Sworn in for the 119th Congress on Source ↗
Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Buchanan’s Veterans Nutrition and Wellness Act of 2025 would establish a Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program providing medically tailored meals and groceries to eligible veterans.
Context: The passage does not specify eligibility criteria or the pilot’s duration.
Buchanan voted for the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, a package combining more than 60 veterans-related bills. He supported it as a way to improve benefits and services for veterans.
Context: The passage does not describe the package’s individual provisions.
Buchanan supports the Fixing Gaps in Hurricane Preparedness Act, which directs NOAA to study how seniors, people with disabilities, non-English speakers, and rural and urban communities receive and respond to emergency alerts and prepare for hurricanes and tropical storms. The agency would use its findings to develop forecasts, warnings, and planning tools for the people who rely on them most. Buchanan is also urging Congress to bring the bill’s provisions, included in the Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025, to the House floor.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Buchanan backed the Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act. It would require the VA to review deaths by suicide or drug overdose among veterans it treated during the previous five years.
Context: The review applies to deaths in the five years before the review, as described in the passage; further details of the review are not provided.
Buchanan backed the Veterans Mental Health Crisis Referral Enhancement Act of 2025. It would establish a three-year pilot to refer veterans experiencing a mental health crisis to approved non-VA providers for timely care.
Context: The passage does not describe how veterans would qualify for referrals or how providers would be approved.
During the 117th Congress, Buchanan supported H.R. 8, which would have required background checks for firearm sales, including private sales, with specific exceptions. The scorecard does not detail those exceptions.
Context: This records a position attributed to Buchanan on a 2021 vote, not a newly stated or reaffirmed current policy.
During the 117th Congress, Buchanan opposed the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404), which would set a federal policy recognizing same-sex marriages. The scorecard’s description says the measure could affect how the government treats people and organizations with religious or moral objections to same-sex marriage.
Context: This records a position attributed to Buchanan on a 2022 vote, not a newly stated or reaffirmed current policy.
Buchanan supports restructuring the tax system to make it simpler, flatter and fairer. He says the tax code should encourage economic growth and job creation and leave more money with taxpayers.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.
Buchanan says he has led legislation to make daylight saving time permanent. He identifies this as one of the measures he has pursued for Florida.
Context: The statement describes legislation he led, but does not establish whether it became law.
Vern Buchanan says he has led legislation to ban offshore drilling in the Gulf of America and identifies the ban as part of his effort to put Florida first. The proposal would prohibit offshore drilling in the Gulf, though he does not specify its scope or implementation.
Context: He describes legislation he led; the statement does not establish whether it became law.