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Members

S001150

Adam B. Schiff

DemocraticCaliforniaFormer Member
Sponsored
100
Cosponsored
622
Birth Year
1960

Stated Priorities & Legislative Record

Congress 119 · Automated analysis

Reviewed comparisons point both waysAll topics

196 reviewed comparisons · 115 scored · 156 measures

Comparison balance
+1.0/ 2
Supportive
108
Mixed
5
Opposing
2
Unscored
81

Environment

Sponsored
1
Cosponsored
7
Linked House votes
0

What they say Official statements

invest in clean energy and create millions of new green jobs

Stated priority

“Adam has pushed for an Apollo Project-level investment in fighting climate change, investing in clean energy and creating millions of new, green jobs and a green economy in California and across the country.”

About Senator Adam Schiff · Captured 2026-10-28

enacting legislation that will improve our state’s air quality, strengthen environmental protections, address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, and fisheries and wildlife

Stated commitment

“As a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator Schiff is committed to enacting legislation that will improve our state’s air quality, strengthen environmental protections, address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, and fisheries and wildlife.”

Committee assignments · Captured 2026-10-28

What they do Legislative evidence

S 720 · Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025

Cosponsor

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: enacting legislation that will improve our state’s air quality, strengthen environmental protections, address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, and fisheries and wildlife

The cosponsored bill would create an Office of Environmental Justice and provide grants to help governments enforce environmental laws in environmental justice matters. That meaningfully supports the stated goal of strengthening environmental protections and improving air quality/water pollution enforcement, but it is narrower than the full policy claim because it does not directly address solid waste, recycling, fisheries, or wildlife, and the summary does not show broader state-wide air or water provisions beyond enforcement capacity.

“As a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator Schiff is committed to enacting legislation that will improve our state’s air quality, strengthen environmental protections, address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, and fisheries and wildlife.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025 This bill establishes the Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice (DOJ).”
“It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.”

Opposing provisions

“(On February 5, 2025, DOJ issued a directive to close its Office of Environmental Justice by March 15, 2025.)”
Official legislative summary

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No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: invest in clean energy and create millions of new green jobs

The stated policy goal is a large-scale investment in clean energy and the creation of millions of green jobs. The cosponsored bill instead establishes an Office of Environmental Justice and grants to help governments enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters. That is related to environmental policy, but it does not directly fund clean energy deployment or explicitly create green jobs, so the connection is too indirect to score as support or opposition.

“Adam has pushed for an Apollo Project-level investment in fighting climate change, investing in clean energy and creating millions of new, green jobs and a green economy in California and across the country.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.”

Opposing provisions

“Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025 This bill establishes the Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice (DOJ).”
Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope

Assessed 2026-10-28 · Review: User-authorized automated publication. Published at the user request after the bounded production backfill. Automated evidence validation passed; comparisons have not been individually audited.

“It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.”
Official summary source
S 341 · Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act of 2025

Cosponsor

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: enacting legislation that will improve our state’s air quality, strengthen environmental protections, address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, and fisheries and wildlife

The cosponsored bill meaningfully supports part of the stated goal by advancing environmental and public-health protections tied to air quality. It creates EPA grants, research, monitoring, and planning programs to help communities detect, prepare for, and mitigate wildfire smoke and extreme heat. However, it is narrower than the full priority because it does not address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, or fisheries and wildlife, and it is focused on smoke/heat rather than broad environmental legislation.

“As a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator Schiff is committed to enacting legislation that will improve our state’s air quality, strengthen environmental protections, address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, and fisheries and wildlife.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to air pollution control agencies to support the development and implementation of programs that support local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating with the public about, or mitigating the environmental and public health aspects of wildfire smoke and extreme heat.”
“The bill requires the EPA to establish four Centers of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat at institutions of higher education to research (1) the effects of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat on public health, and (2) the means by which communities can better respond to impacts from such conditions.”
“Additionally, the EPA must begin to carry out research to study the health effects of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat; develop and disseminate personal and community-based interventions to reduce exposure to, and health effects of, wildland fire smoke emissions and extreme heat; increase the quality of smoke and extreme heat monitoring and prediction tools and techniques; and develop implementation and communication strategies.”
“The EPA must also establish a competitive grant program to assist certain entities (e.g., a state) in developing and implementing collaborative community plans for mitigating the impacts of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat.”
Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope

Assessed 2026-10-28 · Review: User-authorized automated publication. Published at the user request after the bounded production backfill. Automated evidence validation passed; comparisons have not been individually audited.

No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: invest in clean energy and create millions of new green jobs

The quoted priority is a specific goal to invest in clean energy and create millions of green jobs. The cosponsored bill instead focuses on EPA grants, research, monitoring, and community planning for wildfire smoke and extreme heat. That may relate broadly to climate resilience, but it does not directly advance clean-energy investment or green-job creation, and the summary provides no job-creation or clean-energy funding mechanism.

“Adam has pushed for an Apollo Project-level investment in fighting climate change, investing in clean energy and creating millions of new, green jobs and a green economy in California and across the country.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Opposing provisions

“Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to air pollution control agencies to support the development and implementation of programs that support local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating with the public about, or mitigating the environmental and public health aspects of wildfire smoke and extreme heat.”
“The bill requires the EPA to establish four Centers of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat at institutions of higher education to research (1) the effects of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat on public health, and (2) the means by which communities can better respond to impacts from such conditions.”
“Additionally, the EPA must begin to carry out research to study the health effects of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat; develop and disseminate personal and community-based interventions to reduce exposure to, and health effects of, wildland fire smoke emissions and extreme heat; increase the quality of smoke and extreme heat monitoring and prediction tools and techniques; and develop implementation and communication strategies.”
“The EPA must also establish a competitive grant program to assist certain entities (e.g., a state) in developing and implementing collaborative community plans for mitigating the impacts of smoke emissions from wildland fires and extreme heat.”
Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope

Assessed 2026-10-28 · Review: User-authorized automated publication. Published at the user request after the bounded production backfill. Automated evidence validation passed; comparisons have not been individually audited.

“Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to air pollution control agencies to support the development and implementation of programs that support local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating with the public about, or mitigating the environmental and public health aspects of wildfire smoke and extreme heat.”
Official summary source
S 147 · Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025

Cosponsor

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: enacting legislation that will improve our state’s air quality, strengthen environmental protections, address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, and fisheries and wildlife

The cosponsorship meaningfully supports the stated goal of improving air quality because the bill directs EPA grants to air pollution control agencies to implement cleaner air space programs during wildland fire smoke events, including clean air centers and air filtration support. However, it is narrower than the full stated policy goal: it addresses only one air-quality measure and does not directly speak to environmental protections, water pollution, solid waste and recycling, or fisheries and wildlife.

“As a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator Schiff is committed to enacting legislation that will improve our state’s air quality, strengthen environmental protections, address water pollution, solid waste and recycling, and fisheries and wildlife.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies, including at least one tribal agency with jurisdiction over air quality, to implement cleaner air space programs (i.e., programs to provide clean air to the public during wildland fire smoke events).”
“Generally, such programs must be located in areas at risk of exposure to wildland fire smoke and must help provide educational materials, clean air centers (i.e., one or more clean air rooms in a publicly accessible building), and air filtration units to certain households.”
“Clean air rooms are rooms designed to keep levels of harmful air pollutants as low as possible during wildland fire smoke events.”
“Under the bill, air pollution control agencies must partner with at least one community-based organization in implementing such programs.”
Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope

Assessed 2026-10-28 · Review: User-authorized automated publication. Published at the user request after the bounded production backfill. Automated evidence validation passed; comparisons have not been individually audited.

No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: invest in clean energy and create millions of new green jobs

The cosponsored bill is about EPA grants for cleaner air space programs during wildland fire smoke events, including clean air rooms, filtration units, and educational materials. That is a public health/air-quality measure, but the provided summary does not show investment in clean energy or the creation of green jobs/green economy. The policy goal is broader and more specific than the bill’s subject matter, so a defensible comparison cannot be made.

“Adam has pushed for an Apollo Project-level investment in fighting climate change, investing in clean energy and creating millions of new, green jobs and a green economy in California and across the country.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies, including at least one tribal agency with jurisdiction over air quality, to implement cleaner air space programs (i.e., programs to provide clean air to the public during wildland fire smoke events).”
“Generally, such programs must be located in areas at risk of exposure to wildland fire smoke and must help provide educational materials, clean air centers (i.e., one or more clean air rooms in a publicly accessible building), and air filtration units to certain households.”
“Clean air rooms are rooms designed to keep levels of harmful air pollutants as low as possible during wildland fire smoke events.”
“Under the bill, air pollution control agencies must partner with at least one community-based organization in implementing such programs.”
Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope

Assessed 2026-10-28 · Review: User-authorized automated publication. Published at the user request after the bounded production backfill. Automated evidence validation passed; comparisons have not been individually audited.

“Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies, including at least one tribal agency with jurisdiction over air quality, to implement cleaner air space programs (i.e., programs to provide clean air to the public during wildland fire smoke events).”
Official summary source

Prepared Legislative Analysis

119th Congress · computed from the latest committed analytics snapshot

Updated Oct 29, 2026, 11:00 AM

Sponsored
100
Cosponsored
622
Progressed
155
Floor or later
88
Final success
67
Bill actions
2,405

Top Policy Areas

International Affairs

79

Health

78

Government Operations and Politics

69

Agriculture and Food

57

Crime and Law Enforcement

54

Armed Forces and National Security

42

Taxation

30

Public Lands and Natural Resources

29

Monthly Bill Activity

Jan 2025
57
Feb 2025
121
Mar 2025
95
Apr 2025
111
May 2025
125
Jun 2025
90
Jul 2025
135
Aug 2025
8
Sep 2025
135
Oct 2025
65
Nov 2025
95
Dec 2025
137
Jan 2026
75
Feb 2026
95
Mar 2026
169
Apr 2026
166
May 2026
72
Jun 2026
205
Jul 2026
154
Aug 2026
97
Sep 2026
190
Oct 2026
8

Terms

119th

Senate

Senator · California

2024
118th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 28

2001 - 2024
118th

Senate

Senator · California

2024 - 2025
117th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 28

2001 - 2024
116th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 28

2001 - 2024
115th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 28

2001 - 2024
114th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 28

2001 - 2024
113th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 28

2001 - 2024
112th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 29

2001 - 2024
111th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 29

2001 - 2024
110th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 29

2001 - 2024
109th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 29

2001 - 2024
108th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 29

2001 - 2024
107th

House of Representatives

Representative · California · District 27

2001 - 2024

Committee Assignments

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 25 reports · 428 nominations · 8,928 communications

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 437 reports · 620 nominations · 10,126 communications

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 101 reports · 60 nominations · 662 communications

Committee on the Judiciary

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 180 reports · 5,536 nominations · 2,179 communications