Portrait of Lance Gooden

MEMBER OF CONGRESS

Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX-5]

House · serving since 2019

Member data synced 10d ago

69SPONSORED
1,094COSPONSORED

Lobbying activity on Lance's bills

14 orgs

Orgs and lobbyists with LDA disclosures naming Lance's recent bills — derived across 3 bills of the 18 most recent sponsored/cosponsored bills with disclosed activity. This is who is in the room on Lance's legislation.

Lobbyists in the room

Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Chief Dep., Speaker Off. '23; Chief Dep., Min. Leader Off. '22 …
Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader 11-13; Floor Director, Rep. Eric Cantor 09-10 …
Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Chief of Staff, Office of the Senate Republican Whip 07-09; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Sen.…
Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, '17-'18, Policy Advisor…
Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Chief of Staff, Office of the Majority Leader 10-14; Chief of Staff, Office of the Minority Whip …
Crossroads Strategies, LLC
Crossroads Strategies, LLC · Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Rep. John Sarbanes; Legislative Director/Legislative Asst/Le…
Crossroads Strategies, LLC
Crossroads Strategies, LLC · Director Member Services & External Affairs - Congressional Black Caucus; Special Assistant, Staf…
Crossroads Strategies, LLC · Counsel, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer; Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee …
Crossroads Strategies, LLC · Policy Director, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Raul Ruiz …
Crossroads Strategies, LLC
Per-bill breakdown (3)
H.R. 703511 orgs · 86 lobs
H.R. 35392 orgs · 6 lobs
H.R. 73611 org · 2 lobs

Committee assignments

Lance's current House committee + subcommittee assignments. Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators (daily-updated).

House Committee on Armed Services
House Committee on the Judiciary
↳ Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation · House Committee on Armed Services
↳ Seapower and Projection Forces · House Committee on Armed Services
↳ Tactical Air and Land Forces · House Committee on Armed Services
↳ Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet · House Committee on the Judiciary
↳ The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust · House Committee on the Judiciary

Office

2431 Rayburn House Office Building

Policy footprint (recent bills)

Issue areas across Lance's last 25 sponsored and last 25 cosponsored bills.

Sponsored

Crime and Law Enforcement7
International Affairs5
Taxation3
Government Operations and Politics1
Finance and Financial Sector1
Foreign Trade and International Finance1
Commerce1
Law1

Cosponsored

Government Operations and Politics5
International Affairs2
Finance and Financial Sector2
Law2
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2
Crime and Law Enforcement2
Taxation1
Armed Forces and National Security1

Recent sponsored bills

69

H.R. 8685

Protect the Presidency Act

2026-05-07: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 10272

End Gas Station Heroin Act

2026-09-03: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 9276

Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Enforcement and Coordination Act

2026-06-11: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 7612

End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026

2026-02-20: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 7387

Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026

2026-02-05: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 7361

No Tax on Restored Benefits Act

2026-02-04: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 7035

Credit Card Competition Act of 2026

2026-01-13: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R. 6792

Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025

2025-12-17: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 6262

Taiwan Interpol Endorsement and Inclusion Act

2025-11-21: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 3966

Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act

2025-06-12: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 3539

Leadership in CET Act

2025-05-21: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2023-11-07: On agreeing to the Gooden (TX) amendment (A023) Agreed to by voice vote.

2023-09-28: On agreeing to the Gooden (TX) amendment (A028) Agreed to by voice vote.

2023-09-28: On agreeing to the Gooden (TX) amendment (A029) Failed by recorded vote: 198 - 232 (Roll no. 483).

H.R. 1792

No Tax Dollars for the United Nation’s Immigration Invasion Act

2025-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Showing 15 of 69 sponsored bills. Full list on Congress.gov ↗.

Recent cosponsored bills

1,094

H.R. 10542

Combating Pasture Mealybug Act

2026-09-24: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

H.R. 9042

Blue Skies for Taiwan Act of 2026

2026-05-26: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 7146

PORCUPINE Act

2026-01-16: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 1849

Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2025

2026-02-04: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Murphy asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1849, a bill originally introduced by Representative LaMalfa, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

H.R. 6400

Rx ACCESS Act

2025-12-03: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R. 3597

Protecting Circuit Boards and Substrates Act

2025-05-23: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 1993

25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act

2026-05-21: Received in the Senate.

H.R. 1986

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the "Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office Building".

2025-03-10: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R. 4669

FEMA Act of 2025

2025-09-03: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.

H.R. 2767

BRAIN Act

2025-04-09: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R. 7490

Tribal Warrant Fairness Act

2026-02-11: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 8571

TREY'S Law

2026-04-29: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 1065

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

2025-02-06: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 1522

Federal Retirement Fairness Act

2025-07-22: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Randall asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1522, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

H.Res. 70

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government an…

2025-01-28: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Showing 15 of 1,094 cosponsored bills.