Lateefah Simon

2 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

• Representative CA-12 2025–present

• background Born January 29, 1977
• role U.S. representative for California's 12th district since January 2025
• achievement First member of Congress known to be born legally blind in both eyes
• achievement First Muslim member from California and outside the Midwestern United States
• achievement Youngest woman to receive MacArthur Fellowship in 2003 at age 26
• background Leadership of Center for Young Women's Development in San Francisco

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%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 11
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 623 cosponsored

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

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 11 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

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 7
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Lateefah Simon. 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

• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
• Small Business Committee
• Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee
• Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee · oversees Finance, Health
• Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development Subcommittee
• Military and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
• Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

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

• Economy & TaxesOppose from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

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

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

Data from Congress.gov