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Brian Schatz

Brian Schatz

D HI · Senate

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Defense

-63
Helped 798 Hurt 861 Mixed 3 Unclear 574

Healthcare

+158
Helped 485 Hurt 327 Mixed 2 Unclear 496

Finance

-70
Helped 392 Hurt 462 Unclear 208

Weather

-349
Helped 279 Hurt 628 Unclear 3

Agriculture

+232
Helped 488 Hurt 256 Unclear 131

Energy

+154
Helped 432 Hurt 278 Unclear 136

Education

-35
Helped 249 Hurt 284 Unclear 221

Government Operations

-32
Helped 68 Hurt 100 Unclear 500

Transportation

+120
Helped 302 Hurt 182 Unclear 165

Veterans Affairs

+188
Helped 340 Hurt 152 Unclear 81

Appropriations

+109
Helped 319 Hurt 210 Unclear 22

Criminal Justice

+202
Helped 335 Hurt 133 Unclear 18

Technology

-1
Helped 195 Hurt 196 Unclear 72

Environment

-16
Helped 143 Hurt 159 Unclear 156

Trade

-59
Helped 173 Hurt 232 Unclear 43

Labor

+66
Helped 197 Hurt 131 Unclear 107

Housing

+114
Helped 239 Hurt 125 Unclear 15

Science & Space

+61
Helped 206 Hurt 145 Unclear 17

Immigration

-122
Helped 41 Hurt 163 Unclear 87

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

16518 industry impacts

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How this is computed

P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote

Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.

Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.

Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.

Positive-Effect Industries

Direct (1640), Veterans Affairs (114), Defense (95), Child Welfare (40), DoD (33), VA (19), Legislative (18), Executive (17), USDA (16), State (14), Treasury (14), Congress (12), Agriculture (11), CMS (9), Justice (8), NPS (7), Transportation Security (7), Judiciary (6), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Education (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), State/Local (4), Weather (4), DHS (3), HHS (3), Immigration (3), Transportation (3), Cemeteries (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), Federal (2), Homeland Security (2), Housing (2), Intelligence (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Law Enforcement (2), Local (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), Civil Servants (1), Defense R&D (1), Election Workers (1), Employees (1), Environmental Regulation (1), Interior (1), Judicial (1), Local Election Administration (1), Manufacturing (1), NOAA (1)
Direct (467), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Minority Voters (5), Voters (4), Military (3), District Of Columbia (2), Foreign (2), Low Income (2), Native American Voters (2), Capital District (1), Language Minority Voters (1), Students (1)
Direct (296), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (233), Patients (15), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3), Mental Health (2)
Direct (239), Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Students (1), Technical (1)
Direct (216), Naval (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1), Missiles (1), Missiles/Hypersonics (1), Nuclear C3 (1), Rotorcraft (1), Small Business (1), Small/Innovative (1), Space Systems (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (2138), Defense (70), Veterans Affairs (66), Judiciary (35), EPA (22), State (16), Child Welfare (15), Federal (12), State/Local (12), NPS (11), FDA (9), Foreign (9), HHS (9), Immigration (9), Weather (9), Agriculture (8), Education (8), VA (8), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), Homeland Security (6), Executive (5), Border Security (4), CFPB (4), Legislative (4), Treasury (4), Treasury/IRS (4), DHS (3), Federal Reserve (3), Health (3), Independent Agencies (3), Intelligence (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SEC (3), ATF (2), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Local Election Administration (2), Military (2), State Department (2), State Election Administration (2), State Legislatures (2), State/Local Election Administration (2), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Housing (1), Interior (1), Interior Department (1), Justice (1), Labor (1), Local (1), NNSA (1), OPM (1), Oversight (1), SSA (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), Transportation Security (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), USDA (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (170), Veterans (20), Bad Actors (1), Taxpayers (1)
Direct (159), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (120), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2), Mental Health (1)

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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.

Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)

How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.

Analysis coverage
100.0% of votes
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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
Industry S+ S- O+ O- Net
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans Affairs (180), Defense (158), DoD (34), VA (23), EPA (22) +53 more
-583
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans (141), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2), Taxpayers (1)
+40
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Naval (2), Nuclear (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1) +9 more
- - -76
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Families (1), Space Force (1)
- -85
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Research (15), Community (3), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Tribal (3), Family Planning Services (2) +3 more
+51
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
-40
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
-3
Taxpayers - - -18
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2), Coffee Production (1)
-104
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Foreign (7), Electrical Equipment (2), Defense (1), Foreign Adversary (1)
+1
Transportation - +23
Immigration - - +107
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): HSA (7), HSA Administration (2), Transgender Individuals (1)
- -25
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (4), Non-Expansion (3)
- -17
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Distributed Generation (1)
- - -22

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

sres419-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Expressing support for the designation of September 2025 as Hawaiian History Month to recognize the history, culture and contributions of Native Hawaiians and reaffirm the United States Federal trust responsibility to the Native Hawaiian Community to support their well-being.

1 clause Sep 29, 2025
Education

sres417-119

Primary Sponsor

Supporting the designation of the week of September 14 through September 20, 2025, as Telehealth Awareness Week.

0 clauses Sep 19, 2025

s2671-119

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require a section on reproductive rights in the Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Aug 1, 2025
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s2652-119

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title 14, United States Code, to require an annual plan and budget display for Coast Guard operations in the Pacific, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Aug 1, 2025
Defense Government Defense Aerospace Foreign Affairs

s2488-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Empowering App-Based Workers Act

11 clauses Jul 28, 2025
Ground Passenger Transportation Legal Services Labor Unions Software Publishers

s2363-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025

1 clause Jul 21, 2025
Federal Administration Financial Services

s2253-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Unsubscribe Act of 2025

4 clauses Jul 10, 2025
Financial Services Trade Environmental Services

s2127-119

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain trading transactions.

4 clauses Jun 18, 2025
Federal Administration Environmental Services

s2073-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

State Public Option Act

3 clauses Jun 12, 2025
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres218-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Condemning any acceptance of Presidential aircraft, or any other substantial gift, from a foreign government.

0 clauses May 13, 2025

s1624-119

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a floor on the work geographic index for physicians' services furnished in Hawaii.

0 clauses May 6, 2025

sres204-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

A resolution recognizing escalating threats to freedom of the press and freedom of speech worldwide, including increasing harm to journalists reporting in conflict zones and under repressive regimes, reaffirming the vital role that a free and independent press plays in upholding democracy, fostering economic prosperity, and keeping the public informed, and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority of the United States Government in supporting democracy, human rights, and good governance in commemoration of "World Press Freedom Day" on May 3, 2025.

1 clause May 5, 2025

s1471-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2025

6 clauses Apr 10, 2025
Large Banks Mid-Size Banking Government - Federal Reserve Finance

sres168-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Supporting the goals and ideals of the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative, a call to action to communities across the United States to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K–12 schools.

0 clauses Apr 9, 2025

s1378-119

Primary Sponsor Reported

TAME Extreme Weather and Wildfires Act

3 clauses Apr 9, 2025
Foreign Affairs Science Public Safety Weather

s1261-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

15 clauses Apr 2, 2025
Mental Health Services Native American Health Services Telehealth Services Ambulatory Health Care Services

sres152-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Designating April 2025 as Preserving and Protecting Local News Month and recognizing the importance and significance of local news.

0 clauses Apr 1, 2025

sconres11-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.

1 clause Mar 31, 2025
Homeowners

s1181-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Tribal Energy Fairness Act of 2025

1 clause Mar 27, 2025
Energy Production

s1125-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Cultural Trade Promotion Act

5 clauses Mar 25, 2025
Labor Environmental Services Federal Administration Financial Services

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