Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
TJ Cox
Tj Cox was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 2019.
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. 5347 Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance ActDec 18, 2020 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555.
- H.R. 8783 To amend title 40, United States Code, to add certain California counties to the region of the Southwest Border Regional Commission, and for other purposes.Nov 20, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 7926 Ensuring Veterans Access ActOct 6, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- H.Res. 1166 Expressing support for the designation of the month of October 2020, as Filipino American History Month and celebrating the history and culture of Filipino…Oct 1, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- H.R. 8210 Methamphetamine Response Act of 2020Sep 11, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4716 (116th) I CAN ActReported from committee
- H.R. 5316 (116th) Move Water Now ActReported from committee
- H.R. 657 (116th) Immediate Financial Relief for Federal Employees Act93 cosponsors
- H.Res. 538 (116th) Recognizing the historical, cultural, and religious significance of Sikh Americans, and for other purposes.86 cosponsors
- H.R. 4589 (116th) To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to medical care.38 cosponsors
- H.R. 6933 (116th) Caring for Survivors Act of 202037 cosponsors
- H.R. 6082 (116th) Forgotten Vietnam Veterans Act31 cosponsors
- H.R. 2633 (116th) Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration25 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cox has won
Rep. Cox has won 1 U.S. House election (2018–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.8 to 0.8 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 21 | See the 21 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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.