DemocratFrank Pallone, Jr.
U.S. Representative · New Jersey
New Jersey's 6th district
U.S. Representative from New Jersey
2 tracked promises, 2 rated
How they won their seat
Frank Pallone Jr won the 2020 U.S. House election in New Jersey (District 6) with 61.2% of the vote (199,648 votes).
- Frank Pallone Jr · Democrat61.2%199,648
- Christian Onuoha · Republican38.8%126,760
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
Frank Pallone, Jr.'s record shows a concentration on health care, consumer data privacy, and environmental issues. He has sponsored multiple bills aimed at lowering drug costs, such as the 'Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act' (HR 6166), and has sponsored bills related to consumer data protection with the 'Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act' (HR 6292). Additionally, he has sponsored bills related to environmental issues through legislation like the 'COAST Anti-Drilling Act' (HR 2881). Focus areas (from the record): Health Care · Consumer Data Privacy · Environmental Protection · Public Safety · Veterans Affairs Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Pallone's sponsored bills reflect his declared positions on health care and consumer data privacy, particularly his advocacy for lower prescription drug prices and comprehensive data protections. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes; There is no information on the impact of his committee work on legislation; The record does not include any statements that could provide insight into his public communication or engagement with constituents. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Frank Pallone, Jr. 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 2013. 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 Frank Pallone, Jr. 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. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$20K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$789K33%
- PAC / committee$1.6M66%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Energy and CommerceOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+87 · based on 2 rated promises
- Championed 1
- 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 · 2 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 100 |
| Jul 2026 | 87 |
| Jan 2027 | 87 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept2
- 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
2 promises across 2 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.
- Health Care / Prescription Drug Prices1 promise
- Technology / Consumer Data Privacy1 promise
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)2100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
2 tracked promises
“Enact comprehensive federal online consumer data-privacy protections as sponsor of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152), establishing data-minimization requirements, individual rights to access, correct and delete personal data, and limits on transfers of sensitive data.”
“Empower Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices and cap out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Part D enrollees, as author and lead sponsor of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), which would require federal negotiation of at least 25 brand-name drug prices (including insulin) each year.”
Verified record
535 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 $2,031,593, spent $1,755,603, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HRES 1305: Congratulating the Jewish War Veterans on the 130th anniversary of the organization's founding and honoring their commitment to Jewish war veterans. ↗May 19, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8385: Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2026 ↗Apr 20, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1045: Calling on the Secretary of Education to work with stakeholders to immediately eliminate race-based Native logos, mascots, and names from State educational institutions, and calling on State educational institutions and national sports franchises to cease the unsanctioned use of such logos, mascots, and names. ↗Feb 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7407: Prohibiting Tianeptine and Other Dangerous Products Act of 2026 ↗Feb 5, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7372: Safety is Not For Sale Act ↗Feb 4, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6292: Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act of 2025 ↗Nov 25, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ↗Nov 20, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5484: National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2025 ↗Sep 18, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5448: Protecting Free Vaccines Act ↗Sep 18, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4958: GRAS Act ↗Aug 12, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 648: Celebrating 50 years of Bruce Springsteen's album, "Born to Run". ↗Aug 12, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4898: Supporting Equity for Aquaculture and Seafood Act ↗Aug 5, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 535 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 279
- Nay
- 373
- Present
- 1
- Not voting
- 2
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Nay
- HR1501Nay
- HJRES1Nay
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HRES1490Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
3 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting AYE on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources → - Technology / Consumer Data PrivacyStated position
Enact comprehensive federal online consumer data-privacy protections as sponsor of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152), establishing data-minimization requirements, individual rights to access, correct and delete personal data, and limits on transfers of sensitive data.
SourcesWikipediaWikipediaU.S. Congress (Congress.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Health Care / Prescription Drug PricesStated position
Empower Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices and cap out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Part D enrollees, as author and lead sponsor of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), which would require federal negotiation of at least 25 brand-name drug prices (including insulin) each year.
SourcesWikipediaThe New York TimesU.S. Congress (Congress.gov)· archivedView 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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