Here’s a look at how Colorado members of Congress voted over the previous week.

Along with roll call votes this week, the House also passed these bills: the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act (H.R. 1618), to require the Federal Communications Commission to review certain rules of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule changes to promote precision agriculture; the Sinkhole Mapping Act (H.R. 900), to direct the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a program to map zones that are at greater risk of sinkhole formation; and the NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act (H.R. 1766), to establish the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity.

The Senate also passed the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act (S. 283), to require a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

House votes

CYBERSECURITY OF MOBILE NETWORKS: The House has passed the Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act (H.R. 1709), sponsored by Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, to require a report on cybersecurity and mobile telecommunications networks by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Landsman said the report would be “an important step toward understanding and improving our cybersecurity for the safety and protection of all Americans.” The vote, on July 14, was 360 yeas to 10 nays.

YEAS: DeGette D-CO (1st), Crank R-CO (5th), Boebert R-CO (4th), Crow D-CO (6th), Neguse D-CO (2nd), Pettersen D-CO (7th), Evans (CO) R-CO (8th), Hurd (CO) R-CO (3rd)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND REGULATION >> The House has passed the Consumer Safety Technology Act (H.R. 1770), sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to study its potential use of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as ways to use blockchain technology and concerns involving digital tokens. Soto said the bill “could help make the CPSC more efficient by the use of this technology, and it is critical that we protect consumers.” The vote, on July 14, was 336 yeas to 36 nays.

YEAS: DeGette, Crank, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen, Evans, Hurd

NAYS: Boebert

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS >> The House has passed the Communications Security Act (H.R. 1717), sponsored by Rep. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council, which advises the FCC on the security and reliability of communications networks. Menendez said the bill, by codifying into law the Council, would ensure the continuation of its work to improve “the reliability, availability, and performance of our communications networks during natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and cybersecurity attacks.” The vote, on July 15, was 380 yeas to 33 nays.

YEAS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen, Evans, Hurd

NAYS: Crank, Boebert

BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS >> The House has passed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark., to assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. The vote, on July 17, was 294 yeas to 134 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans, Hurd

REGULATING CRYPTOCURRENCY STABLECOINS >> The House has passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (S. 1582), sponsored by Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn. The bill would outline standards for federal regulation of stablecoins, which are digital cryptocurrencies intended to have a relatively static value by tying them to another asset, such as gold or the dollar. The vote, on July 17, was 308 yeas to 122 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Pettersen, Evans, Hurd

CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES >> The House has passed the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (H.R. 1919), sponsored by Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., to bar Federal Reserve banks from selling products or services directly to individuals, and bar them from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The vote, on July 17, was 219 yeas to 210 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans, Hurd

FINALIZING RESCISSIONS ACT >> The House has passed a resolution (H. Res. 590), sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C. The resolution stipulated that its passage would signify that the House, without holding a separate roll call vote, had concurred in the Senate amendment to the Rescissions Act (H.R. 4). The vote to pass the resolution and concur in the amendment, on July 18, was 216 yeas to 213 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans, Hurd

FOREIGN HIV EDUCATION PROGRAMS >> The House has rejected an amendment sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4016), that would have eliminated funding for HIV prevention education efforts in foreign countries. The vote, on July 18, was 104 yeas to 326 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen, Evans, Hurd

YEAS: Crank, Boebert

AID TO UKRAINE >> The House has rejected an amendment sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4016), that would have eliminated funding for aid to Ukraine. The vote, on July 18, was 76 yeas to 353 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen, Evans, Hurd

YEAS: Crank, Boebert

AID FOR LEBANON MILITARY >> The House has rejected an amendment sponsored by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4016), that would have eliminated funding for Lebanon’s military. The vote, on July 18, was 76 yeas to 355 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen, Evans, Hurd

YEAS: Crank, Boebert

2026 MILITARY BUDGET >> The House has passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4016), sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., to provide $832 billion of fiscal 2026 funding for the military, including increases in spending on building ships, and a so-called Golden Dome for America domestic missile defense effort. Calvert said the bill “champions America’s military superiority in a variety of ways,” including spending on programs to counter drug trafficking, modernizing nuclear weapons, and new types of aircraft. An opponent, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., criticized the Golden Dome proposal as incomplete, and said: “This bill limits the ability of service personnel and their families to receive the reproductive healthcare they deserve.” The vote, on July 18, was 221 yeas to 209 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Pettersen

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans, Hurd

Senate votes

APPEALS COURT JUDGE >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be a judge on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Hermandorfer was most recently a strategic litigation director for Tennessee’s attorney general; she has clerked for two Supreme Court justices and two federal courts in Washington, D.C. A supporter, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said Hermandorfer “will show respect for the rule of law. She will show respect for the Constitution as it is written. She will not be a judge who will try to rewrite it.” An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questioned her lack of experience, particularly in trial cases, and said she had shown “a level of partisanship and deference to this president that is unacceptable.” The vote, on July 14, was 46 yeas to 42 nays.

NAYS: Bennet D-CO, Hickenlooper D-CO

OVERSEEING FINANCIAL COMPANIES >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Luke Pettit to be the Treasury Department’s Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions. For the past three years, Pettit had been a policy adviser to Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn. Previously, he was a Federal Reserve staffer, economist on the Senate Banking Committee, and employee at the Bridgewater Associates hedge fund. Hagerty said: “While possessing a deep understanding of complex technical matters, Luke has never lost sight of the true aim of economic policy, which is very simply to expand opportunity and to deliver prosperity to Americans from every walk of life.” The vote, on July 15, was 69 yeas to 30 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

MILITARY OFFICIAL >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Anthony Tata to be the Defense Department’s Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness. Tata was an Army officer for nearly three decades, then a public schools official, North Carolina’s Transportation Secretary, and a policy official at Defense during the first Trump administration. An opponent, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., called disqualifying Tata’s “history of controversial and divisive statements” against politicians and others with whom Tata has political disagreements. The vote, on July 15, was 52 yeas to 46 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Joseph Edlow to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Homeland Security Department. Edlow, a lawyer, acting director, and deputy director for policy at the agency in the second half of the first Trump administration, had been at the Justice Department, a lawyer in the House, and, for most of the Obama administration, was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lawyer. Since 2021, he has had his own consultancy, Edlow Group. The vote, on July 15, was 52 yeas to 47 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AID >> The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., to the Rescissions Act (H.R. 4) that would have removed $496 million of funding for international disaster aid from the bill. Coons said the aid funding “doesn’t just save lives in countries around the world when they suffer earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and natural disasters. It strengthens our standing, brings us closer to our allies, and helps us compete with China.” An amendment opponent, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said that even with the removed $496 million, which he said has frequently gone to questionable causes, there would still be more than $6 billion of unobligated aid funding available. The vote, on July 16, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

PUBLIC BROADCASTING >> The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., to the Rescissions Act (H.R. 4) that would have eliminated the bill’s cancellation of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Baldwin said: “Eliminating this funding would be devastating for local public radio and television stations. It would reduce or eliminate access to educational programming, local news, and lifesaving alerts during emergencies and natural disasters.” An amendment opponent, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said: “If you want to watch leftwing propaganda, turn on MSNBC, but the taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize it.” The vote, on July 16, was 47 yeas to 52 nays.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

AID TO AFRICA >> The Senate has rejected a motion sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., to recommit the Rescissions Act (H.R. 4) to the Senate Appropriations Committee with instructions to restore funding to African countries under the State Department’s Economic Support Fund. Warner said: “Rescinding these economic support and development funds is harmful today, but it is, in the long run, a clear and avoidable catastrophe, one that mortgages our strategic interests, our credibility, and our security.” A motion opponent, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said “the funding we are rescinding in this package will have no bearing on the safety, security, or prosperity of the American people.” The vote, on July 16, was 48 yeas to 51 nays.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS >> The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., to the Rescissions Act (H.R. 4) that would have reduced the amount of canceled funding for global health programs by $434 million. Schiff said the amendment was needed “to ensure that funding for HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and maternal health and nutrition programs remain.” An opponent, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said the bill’s cuts targeted “egregious waste like $7.4 million for a curriculum that teaches practitioners about environmental racism and DEI.” The vote, on July 16, was 46 yeas to 51 nays.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS ON PBS >> The Senate has rejected a motion sponsored by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., to recommit the Rescissions Act (H.R. 4) to the Senate Appropriations Committee with instructions to restore funding for children’s educational programs broadcast on public television stations. Markey said the bill’s cuts “will cause stations that deliver this essential children’s programming to go dark. These cuts will be especially devastating to millions of children and families in rural and underserved and low-income communities that don’t have access to a high-speed network.” A motion opponent, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said: “American taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize programming that glorifies radical gender ideology at schools or encourages children to defund the police.” The vote, on July 16, was 47 yeas to 50 nays.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

AID TO EUROPE, ASIA >> The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., to the Rescissions Act (H.R. 4) that would have reduced the amount of cancelled funding for aid to European and Asian countries by $200 million. Shaheen said: “Now is not the time to cut funds that have rebuilt Ukraine’s energy grid, sustained Ukraine’s ability to export agricultural goods, and supported efforts to keep the Ukrainian government accountable to its anti-corruption commitments and reform efforts.” An amendment opponent, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said there would still be abundant aid to Ukraine, and that the aid fund had been used for numerous dubious programs. The vote, on July 17, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

RESCINDING GOVERNMENT FUNDING >> The Senate has passed the Rescissions Act (H.R. 4), sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., to withdraw $9.4 billion of unobligated funding for various government agencies, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and about a dozen State Department programs. A supporter, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., called the bill a step toward reducing wasteful deficit spending and asserting Congressional control over the budget, rather than having the government “writing checks to leftwing propaganda outlets and spending billions overseas on countries that hate us.” An opponent, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said agreeing to President Trump’s requested spending withdrawals would be a retreat from Congressional budget authority, and would cause harm by reducing support for vital emergency broadcast and public health measures. The vote, on July 17, was 51 yeas to 48 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper