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Eugene Vindman

DemocratRepresentative · VA-7Official site ↗JSONReport an error
4 press releases on AI$11K from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

Same bill, both records

Bills this member both voted on and cited in a release. Shown side by side; no score is drawn from them (why).

Ratepayer Protection Act
YEA
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

passage under suspension · Sep 16, 2026 · Passed 417-3

toward oversightSep 17, 2026

Vindman voted for the Ratepayer Protection Act requiring data centers to help cover grid upgrade costs rather than burdening ratepayers.

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What they said

toward oversightOct 14, 2026

Vindman's bill would require data centers driving AI-related electricity demand to pay their full incremental costs instead of passing them to ratepayers.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) today introduced legislation to protect hardworking Virginia families and small businesses from being forced to shoulder the rising electricity c…”

toward oversightSep 17, 2026

Vindman voted for the Ratepayer Protection Act requiring data centers to help cover grid upgrade costs rather than burdening ratepayers.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) yesterday voted in favor of H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, legislation aimed at protecting families and businesses from being saddled w…”

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Vindman supports legislation to end tax breaks for AI data centers and hold them accountable for costs imposed on ratepayers and communities.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) joined Representatives Kristen McDonald Rivet (Mich.-08) and Don Davis (N.C.-01) as an original co-sponsor of the Reverse Big Ugly Tax Breaks for…”

toward oversightAug 4, 2026

Vindman is introducing legislation to prevent data center development near neighborhoods, schools, and parks and opposes handing over Virginia's energy grid to NextEra.

“Vindman Opposes Terrible Deal to Hand Over Virginia’s Energy Grid to NextEra, Jack Up Virginians’ Utility Costs Vindman: “High energy bills already top the list of concerns for Virginians, and famili…”

Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

YEASep 16, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 9340 · Passed 417-3

YEAJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

motion to recommit · H.R. 8800 · Failed 213-216

NAYJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

passage · H.R. 8800 · Passed 216-212

NOT VOTINGJun 29, 2026
KIDS Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 7757 · Passed 267-117

YEAJan 20, 2026
AI for Main Street Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 5764 · Passed 395-14

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

procedural · S. 1071 · Failed 209-216

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312-112

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$10K

From employees and investors, personally

$1K

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Nov 5, 2025Seth RobinsonPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$4K↗
Jan 19, 2026David OrrANTHROPIC$3K↗
Jun 12, 2026Mike KobyakovGOOGLE$1K↗
Jun 23, 2025GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$1K↗
Dec 10, 2025Justin OswaldOPENAI$500↗
Jul 3, 2025Justin ChristianAMAZON.COM$500↗
Mar 28, 2025Jason EskridgeNVIDIA$300↗
Jun 23, 2026Richard LyonGOOGLE$250↗
Aug 24, 2025Rachel BernsteinGOOGLE$250↗
Dec 2, 2025Rachel BernsteinGOOGLE$100↗
May 6, 2026Yuri KyrpachGOOGLE$25↗
Mar 20, 2026Justin MeekGOOGLE$25↗
Feb 20, 2026Justin MeekGOOGLE$25↗
Feb 5, 2026Donald WillitsMICROSOFT$25↗
Feb 4, 2026Yuri KyrpachGOOGLE$25↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.