Representative · California's 30th district

Laura Friedman

Laura Friedman is a Democratic representative for California's 30th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 4, and cast 465 of 469 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2025
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	0.6%4 of 675 · rank 355 of 439	99%465 of 469 · rank 116 of 439	110 became law	15%52 of 342

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.36+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 3638: Electric Supply Chain ActYea
Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 267–159· Against party
H.J.Res. 25: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".Yea
Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 292–132· Against party
H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl ActYea
Feb 6, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 312–108· Against party
H.R. 471: Fix Our Forests ActYea
Jan 23, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 279–141· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to California's 30th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $372.4M
Per resident: $499
Rank in California: 35 of 52
Contract actions: 4,767; New awards: 1,931

By fiscal year

418.9MFY2017
484.5MFY2018
458.9MFY2019
397.5MFY2020
382.9MFY2021
460.6MFY2022
517.4MFY2023
451.4MFY2024
542.3MFY2025
372.4MFY2026

Top buyers

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$161M43%
Defense Logistics Agency$61.2M16%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$37.7M10%
Department of Defense
Department of State$36.9M9.9%
Forest Service$22.7M6.1%
Department of Agriculture
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$18.7M5.0%
Department of Defense
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$13.1M3.5%
Department of Homeland Security
Office of Procurement Operations$12.3M3.3%
Department of Homeland Security

Top recipients

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$148.5M40%
393 awards
INTER-CON SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.$40.9M11%
4 awards
HYDRO-AIRE AEROSPACE CORP$39.3M11%
155 awards
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$26.7M7.2%
29 awards
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$22M5.9%
30 awards
ORBIC AIR, LLC$21.5M5.8%
43 awards
FIRST COAST SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.$12.3M3.3%
9 awards
EATON AEROSPACE LLC$11.8M3.2%
54 awards
THE GEO GROUP, INC.$7.7M2.1%
3 awards
HONEYBEE ROBOTICS LLC$6.9M1.9%
1 award

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $827.9K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $469.3K
From committees: $295.5K; 86 committees
From contractor PACs: $12K; 4 PACs · 4% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$6,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$1,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$1,000	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$827.9K	$295.5K	$12K4 PACs · 4% of committee money
2024	$1.8M	$264.3K	$11K4 PACs · 4% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · California's 30th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: friedman.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-4176
Office: 1517 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.