U.S. Representative, Texas District 24

Beth Van Duyne has represented Texas' 24th Congressional District since 2021 and serves on the House Ways and Means and Small Business committees²⁴. She was mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017 and was appointed a regional administrator at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2017².

Where they stand

• Income taxes: Cut taxes across the board, including for top earners and corporations Voted · high confidence
  • Voted yes on House passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (2025-05-22) source
  • Voted yes on the final House version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which made permanent the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, and permanently extended 100% bonus depreciation for businesses. (2025-07-03) source
  • The final bill she voted for makes permanent the individual tax rates of 10% to 37% and permanently extends 100% bonus depreciation for business property, according to the CRS summary. (2025-07-03) source
• National debt: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Voted · medium confidence
  • Said in a January 2020 newspaper candidate questionnaire that Congress must show broad restraint on federal spending to bring down the deficit and eventually reduce debt. (2020-01-21) source
  • Voted yes on the Limit, Save, Grow Act, a House bill pairing a debt limit increase with spending cuts. (2023-04-26) source
  • Voted no on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the final bipartisan debt limit deal. (2023-05-31) source
• Safety net programs: Keep them, but add work requirements for able-bodied adults Voted · high confidence
  • Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (2025-07-03) source
  • The bill she voted for expands SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents and requires Medicaid expansion adults to work, volunteer or study at least 80 hours a month, according to the CRS summary. (2025-07-03) source
• Business regulation: Cut regulations broadly and let the market sort it out Voted · low confidence
  • Said in a January 2020 newspaper candidate questionnaire that the country needs to reduce federal regulations that increase the size of government and costs to businesses. (2020-01-21) source
  • Voted yes on a resolution overturning the EPA waiver that let California set its own vehicle emission standards. (2025-04-30) source
• Healthcare: Private insurance with more competition and price transparency, keeping protections for pre-existing conditions Voted · medium confidence
  • In a January 2020 newspaper candidate questionnaire, listed lowering the cost of health care by expanding options and putting people back in charge of their relationships with doctors as a top priority. (2020-01-21) source
  • Voted yes on the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. (2025-12-17) source
  • Voted no on a bill to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for three years. (2026-01-08) source
  • Sponsored the Healthcare Freedom and Fairness Act in 2026. (2026) source
• Abortion: Illegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incest Voted · low confidence
  • Voted no on the Women's Health Protection Act, which would have protected abortion access nationwide. (2021-09-24) source
  • Voted yes on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. (2025-01-23) source
  • Original cosponsor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. (2025) source
  • Said warnings about the effects of abortion bans after Dobbs were scare tactics and said federal policies allowing drugs like mifepristone should be scrapped. (2026-07) source
• Guns: Remove most restrictions; bearing arms is a right Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted no on the Bipartisan Background Checks Act. (2021-03-11) source
  • Voted no on a federal red-flag (extreme risk protection order) bill. (2022-06-09) source
  • Voted no on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022. (2022-07-29) source
  • Voted no on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. (2022-06-24) source
  • Original cosponsor of the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. (2025) source
  • Cosponsored the Hearing Protection Act, which would remove silencers from the federal tax code definition of firearms. (2025-05-15) source
• Immigration: Secure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steady Voted · medium confidence
  • In a January 2020 newspaper candidate questionnaire, called for closing asylum loopholes, building walls where the Border Patrol needs them, deporting criminal illegal immigrants, and a pathway to legal status, not citizenship, for those not committing crimes or brought here as children. (2020-01-21) source
  • Voted no on the American Dream and Promise Act, which offered a path to citizenship for Dreamers. (2021-03-18) source
  • Voted yes on the Secure the Border Act of 2023. (2023-05-11) source
  • Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act. (2025-01-07) source
  • Voted yes on the Secure America Act, which funds immigration enforcement and border security through 2029. (2026-06-09) source
• Birthright citizenship: No, end it for children of parents here illegally or temporarily Official action · high confidence
  • Cosponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025, which would limit automatic citizenship to U.S.-born children with at least one parent who is a citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident, or a lawful immigrant serving in the Armed Forces. (2026-07-15) source
• E-Verify mandate: Require it for all employers Official action · high confidence
  • Cosponsored the Legal Workforce Act, which would require all employers, phased in by size, to use an electronic work eligibility system replacing E-Verify. (2026-07-15) source
• Trade and tariffs: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Voted · medium confidence
  • Said in a January 2020 newspaper candidate questionnaire that trade policy should gain fair access to other markets and that unfair trade deals should be renegotiated or exited. (2020-01-21) source
  • Voted no on a resolution to end the national emergency the President used to impose tariffs on most Canadian goods. (2026-02-11) source
• China policy: Get tougher: broad tariffs, land purchase bans like Texas SB 17, and forced app sales Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted yes on the bill requiring TikTok's Chinese owner to sell the app or face a U.S. ban. (2024-03-13) source
• Aid to Israel: Increase aid and speed up weapons sales Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted yes on the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. (2023-11-02) source
  • Voted yes on the $26 billion Israel security supplemental that became law. (2024-04-20) source
  • Voted yes on the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, which sought to require delivery of weapons the Biden administration had paused. (2024-05-16) source
• Aid to Ukraine: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted yes on the March 2022 appropriations package that included emergency aid to Ukraine. (2022-03-09) source
  • Voted no on the $40 billion Ukraine supplemental. (2022-05-10) source
  • Said Republicans had questions about the strategy, timeline and what winning looks like before approving more Ukraine aid. (2024-02-13) source
  • Voted no on the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. (2024-04-20) source
  • Voted no on the Ukraine Support Act, which included aid and new sanctions on Russia. (2026-06-04) source
• Energy and climate: All of the above: oil, gas, nuclear and renewables, and let markets pick Voted · medium confidence
  • Said in a January 2020 newspaper candidate questionnaire that the country can do more by supporting low or no emission baseload power, especially next generation nuclear, and credited Texas technology for near energy independence. (2020-01-21) source
  • Voted yes on the Lower Energy Costs Act, a bill to expand domestic oil, gas and mineral production. (2023-03-30) source
• Nuclear power: Back new reactors with public funds, tax credits, and streamlined approvals Voted · medium confidence
  • Said in a January 2020 newspaper candidate questionnaire she is particularly interested in next generation nuclear reactors that are smaller, safer and emission free. (2020-01-21) source
  • Voted yes on the Atomic Energy Advancement Act to speed up and modernize federal licensing of new reactors. (2024-02-28) source
• Politicians trading stocks: No, ban it for members and their spouses Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted yes on the Stop Insider Trading Act. (2026-07-22) source
  • The bill generally bars members of Congress, spouses and dependent children from buying individual stocks and requires advance public notice before sales. (2026-07) source
• Transgender athletes: No, and Congress should set a biological sex rule nationwide Voted · high confidence
  • Voted yes on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, a federal rule basing school sports eligibility on sex at birth. (2025-01-14) source
• Mandatory minimums: Add or lengthen them for serious crimes like fentanyl trafficking Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted yes on the HALT Fentanyl Act, which permanently places fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I and applies the same mandatory minimum prison terms as fentanyl analogues. (2025-02-06) source
• Student loans: Cap borrowing, simplify repayment, and skip broad forgiveness Voted · high confidence
  • Voted yes on a resolution to overturn the Biden administration's student loan debt relief. (2023-05-24) source
  • Voted yes on a resolution to overturn the SAVE income-driven repayment plan. (2023-12-07) source
  • Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which ends Grad PLUS loans, caps graduate and Parent PLUS borrowing, and creates a single income-based Repayment Assistance Plan, according to the CRS summary. (2025-07-03) source
• Kids online: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted yes on the KIDS Act. (2026-06-29) source
  • The KIDS Act requires age checks on sites with large amounts of adult content, safe default settings for minors on social media, and parental controls. (2026-06) source
• Marijuana: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted no on the MORE Act, which would have removed marijuana from federal drug schedules and cleared past convictions. (2022-04-01) source
• Drug prices: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Voted · medium confidence
  • Voted no on the Affordable Insulin Now Act, which would have capped insulin copays at $35 a month. (2022-03-31) source
  • Voted no on the Inflation Reduction Act, which created Medicare drug price negotiation. (2022-08-12) source

No public position found on: Social Security, Minimum wage, Foreign policy, Judges, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Supreme Court reform, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, AI regulation, School vaccines, DEI programs, Religion in schools.

Record

• Irving City Council member from 2004 to 2010 and mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017².
• Appointed in 2017 as HUD regional administrator for the Southwest Region covering Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas².
• Elected to the U.S. House in 2020, defeating Candace Valenzuela 48.8% to 47.5%⁵⁸.
• Serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Small Business Committee⁴.
• On Jan. 7, 2021, voted to sustain the objection to counting Pennsylvania's electoral votes; the objection failed⁵⁴.
• Voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; the House approved the articles on Feb. 13, 2024⁵⁵.
• Unopposed in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary³.
• Certified as the Republican nominee for U.S. House District 24 on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot¹.