DemocratAdam B. Schiff
U.S. Senator · California
U.S. Senator from California
13 tracked promises, 7 rated
California
Represents California statewide
How they won their seat
Adam B. Schiff won the 2024 U.S. Senate election in California with 58.9% of the vote (9,036,252 votes).
- Adam B. Schiff · Democrat58.9%9,036,252
- Steve Garvey · Republican41.1%6,312,594
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Adam B. Schiff's record includes various legislative efforts related to agriculture, technology, and government accountability. Notable sponsored bills include the American Food Supply Chain Resiliency Act and the LIFT AI Act, which address food security and artificial intelligence education. Additionally, his committee memberships suggest engagement in environmental and public works issues. Focus areas (from the record): Agriculture · Technology · Government Accountability · Environmental Policy · Public Health Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Schiff's sponsored bills align with some declared positions, such as efforts to improve food supply chains and advance AI literacy. However, there is a lack of legislative success, as none of the 107 sponsored bills became law. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of Schiff's sponsored bills or the reasons for their lack of passage; There is no information on his engagement with constituents or how his positions resonate with them; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication strategy and how it aligns with his legislative actions. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Adam B. Schiff has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2024–2025 term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Adam B. Schiff has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Committees
- 13
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$139K10%
- Large individual (itemized)$715K53%
- PAC / committee$494K37%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and TradeOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and BiotechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and WaterOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer RightsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Intellectual PropertyOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the LawOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the ConstitutionOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+61 · based on 7 rated promises
- Attempted 1
- Partial 3
- Championed 2
- Fully Kept 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 7 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept7
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
13 promises across 13 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- AI / Copyright1
- Climate1
- Education / AI1
- Energy / Cost of Living1
- Government Accountability1
- Government Ethics1
- Gun Policy1
- Health Care1
- Health Care / Drug Prices1
- Housing1
- Immigration1
- Labor / Jobs1
- Wages1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1185%
- Reputable news215%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
13 tracked promises
“Pass his Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act to protect ratepayers from rising energy costs by making companies pay their fair share for energy use and modernizing the grid against blackouts.”
“Introduce and build bipartisan support for the Housing BOOM Act to spur construction of millions of new homes and address the housing affordability crisis.”
“Lower medicine costs by letting the government negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs.”
“Fight to pass the Green New Deal, including by eliminating the Senate filibuster.”
“Work toward passing Medicare for All.”
“Pass the U.S. Citizenship Act to create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.”
“Ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines and crack down on ghost guns.”
“Fight to pass the PRO Act to strengthen labor unions and workers' organizing rights.”
“Advance the bipartisan LIFT AI Act to give K-12 students and educators resources to build artificial intelligence literacy.”
“Advance the bipartisan CLEAR Act to require transparency in AI model development and protect the intellectual property and livelihoods of creators and artists.”
“Introduce the No Torts for Trump Act to bar sitting presidents from obtaining taxpayer-funded payouts under the Federal Tort Claims Act.”
“Introduce the COIN Act to prevent the financial exploitation of digital assets by public officials, including the president and the First Family.”
“Support a $20 federal minimum wage, indexed to inflation.”
Verified record
364 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $25,328,093, spent $18,213,399, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4967: A bill to amend chapter 45 of title 18, United States Code, by providing for a sentencing enhancement for transnational repression committed against United States citizens or individuals who are physically present in the United States, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4948: SBA IT Modernization Reporting Act ↗Jul 13, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 200: A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress. ↗Jul 13, 2026
- Sponsored S 4957: A bill to improve the administration of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 13, 2026
- Sponsored S 4951: Opening Programs to Organic Farms Act ↗Jul 13, 2026
- Sponsored S 4868: American Rescuers of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026 ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 778: A resolution recognizing and honoring Cambodian veterans of the Khmer National Armed Forces for their sacrifices, their support of the Armed Forces of the United States, and their defense of freedom in Southeast Asia. ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4842: American Food Supply Chain Resiliency Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4841: Fresh Produce for Families Act of 2026 ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4713: Preventing Payouts for Insurrectionists Act ↗Jun 9, 2026
- Sponsored S 4715: Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026 ↗Jun 9, 2026
- Sponsored S 4697: HALO Act of 2026 ↗Jun 8, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 364 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 267
- Nay
- 569
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 22
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Yea
- PN8518Nay
- PN9304Nay
- PN9304Nay
- S4784Nay
- PN9382Nay
- PN9303Nay
- SJRES185Yea
- PN9382Nay
- SJRES196Yea
- PN9303Not voting
- PN9302Not voting
- PN9302Not voting
- PN9307Not voting
- PN9307Not voting
- HCONRES86Yea
- PN8593Yea
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Nay
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
13 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Health Care / Drug PricesStated position
Lower medicine costs by letting the government negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs.
Sourceshttps://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/us-senate/adam-schiff/View position & sources → - ClimateStated position
Fight to pass the Green New Deal, including by eliminating the Senate filibuster.
Sourceshttps://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/us-senate/adam-schiff/View position & sources → - Health CareStated position
Work toward passing Medicare for All.
Sourceshttps://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/us-senate/adam-schiff/View position & sources → - ImmigrationStated position
Pass the U.S. Citizenship Act to create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Sourceshttps://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/us-senate/adam-schiff/View position & sources → - Gun PolicyStated position
Ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines and crack down on ghost guns.
Sourceshttps://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/us-senate/adam-schiff/View position & sources → - WagesStated position
Support a $20 federal minimum wage, indexed to inflation.
Sourceshttps://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/us-senate/adam-schiff/View position & sources → - Labor / JobsStated position
Fight to pass the PRO Act to strengthen labor unions and workers' organizing rights.
Sourceshttps://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/us-senate/adam-schiff/View position & sources → - Energy / Cost of LivingStated position
Pass his Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act to protect ratepayers from rising energy costs by making companies pay their fair share for energy use and modernizing the grid against blackouts.
Sourceshttps://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-unveils-major-legislation-to-ensure-fair-and-affordable-energy-costs-for-americans-amid-data-center-buildouts/View position & sources → - Education / AIStated position
Advance the bipartisan LIFT AI Act to give K-12 students and educators resources to build artificial intelligence literacy.
Sourceshttps://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sens-schiff-rounds-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-bolster-artificial-intelligence-literacy-for-students/View position & sources → - AI / CopyrightStated position
Advance the bipartisan CLEAR Act to require transparency in AI model development and protect the intellectual property and livelihoods of creators and artists.
Sourceshttps://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sens-schiff-curtis-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-creators-work-implement-transparency-safeguards-in-ai-model-development/View position & sources → - HousingStated position
Introduce and build bipartisan support for the Housing BOOM Act to spur construction of millions of new homes and address the housing affordability crisis.
Sourceshttps://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-unveils-landmark-legislation-to-spur-new-housing-boom-address-housing-crisis/View position & sources → - Government AccountabilityStated position
Introduce the No Torts for Trump Act to bar sitting presidents from obtaining taxpayer-funded payouts under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Sourceshttps://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-to-introduce-bill-to-block-donald-trump-from-getting-230-million-taxpayer-payout-from-justice-department/View position & sources → - Government EthicsStated position
Introduce the COIN Act to prevent the financial exploitation of digital assets by public officials, including the president and the First Family.
Sourceshttps://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-introduces-legislation-to-prevent-financial-exploitation-of-digital-assets-by-the-president-first-family-public-officials/View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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