Joaquin Castro Official Bio

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, as well as some of its nearby suburbs. From 2003 to 2013, Castro represented the 125th district in the Texas House of Representatives. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Joaquin Castro has 247 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2012 Convention. The year with the most videos was 2019 with 42 videos as a Democratic Representative for Texas's 20th district. Most appearances with Nancy Pelosi (15), Steny Hoyer (7), Xavier Becerra (5). Most common tags: Immigration, Russian Federation, Minorities.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 2013 - Present U.S. Representative, D-TX 20th


Videos: 238 Brother


Videos: 9

Previously

U.S. Representative Candidate,
D-35 January 1, 2012 - c. November 2, 2012 Videos: 0

Recent Appearances

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    The House debated a bill to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration programs for the upcoming five years.

  • House Debate on Measure to Censure Representative Adam Schiff

    House Debate on Measure to Censure Representative Adam Schiff

    The House debated, and later passed along party lines, a measure to censure former Select Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) for…

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    By a party-line 213-209 vote, the House voted to censure former Select Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) for his claims about former…

  • Former House Lawmakers on National Security and Bipartisanship

    Former House Lawmakers on National Security and Bipartisanship

    Former U.S. representatives who served on the House Intelligence Committee testified on the necessity of bipartisanship and non-partisanship in…

  • House Session, Part 1

    House Session, Part 1

    The House debated the rules for three measures, including a Senate-passed resolution to repeal an Environmental Protection…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House debated and passed (219-213) the Republican border security and immigration bill. Republicans Thomas Massie (KY) and John…

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Appearance Stats

Member of Congress Record

District Map
Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

Votes

Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 6
    • One Minute Speeches: 2
    • Total Time Speaking: 9 minutes
    • Common Floor Remark Topics:

Bills

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