Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Matthew G. Martinez
Matthew Martinez was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 9 bills that became law (100th–106th 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. 4854 EMS Employee Equality Act of 2000Sep 14, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- H.R. 3545 IDEA Full Funding Act of 2000Feb 14, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
- H.R. 3551 For the relief of Gui Di Chen.Feb 7, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
- H.R. 2390 Smart Classrooms ActJul 28, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 1637 Older Americans Act Amendments of 1999May 21, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2010 (103rd) National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 2967 (102nd) Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992Became law
- H.R. 5194 (102nd) Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs ActBecame law
- H.R. 5630 (102nd) Head Start Improvement Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 3161 (103rd) Older Americans Act Technical Amendments of 1993Became law
- H.R. 3259 (102nd) To authorize appropriations for drug abuse education and prevention programs relating to youth gangs and to runaway and homeless youth; and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 5291 (102nd) To provide for the temporary use of certain lands in the city of South Gate, California, for elementary school purposes.Became law
- H.R. 635 (102nd) For the relief of Abby Cooke.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Martínez has won
Rep. Martínez has won 9 U.S. House elections (1982–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.7 to 47.4 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | 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 106th 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.