Representative · Florida's 15th district

Laurel M. Lee

Laurel M. Lee is a Republican representative for Florida's 15th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 32, and cast 441 of 446 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2023
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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	4.7%32 of 675 · rank 81 of 439	99%441 of 446 · rank 162 of 439	300 became law	13%24 of 178
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	1.0%12 of 1,222 · rank 336 of 442	91%764 of 841 · rank 361 of 442	171 became law	19%39 of 204

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+0.42+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. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 187–239· Against party
S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Nay
Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 200–228· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 143–285· Against party
H.R. 8070: Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025Nay
Jun 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 196–231· Against party
H.R. 8580: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
Jun 4, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 290–116· Against party
H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActNay
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· 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".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
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.Nay
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".Yea
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 Florida's 15th 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: $268.7M
Per resident: $332
Rank in Florida: 16 of 28
Contract actions: 2,218; New awards: 1,303

By fiscal year

180.5MFY2017
370.7MFY2018
283.3MFY2019
338.1MFY2020
283.3MFY2021
354.9MFY2022
450.4MFY2023
428.8MFY2024
261.3MFY2025
268.7MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of Veterans Affairs$103.1M38%
Defense Logistics Agency$67M25%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$19.4M7.2%
Department of Defense
U.S. Special Operations Command$16.9M6.3%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$13.5M5.0%
Department of Defense
Social Security Administration$12M4.5%
Federal Acquisition Service$9.2M3.4%
General Services Administration
Department of the Army$5.7M2.1%
Department of Defense

Top recipients

LESLIE CONTROLS, INC.$55.4M21%
440 awards
SIGO VALIANT JV II LLC$28.5M11%
1 award
BRAILLE WORKS INTERNATIONAL INC$12M4.5%
1 award
FEDERAL CONTRACTS LLC$10M3.7%
167 awards
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$7.4M2.8%
1 award
WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORT SERVICE, INC.$7.1M2.7%
2 awards
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$6.6M2.4%
2 awards
AERO SIMULATION, INC.$6.4M2.4%
7 awards
CHEROKEE INSIGHTS LLC$5.7M2.1%
1 award
KEE SOLUTIONS LLC$5.5M2.1%
2 awards

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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: $2.3M; through Jul 29, 2026
Cash on hand: $2M
From committees: $910K; 308 committees
From contractor PACs: $194K; 68 PACs · 21% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$10K	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$8,500	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
nextera energy, incnextera energy, inc. political action committee	$6,000	NEXTERA ENERGY SERVICES MAINE, LLCAI match · 95% · of one corporate family	$1.4M
duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac)	$6,000	DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$17.5M
universal music groupuniversal music group employee action fund	$6,000	UNIVERSAL MUSIC - MGB NA LLCAI match · 98% · of one corporate family	$46.8K
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee	$5,000	ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$90M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i	$5,000	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization	$4.8M
mckesson corporationmckesson corporation employees political fund	$5,000	MCKESSON CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.5B

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$2.3M	$910K	$194K68 PACs · 21% of committee money
2024	$2.2M	$816.4K	$114K47 PACs · 14% of committee money
2022	$1.6M	$324.4K	$30.5K12 PACs · 9% 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 · Florida's 15th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Florida's 15th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: laurellee.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5626
Office: 2464 Rayburn 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.