Rep. Raul Ruiz
Representative for California’s 25th District
pronounced rah-OOL // roo-EEZ
Ruiz is the representative for California’s 25th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Ruiz’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2025. He is 52 years old.
He was previously the representative for California’s 36th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA25]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412519-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Ruiz proposed $49 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $13 million to Imperial County Transportation Commission for “Imperial County Transportation Commission”
- $4 million to City of El Centro for “City of El Centro Imperial Avenue Extension Project Phase 4”
- $4 million to County of Imperial for “County of Imperial Gentry Road Bridge Rehabilitation Project”
View all requests and justifications on Ruiz’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Ruiz is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills legislators have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Nov 26, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Raul Ruiz sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Ruiz was the primary sponsor of 14 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 8216: To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 897 (117th): Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
- H.R. 7925 (117th): To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the “Sy Kaplan VA Clinic”.
- H.R. 8890 (117th): Physician Wellness Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 8151 (117th): Building a Sustainable Workforce for Healthy Communities Act
- H.R. 667 (117th): Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act
- H.R. 1708 (117th): Tribal Health Care Protection Fund Act
Does 14 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Ruiz sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (30%) Armed Forces and National Security (25%) Native Americans (12%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Environmental Protection (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (7%) Labor and Employment (6%) Transportation and Public Works (4%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Ruiz recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9949: Protecting Outdoor Concerts Act of 2024
- H.R. 9529: SAFER Nursing Homes Act of 2024
- H.R. 9444: To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize …
- H.R. 9171: Burn Pit Elimination Act
- H.Res. 1389: Supporting the designation of the week of August 26 through August 30, 2024, …
- H.R. 9107: Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (AHOBPR) 2.0 Act
- H.R. 9019: Rural Area Population Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Nov 2024, Ruiz missed 114 of 6,893 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
