Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
J. C. Watts Jr.
J. Watts was a Republican U.S. representative from Oklahoma, first elected to Congress in 1995.
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.Con.Res. 510 Commending the Minority Business Development Agency for its history of achievement in helping to create minority businesses enterprises and in helping those…Oct 21, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth.
- H.R. 5566 American Community Renewal Act of 2002Oct 8, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1777)
- H.R. 5567 To amend the Internal Revenue Code to modify eligibility criteria for certain empowerment zone designations.Oct 7, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Res. 573 Providing that development assistance by the United States to foreign countries should be provided only to countries that work toward economic and political…Oct 3, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
- H.Con.Res. 301 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated, Blue Star Mothers of America, Incorporated, the service flag, and the…Sep 25, 2002 · Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 7 (107th) CARE Act of 2002Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 56 (105th) Celebrating the end of slavery in the United States.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 233 (107th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the Congress for the death and injuries suffered by first responders as they endeavored to save innocent people in the…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 187 (104th) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to recent church burnings.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 368 (106th) Establishing a special task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the United States Capitol.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 247 (105th) Recognizing the contributions of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the civil society of the United States and the world and to the cause of…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 523 (107th) Recognizing the contributions of historically Black colleges and universities.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 445 (107th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the United States National Soccer Team and its historic performance in the 2002 FIFA World…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Watts has won
Rep. Watts has won 4 U.S. House elections (1994–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.4 to 33.7 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 23 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 23 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.