# Laurel Lee

Laurel Lee is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Florida’s 15th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Florida’s 15th district
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: L000597
- FEC candidate IDs: H2FL15241

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/L000597 (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

0.3% of Lee’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom tenth of House Republicans (average 3.0%).

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

874 classified statements: 688 posts on X, 72 newsletters, 69 press releases, 45 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lee | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.1% | 175 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 13.6% | 15.1% | 121 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 68.5% | 67.7% | 114 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 15.6% | 8.9% | 27 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 45.2% | 37.4% | 60 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 3.0% | 202 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 26% (House Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 18% (House Republicans 24%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (House Republicans 19%); Science, Technology, Communications 16% (House Republicans 7.2%); Energy 11% (House Republicans 8.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.84 (standard error 0.01), from 913 donors and 1,865 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 95.2% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 98.8% (97.1%). 9 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 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 180. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 139 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10500: Unleashing American Pipelines Act (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10500
- H.R. 10276: Ballots by Election Day Act (in committee, 2026-09-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10276
- H.R. 9915: Stealth Bot Prohibition Act (in committee, 2026-07-23) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9915
- H.R. 8449: Federal Diversity Jurisdiction Modernization Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8449
- H.J.Res. 152: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to ensure that only citizens are eligible to vote in Federal elections. (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/152
- H.R. 7834: Safe Cloud Storage Act (passed one chamber, 2026-09-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7834
- H.R. 7258: Energy Emergency Leadership Act (passed one chamber, 2026-07-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7258
- H.R. 7140: CLEAR Act (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7140
- H.R. 6998: Renewed Hope Act (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6998
- H.R. 6719: Combating Online Predators Act (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6719

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $2.7M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 0.9% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 54% 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2113295384797696019
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2112967484588294474
- 2026-10-21 · Press release · Rep. Laurel Lee Joins Rep. Maxwell Frost to Introduce Bipartisan SLOTHS Act to Protect Vulnerable Wildlife · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://laurellee.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-laurel-lee-joins-rep-maxwell-frost-introduce-bipartisan-sloths-act-protect
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2112550663477739520
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2112553323161178244
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2112569530061029487
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2112652919447429348
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2111900435821060361
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2110762574652321891
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/2109993557243134209

## Links

- Official site: https://laurellee.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepLaurelLee
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepLaurelLee
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/replaurellee
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000597

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/L000597