Burgess Owens

6 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2021

• Representative UT-4 2021–present

• background Born August 2, 1951; former professional football player
• background NFL safety for 10 seasons (New York Jets, Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders)
• achievement Won Super Bowl XV championship with Raiders in 1980
• role U.S. representative for Utah's 4th district since 2021
• achievement Defeated incumbent Democrat Ben McAdams in 2020
• achievement One of four Black Republicans in House of Representatives

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 28
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 278 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 28 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

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• 8
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Burgess Owens. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman
• Education and Workforce Committee
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Aviation Subcommittee
• Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
• Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · oversees Health
• Highways and Transit Subcommittee
• Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Owens most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Owens connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov