U.S. House · Indiana's 6th District

• NoWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · H. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · 2026-06-03 roll call ↗The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
• NoResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · H.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · 2026-02-11 roll call ↗The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
• YesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government funding · H.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · 2026-02-03 roll call ↗The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
• NoBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · H.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · 2026-01-08 roll call ↗The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
• NoWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela · H. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · 2025-12-17 roll call ↗The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
• YesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · 2025-12-10 roll call ↗The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
• YesEpstein Files Transparency Act · H.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · 2025-11-18 roll call ↗The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
• YesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending vote · H.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · 2025-11-12 roll call ↗The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
• YesCLARITY Act — digital asset market structure · H.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
• YesGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulation · S. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
• YesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · 2025-07-03 roll call ↗H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
• YesRescissions Act of 2025 · H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · 2025-06-12 roll call ↗The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
• YesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · 2025-05-22 roll call ↗H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
• YesSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · H.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · 2025-04-10 roll call ↗The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
• YesFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · 2025-03-11 roll call ↗The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
• YesLaken Riley Act — final passage · S. 5 · Passed 263–156 · 2025-01-22 roll call ↗The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.

• actionAssigned to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 2025-2026 Congress.[2]
• actionChairs the bipartisan Stop Scams Caucus in the House, focused on scam prevention and enforcement.[4]

• ✓SupportsExpand immigration enforcement and deportationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[7][8][9][10]

  What they say: Supports completing the border wall, ending catch-and-release, and stricter immigration enforcement.[3]

  “We must complete the border wall, reform our immigration system, end catch-and-release policies, and put an end to the fentanyl trafficking that's flowing over our southern border.”

• ✕OpposesProtect legal access to abortion

  Describes himself as pro-life and says he will work to protect the unborn.[3]

  “I'm a pro-life Catholic. I believe we must do all we can to protect human life. I will work to protect the unborn and the health of expectant mothers.”

• ✕OpposesStricter gun laws

  Supports the Second Amendment and opposes stricter gun-control measures, favoring gun-owner responsibility programs instead.[3]

  “The right to bear arms is enshrined in our U.S. Constitution. I will support the 2nd Amendment in Congress and advocate for policies that promote responsible gun ownership.”

• ✓SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing

  Says he will back law enforcement and ensure police have resources, opposing what he calls soft-on-crime policies.[3]

  “I will continue to back our men and women in law enforcement and fight to end soft-on-crime policies and the revolving door of crime.”

• ✕OpposesExpand public health coverageFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted no on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08).[8][9][10][11]

• ✕OpposesFaster transition away from fossil fuelsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[8][9][10]

• ✕OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[8][9][10]

• ✓SupportsBroad tariffs on imported goodsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11).[12]

• Secure the southern border, complete the border wall, and end catch-and-release policies.[3]
• Manage government spending, fight for a balanced federal budget, and reduce spending he describes as driving up prices.[3]
• Back law enforcement and oppose what he calls soft-on-crime policies.[3]

• Earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Indiana University (1989), a graduate degree from the University of London (1998), and a graduate degree from Purdue University (2003).[2]
• Career experience includes working as a real estate executive and business owner; founded and built Storage Express, a self-storage company.[2][3]
• Served on the Indianapolis City-County Council from 2013 to 2016 and from 2018 to 2019.[2]
• Serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Aviation; Highways and Transit; Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials subcommittees) and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[2]

Raised $2.4M · spent $950K · $1.6M cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

• ✓SupportsExpand public health coverage

  Supports moving toward a single-payer healthcare system and expanding community health centers.[6]

  “We need to invest in a single-payer healthcare system and community health centers that serve all people, especially our most at-risk groups, in both urban and rural areas.”

• ✓SupportsRaise the minimum wage

  Supports raising the minimum wage so full-time workers do not face poverty.[6]

  “No one who works 40 hours a week should be facing poverty, living without safe housing, or struggling to meet basic needs. Cinde will work to raise the minimum wage so that Hoosiers have a better quality of life.”

• ✓SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protections

  Opposes investors buying up residences and raising rents, and supports incentives for affordable housing.[6]

  “Right now in Indiana, private investors are buying up residences and jacking up rates beyond what most folks can afford. This is exploitative and needs to stop.”

• ✓SupportsUniversal, publicly funded child care

  Supports federal investment to create universal, educational childcare programs.[6]

  “Through subsidies and federal investments, we can create the universal, educational childcare programs that working families need.”

• Invest in a 21st-century workforce and raise wages so Hoosiers can afford housing and basic essentials.[6]
• Support high-quality public schools and expand access to higher education.[6]
• Move toward a single-payer healthcare system and invest in community health centers.[6]

• Born and raised in Columbus, Indiana; graduated from Columbus North High School.[5]
• Earned a B.A. in biology and Spanish from the University of Evansville (1992), an M.A. from Indiana University Bloomington (2009), and a Ph.D. from Ball State University (2025).[5]
• Career experience includes work as a research consultant, a legislative fellow with the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship (U.S. Department of Energy), and a high school biology and environmental science teacher; also a small business owner.[5]

Raised $37K · spent $30K · $7,151 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗