# Vince Fong

Vince Fong is a Republican member of the U.S. House for California’s 20th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, California’s 20th district
- Serving since: 2024-06-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: F000480
- FEC candidate IDs: H4CA20181

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/F000480 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

The policy areas Fong talks about and legislates on agree at 0.52 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of House Republicans.

## What Fong says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,422 classified statements: 1,269 posts on X, 63 Congressional Record speeches, 58 press releases, 32 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fong | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.3% | 2.1% | 65 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 23.4% | 15.1% | 26 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 72.8% | 67.7% | 76 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.1% | 8.9% | 118 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 34.5% | 37.4% | 134 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 1.1% | 3.0% | 161 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 24% (House Republicans 24%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (House Republicans 19%); Energy 17% (House Republicans 8.6%); Transportation and Public Works 15% (House Republicans 7.2%); Science, Technology, Communications 12% (House Republicans 7.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.01), from 1,148 donors and 1,612 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.3% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 96.9% (97.1%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 130. 31.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 30 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.Res. 1561: Expressing support for the designation of the third week of September as "Fungal Disease Awareness Week" and encouraging efforts to improve awareness,… (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1561
- H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating… (passed one chamber, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/210
- H.R. 8892: CAL Repayment Act (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8892
- H.R. 8748: Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8748
- H.R. 8198: OUTPACE in Space Act (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8198
- H.R. 7825: Doug LaMalfa Protect Innocent Victims of Taxation After Fire Extension Act (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7825
- H.R. 7413: HIRE DEA Act (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7413
- H.R. 5513: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain technology investments eligible for additional subsidization, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2025-09-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5513
- H.R. 5351: NSF AI Education Act of 2025 (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5351
- H.R. 4661: AMERICA DRIVES Act (in committee, 2025-07-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4661

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $2.4M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 2.1% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 74% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2114808722069590272
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2114523220879507780
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2114788353941905659
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2113728911255236747
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2113305324094619946
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2113355912887075094
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2112954907242475915
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2112562440164475051
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2112640047136592286
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepVinceFong,@vfong/status/2112680557351993774

## Links

- Official site: https://fong.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepVinceFong
- X: https://x.com/vfong
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repvincefong
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000480

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/F000480