Senate approval of such an international agreement, which corresponds to agreeing.
House passed · Republicans 215-0 · Democrats 4-199Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.R. 8282Jun 4, 2024
The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act imposes sanctions on foreign persons who assist the International Criminal Court in investigating, arresting, detaining or prosecuting protected persons, including US persons; a yea opposes an international court acting against a non-consenting state's nationals, which corresponds to agreeing.
House passed · Republicans 205-0 · Democrats 42-155Roll callMeasure
“We have strong moral obligations to people in other countries, not just our own citizens.”
- Voted nayH.R. 3838Sep 10, 2025
Amendment 23 to the FY2026 NDAA strikes funding for the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid program; a yea removes aid to people abroad, which corresponds to disagreeing.
House failed · Republicans 60-159 · Democrats 0-211Roll callMeasure
- Voted nayH.R. 4016Jul 18, 2025
Amendment 111 to the FY2026 Defense appropriations bill reduces Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid funding to the administration's request and transfers the savings to the Spending Reduction Account; a yea reduces aid to people abroad, which corresponds to disagreeing.
House failed · Republicans 63-153 · Democrats 0-212Roll callMeasure
- Voted nayH.R. 4016Jul 18, 2025
Amendment 113 to the FY2026 Defense appropriations bill strikes funding for HIV prevention educational activities in foreign countries; a yea removes health aid to people abroad, which corresponds to disagreeing.
House failed · Republicans 104-114 · Democrats 0-212Roll callMeasure
- Voted nayH.R. 8771Jun 27, 2024
Amendment 54 to the FY2025 State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill strikes International Disaster Assistance funding; a yea removes disaster aid to people abroad, which corresponds to disagreeing.
House failed · Republicans 101-108 · Democrats 0-204Roll callMeasure
“The United States should strongly support Israel, including with military aid.”
- Voted nayH.R. 8595Jul 15, 2026
Amendment 8 to the FY2027 National Security, Department of State appropriations bill (H.R. 8595) prohibits funds appropriated by the Act from being used for Israel and reduces the Foreign Military Financing Program account by $3,300,000,000; a yea ends funding for Israel under the bill, including military financing, disagreeing with the statement.
House failed · Republicans 1-215 · Democrats 103-99Roll callMeasure
- Voted nayH.R. 4016Jul 18, 2025
Amendment 114 to the FY2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4016) strikes funding for the Israeli Cooperative Programs; a yea removes that funding, disagreeing with the statement.
House failed · Republicans 2-215 · Democrats 4-207Roll callMeasure
“Combating climate change is important enough to justify significant sacrifices to our economy and sovereignty.”
- Voted yeaH.J.Res. 88May 1, 2025
H.J.Res. 88 revokes the waiver granted to the California Air Resources Board for its Advanced Clean Cars II regulations, which include requirements for low-emission and zero-emission vehicles; a yea revokes that state emission waiver, disagreeing with the statement.
House passed · Republicans 211-0 · Democrats 35-164Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.J.Res. 87Apr 30, 2025
H.J.Res. 87 revokes waivers granted to the California Air Resources Board for several vehicle emission regulations, including Advanced Clean Trucks, the Zero Emission Airport Shuttle and Zero-Emission Power Train Certification rules; a yea revokes those state emission waivers, disagreeing with the statement.
House passed · Republicans 218-1 · Democrats 13-190Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.J.Res. 35Feb 26, 2025
H.J.Res. 35 eliminates the annual waste emissions charge collected from oil and gas facilities under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program for exceeding greenhouse gas and methane emission thresholds; a yea removes a charge on greenhouse gas emissions, the opposite of the statement.
House passed · Republicans 214-1 · Democrats 6-205Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.J.Res. 136Sep 20, 2024
H.J.Res. 136 nullifies the EPA rule 'Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles', which includes a greenhouse gas emission standard; a yea removes a vehicle greenhouse-gas requirement, disagreeing with the statement.
House passed · Republicans 207-1 · Democrats 8-190Roll callMeasure
“Citizens have a fundamental right to own firearms, including semi-automatic rifles.”
- Voted yeaH.R. 1041May 21, 2026
H.R. 1041 Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act prohibits the VA from sending a veteran's or beneficiary's information to the NICS background-check system solely because they have an appointed fiduciary, absent a judicial finding of danger; a yea removes a bar to firearm purchase, consistent with the statement.
House passed · Republicans 208-1 · Democrats 8-200Roll callMeasure
- Voted yeaH.R. 8580Jun 4, 2024
Amendment 10 to H.R. 8580 (FY2025 MilCon-VA appropriations) prohibits the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary's name to the NICS list based on the VA's appointment of a fiduciary; a yea stops that basis for barring beneficiaries from buying firearms, agreeing with the statement.
House agreed to · Republicans 204-1 · Democrats 7-192Roll callMeasure
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- Website
- fong.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-2915
- Washington office
- 243 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0520
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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; votes from the Clerk of the House and the Senate, with measure summaries from the Congressional Research Service; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission; the November ballot from the California Secretary of State. Updated November 9, 2026.
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