Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Ryan A. Costello
Ryan Costello was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 2015.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 2409 To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed.Jul 25, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- H.R. 5202 Ensuring Patient Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatments Act of 2018May 9, 2018 · Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- H.R. 4813 WIFI STUDy ActJan 19, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- H.R. 4666 Premium Relief Act of 2017Dec 22, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 4515 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the redistribution of certain…Dec 8, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3936 (114th) VET ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 27 (115th) Ensuring VA Employee Accountability ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1038 (114th) Ensuring VA Employee Accountability ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 112 (114th) Supporting the goals and ideals of the Secondary School Student Athletes' Bill of Rights.55 cosponsors
- H.R. 2679 (115th) Match Veterans to Student Loan Protections Act13 cosponsors
- H.R. 5190 (114th) State Outreach for Local Veterans Employment Act of 201610 cosponsors
- H.R. 5814 (114th) Match Veterans to Student Loan Protections Act8 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Costello has won
Rep. Costello has won 2 U.S. House elections (2014–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.6 to 14.5 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Pennsylvania’s 6th district done while Rep. Costello served?
2015 to 2017 in PA-6: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Pennsylvania’s 6th district during Costello’s time representing it (2015 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. PA-6 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2018, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2015 to 2017 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2015 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 11 | See the 11 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.