Contact
202-225-5330
Washington, DC Office
Priority Bill Status
Ukraine Voting Record
Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
Emergency supplemental appropriations providing $61B in Ukraine assistance
National Defense Authorization Act with Ukraine security assistance provisions
About
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Elected: 2013 (7th term)
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Background: Emergency room physician with Harvard medical training; former chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Mexican American from a farmworker family.
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District: District 25, Riverside County including the Coachella Valley, Palm Springs, and Indio; majority Latino.
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District partisan lean (Cook PVI): D+7
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2024 House result: Raul Ruiz (DEM) 56.3% vs Ian M. Weeks (REP) 43.7%, margin +12.5 pp
Background and record
Background. Raul Ruiz is a Coachella Valley physician and former emergency department doctor, the son of California farmworkers, and the only Hispanic American with three Harvard graduate degrees (MD, MPP, MPH). He represents Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
Position on Ukraine. Ruiz sits on House Energy and Commerce (the most powerful committee for healthcare and infrastructure) and is the former chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. He has been a consistent yes vote on Ukraine aid, drawing on his trauma medicine background to frame Russian targeting of civilian hospitals as war crimes that demand US response.
Strategic Read. Frame asks in terms of Energy and Commerce Committee jurisdiction, his medical credibility on Russian targeting of Ukrainian hospitals as humanitarian law violations, his Hispanic Caucus leadership leverage with the broader Latino coalition, and his farmworker family appreciation for the dignity of self-determination against oppressive regimes.
Ukraine Record
- Voting record on Ukraine bills: 100.0% pro-Ukraine (40 pro, 0 anti, on 40 clean votes)
- Has voted for Ukraine aid in recent bills.
- Humanitarian alignment on war crimes accountability.
Advocacy Playbook
- The Ask: Sign onto the resolution requiring return of abducted Ukrainian children before any peace deal (H.Res. 564) and the REPO Act (S. 2918 / H.R. 5835), which uses frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine.
- Why It Works: As a physician, he responds to medical evidence of war crimes. Pediatric documentation of abducted Ukrainian children. Mass casualty medical ethics.
- Local Connection: Humanitarian advocacy networks and medical professionals.
- Avoid: Nothing.
Without this bill, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who fled the war and built lives in the U.S. face deportation back to an active war zone. This is the single most urgent protection for Ukrainians in America.
More Details →Capitol Switchboard
202-224-3121
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME], a constituent from [YOUR CITY/ZIP]. I'm calling to urge Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] to cosponsor H.R. 3104, the Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fled Russia's invasion and are now living in the U.S. on temporary status. They cannot safely return to an active war zone. H.R. 3104 gives them a path to permanent residency. It's bipartisan, it's targeted, and it's the right thing to do. Will Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] cosponsor H.R. 3104? Thank you.
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