Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
George J. Hochbrueckner
George Hochbrueckner was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 5268 To authorize the exchange of National Park Service land in the Fire Island National Seashore in the State of New York for land in the Village of Patchogue…Nov 21, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 5267 National Composting Act of 1994Oct 19, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Credit and Rural Development.
- H.R. 5114 For the relief of Jack Ellsworth.Oct 4, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
- H.R. 4611 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the Montauk Historical Society Light Station located at Montauk, New York.Jun 29, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4422.
- H.R. 4029 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for…Mar 16, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 138 (102nd) Designating the week beginning July 21, 1991, as "Lyme Disease Awareness Week".Became law
- H.J.Res. 459 (102nd) Designating the week beginning July 26, 1992, as "Lyme Disease Awareness Week".Became law
- H.R. 1129 (101st) To exclude Agent Orange settlement payments from countable income and resources under Federal means-tested programs.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4665 (100th) A bill to allow the obsolete submarine ex-Growler (ex-SSG-577) to be transferred to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York before the expiration of the…Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 138 (101st) Designating the week beginning July 23, 1989, as "Lyme Disease Awareness Week".230 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 528 (101st) Designating the week beginning July 22, 1990, as "Lyme Disease Awareness Week".227 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 92 (103rd) Designating the weeks beginning June 6, 1993, and June 5, 1994, as "Lyme Disease Awareness Week".223 cosponsors
- H.R. 500 (101st) Recyclable Materials Science and Technology Development Act of 1989146 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hochbrueckner has won
Rep. Hochbrueckner has won 4 U.S. House elections (1986–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.6 to 20.1 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | 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 103rd 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.