Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Henry B. Gonzalez
Henry Gonzalez was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1961, who sponsored 16 bills that became law (100th–105th 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. 1442 Federal Reserve Free Enterprise ActMay 16, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
- H.R. 1160 Federal Reserve Audit and Accountability ActApr 14, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
- H.Res. 35 Expressing the condolences of the House on the death of the Honorable Frank Tejeda.Feb 4, 1997 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 3003 Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 1996May 3, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
- H.J.Res. 99 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the death penalty.Jul 28, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1278 (101st) Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 3927 (100th) Indian Housing Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 3474 (103rd) Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 3435 (102nd) Resolution Trust Corporation, Refinancing, Restructuring, and Improvement Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 5334 (102nd) Housing and Community Development Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 1056 (100th) A bill to amend the National Housing Act to limit the fees that may be charged by the Government National Mortgage Association for the guaranty of…Became law
- H.R. 6050 (102nd) Depository Institutions Disaster Relief Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 5432 (101st) To extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. González has won
Rep. González has won 11 U.S. House elections (1976–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 25.0 to 85.9 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | 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 105th 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.