Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
E. de la Garza
E. De La Garza was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1965, who sponsored 29 bills that became law (100th–104th Congress).
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. 2003 Community Food Security Act of 1995Apr 1, 1996 · Favorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
- H.R. 2163 Commercial Revitalization Tax Act of 1995Aug 2, 1995 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 1352 Minor Use Crop Protection Act of 1995May 2, 1995 · For Further Action See H.R.1627.
- H.R. 1428 Entitled, "the North American Border Stations Improvements Act".Apr 19, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development.
- H.R. 1093 Entitled "Food Stamp Program Integrity Act of 1995".Mar 23, 1995 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3685)
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5015 (100th) Disaster Assistance Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1608 (101st) National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 2467 (101st) Disaster Assistance Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 4010 (101st) To provide the Secretary of Agriculture authority regarding the sale of sterile screwworms.Became law
- H.R. 2399 (100th) Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 3492 (100th) Rural Crisis Recovery Program Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 3712 (100th) A bill to designate the U.S. Livestock Insects Laboratory in Kerrville, Texas, as the "Knipling-Bushland Research Laboratory".Became law
- H.R. 4379 (103rd) Farm Credit System Agricultural Export and Risk Management ActBecame law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Garza has won
Rep. Garza has won 10 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 19.6 to 91.4 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.