TN · DISTRICT 7

Matt Van Epps

RepublicanTennesseeCurrently serving

Sworn in for the 119th Congress on December 4, 2025 Source

How they voted 369

Their recorded votes in Congress, including what was decided and how they voted.

Yea/Aye supports the question being voted on. Nay/No opposes it. Colors describe the recorded choice, not a political rating.

Partial vote history. See collection coverage

All votes (369)Yea / Aye (272)Nay / No (96)Present (1)

Dec 10, 2025House vote #321 · 2025H.Res. 432

Nay

Move forward with nullifying the federal labor-relations executive order

AI-assisted summary

The proposal concerns nullifying an executive order that excludes specified federal agencies from requirements for federal employee organizing, collective bargaining, and related management obligations. The vote was recorded as a motion to discharge, which concerns bringing a proposal out of committee; it passed. The supplied document, however, describes a resolution providing for consideration of H.R. 2550, rather than clearly identifying what was being discharged.

Context: The vote question says “On Motion to Discharge,” but the document and dated background describe a resolution providing for consideration of H.R. 2550. The records do not resolve this mismatch, so the exact proposal being discharged is unclear.

Dec 10, 2025House vote #320 · 2025S. 1071

Yea

House passed bill to disinter Fernando Cota’s remains

AI-assisted summary

The bill concerns requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter Fernando V. Cota’s remains from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Texas. The House passed the bill on this vote. The supplied background instead describes the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act and does not clarify the full text of the measure voted on.

Context: The supplied background describes the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act rather than the measure named in the vote title, so the full text and any amendments cannot be confirmed from these records.

Dec 10, 2025House vote #319 · 2025S. 1071

Nay

Send the Fernando V. Cota cemetery-remains bill back for changes

AI-assisted summary

The proposal would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter Fernando V. Cota’s remains from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Texas. This failed vote was on a motion to commit, which would have sent the proposal back for further work; it did not decide whether the bill itself should pass.

Context: The supplied record does not identify what changes the motion to commit proposed.

Dec 10, 2025House vote #318 · 2025H.Res. 936

Aye

Set House rules for considering six water, energy and veterans bills

AI-assisted summary

The resolution set the House’s procedures for considering six bills: one on waters of the United States, one on closed-end investment companies’ private-fund investments, two on electricity supply and reliable generation, one on natural-gas project reviews, and one requiring the disinterment of Fernando V. Cota’s remains from a Texas national cemetery. The House agreed to the resolution, establishing those procedures; this vote did not pass the six bills themselves.

Context: The record summarizes the resolution’s scope but does not provide its detailed debate or amendment rules.

Dec 10, 2025House vote #317 · 2025H.Res. 936

Yea

End debate on House rules for six water, energy and veterans bills

AI-assisted summary

The resolution set procedures for House consideration of bills concerning water protections, investment companies, electricity supply and reliability, natural-gas project reviews, and Fernando V. Cota’s remains at a Texas national cemetery. The House voted to order the previous question, ending debate on the resolution and moving toward a vote on its adoption. This did not pass the underlying bills.

Context: The record does not specify the resolution’s detailed debate or amendment rules.

Dec 9, 2025House vote #316 · 2025H.R. 1676

Yea

Pass the bill setting deadlines for state wildlife plan approvals

AI-assisted summary

The Make SWAPs Efficient Act changes the State Wildlife Grant Program by requiring the Interior Department to approve a qualifying state wildlife plan within 180 days. If the department misses that deadline, the plan would be automatically approved and funds set aside for the state. The House passed the amended bill; the supplied record does not describe the amendments.

Context: The background describes the introduced version, not necessarily the amended text passed by the House.

Dec 9, 2025House vote #315 · 2025S. 356

Yea

House passed bill extending Secure Rural Schools payments and projects

AI-assisted summary

The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act concerns payments to states and counties containing federal land and projects supported with those funds. The House passed the bill under consideration. A summary of the introduced version describes extending payments through fiscal year 2026 and project authorities through fiscal year 2028, but does not establish that this was the exact text passed by the House.

Context: The supplied background summarizes the introduced Senate version dated February 3, 2025, not necessarily the House text passed.

Dec 4, 2025House vote #314 · 2025H.R. 1049

Yea

Pass the TRACE Act on parents’ access to foreign funding information

AI-assisted summary

The TRACE Act would require schools receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds to notify parents that they may request information about foreign-government or foreign-entity support, including related materials, personnel, funding, and agreements. Schools would also have to publish a summary of those rights. The House passed the bill; the record does not specify whether the vote was on amended text.

Context: The background summarizes the introduced version; the record does not say whether the text passed was amended.

Dec 4, 2025House vote #313 · 2025H.R. 1069

Yea

Pass the PROTECT Our Kids Act on Chinese government school support

AI-assisted summary

The PROTECT Our Kids Act would bar federal education funding to elementary or secondary schools that receive support from the Chinese government, including through certain institutes, learning centers, or other people and entities. It provides for possible waivers in some cases involving existing contracts. The House passed the bill; the record does not say whether the text passed was amended.

Context: The background summarizes the introduced version; the record does not say whether the text passed was amended.