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Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico

Pablo José Hernández

Democrat 1st term Not filed for 2026

Replaced Jenniffer González-Colón in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Homeland Security 10th minority
  • Natural Resources 10th minority
Age
35

2026 election

Has not filed to run for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll callsamendment votes only
Breaks with party
not counted for delegates
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date37433122985—

Delegates vote only on amendments in the Committee of the Whole; breaks are not counted for them.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 23% 9%
Emergency Management 13% 13%
Health 10% 16%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Emergency Management and Transportation and Public Works; bills go to Health and Emergency Management.

  • He talks most about: Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Health Care Coverage (Health), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Education Funding (Education).
  • 32 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberHomeland Security Committee10th minority
MemberNatural Resources Committee10th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats; delegates are not counted in it.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

26% · peer median 22%

Who votes alike needs floor votes. Committee votes are not yet recorded.

26% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%).

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His bills

Became law 0

Effectiveness is not yet scored for delegates.

1 of 30 bills passed the House; 0 became law.

  • On the move: H.R. 2261 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →

No floor votes, so no party-line record, no breaks and no distance-from-party measure. Delegates vote in committee only; committee votes are not yet recorded.

No floor vote, so there is no voting record to place him by.

  • Committee votes: not yet tracked.
6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Hernández Rivera$968K raised19%72%9%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

91% of what he raised came from individuals; 19% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$968K raised, 9% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

11 PACs of the 22 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Health.

  1. Democrats Win Fund Action100% D
  2. Boston Scientific39% D
  3. Elect Diverse Democrats100% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

15 bills

Delegates do not vote on passage. Hernández Rivera sponsored or cosponsored 15 of them.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.