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Pat Ryan
Democratic PartyU.S. House · NY · District 18
U.S. House New York District 18
U.S. House · NY · District 18
Georgetown University—MA, Security Studies; United States Military Academy at West Point—BS, International Politics
Data last updated 10/27/2026
Pat Ryan has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 18th Congressional District since 2023, after representing New York's 19th Congressional District from 2022 to 2023. He previously served as Ulster County executive and as a U.S. Army intelligence officer from 2004 to 2009, and worked in the technology and public-sector fields including roles with Second Front Systems, Dataminr, Praescient Analytics, and Berico Technologies.
Committee Assignments: Armed Services Committee · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation · Subcommittee on Highways and Transit · Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations · Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Pat Ryan’s healthcare record emphasizes lowering health and prescription drug costs, expanding public coverage options, protecting reproductive healthcare access, and improving coverage for military families and New Yorkers. He has sponsored or co-sponsored measures related to Medicare eligibility, medication abortion access, drug-pricing reforms, military family healthcare fairness, and state coverage restoration.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Ryan proposed a measure expressing that medication abortion is safe and that federal rules should preempt state restrictions on dispensing medication abortion.
SourceRyan proposed legislation aimed at improving healthcare fairness for military families.
SourceRyan proposed legislation focused on reducing prescription drug costs and addressing pharmaceutical pricing practices.
SourceRyan co-sponsored legislation to amend Social Security and Medicare law to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 50.
SourceRyan co-sponsored legislation to restore Essential Plan coverage, a healthcare coverage issue particularly relevant to New York residents.
SourcePat Ryan frames his Economy & Jobs agenda around lowering household costs, strengthening unions and wages, rebuilding Hudson Valley manufacturing, supporting small businesses, and protecting earned benefits like Social Security. His record includes sponsoring bills on infrastructure, trucking workforce incentives, mortgage costs, and Social Security protections, while also supporting faster labor contracts and domestic production incentives.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Ryan proposed infrastructure legislation aimed at transportation and public works needs, aligning with his stated focus on improving regional infrastructure and economic growth.
SourceRyan proposed a tax-related workforce incentive bill intended to strengthen supply chains by supporting truck drivers.
SourceRyan proposed legislation focused on reducing mortgage rates as part of an affordability agenda for Hudson Valley families.
SourceRyan proposed legislation to prohibit Social Security cuts, address solvency funding, and improve access to Social Security field offices.
SourceRyan co-sponsored labor legislation categorized under labor and employment, consistent with his support for stronger worker protections and union jobs.
SourcePat Ryan supports stronger border security paired with bipartisan immigration and asylum reforms, while opposing Trump-era mass detention and aggressive ICE enforcement tactics in the Hudson Valley. He has also backed restoring health coverage eligibility for lawfully present immigrants and pledged to reject ICE-contractor-linked campaign money.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Ryan co-sponsored legislation to restore Essential Plan and related health coverage eligibility, including premium tax credit rules affecting lawfully present immigrants who are ineligible for Medicaid due to immigration status.
SourceRyan opposed a proposed ICE detention facility in Chester, New York, organizing opposition and submitting a petition to DHS against the project.
SourceRyan sought answers from federal officials about whether a Newburgh federal lease would be used for ICE detention, citing his broader opposition to mass detention facilities in the Hudson Valley.
SourceRyan said securing the border is a foundational responsibility and supported a bipartisan border-security proposal while calling for reform of overwhelmed asylum and immigration systems.
SourceRyan pledged to reject future donations from executives at companies that contract with ICE and donate prior such contributions to Hudson Valley nonprofits serving immigrants, describing the move as part of his pushback against Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.
SourcePat Ryan presents himself as a pro-climate, pro-clean-energy Democrat focused on lowering energy costs, expanding renewable energy and green jobs, and protecting Hudson Valley natural resources such as the Hudson River and drinking water. His record includes sponsoring Hudson River protection legislation, co-sponsoring energy-affordability bills, and publicly supporting clean energy, electric public transportation, green job training, and action against corporate polluters.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Ryan proposed legislation categorized under public lands and natural resources aimed at protecting the Hudson River, aligning with his stated focus on safeguarding Hudson Valley natural resources.
SourceRyan co-sponsored energy legislation focused on relief for household heating and cooling costs, fitting his emphasis on energy affordability for families.
SourceRyan co-sponsored energy legislation aimed at lowering utility bills, consistent with an affordability-focused climate and energy agenda.
SourceRyan supports investing in clean energy, public transportation, and green job training to help achieve net-zero emissions, while also funding water treatment and sewage upgrades to address PFAS and toxic algal blooms.
SourceRyan supports bold climate action, including a transition to a clean-energy future, and says he will stand up to corporate polluters so New York communities can have a healthy environment.
SourcePat Ryan’s education stance emphasizes protecting federal support for local schools, expanding early-childhood and afterschool programs, lowering childcare costs, and increasing career, technical, and service-academy pathways for Hudson Valley students.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Ryan proposed legislation to prevent the Department of Education from significantly changing administration of the Impact Aid program except as required by federal law or court order.
SourceRyan supports a Youth Agenda focused on expanding career and technical education, student mental-health resources, food security, gun-violence prevention, and support for children in military families.
SourceRyan supports lowering childcare costs and improving access to affordable, high-quality childcare and early childhood education for Hudson Valley families.
SourceRyan supports federal investments in Poughkeepsie schools for tutoring, afterschool and weekend enrichment, family education, chronic-absenteeism interventions, and early education programs.
SourceRyan supports expanding awareness of the U.S. Service Academy nomination process and access to tuition-free undergraduate education at the service academies for eligible NY-18 students.
SourcePat Ryan’s public-safety stance emphasizes support for local law enforcement funding, gun-violence prevention, protections against domestic violence, and limits on domestic military deployment. His record includes sponsoring legislation to expand COPS funding, address domestic-violence threats, and restrict the use of troops in U.S. streets, alongside public statements touting nearly $6 million for Hudson Valley law enforcement.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Ryan proposed legislation aimed at restricting the domestic deployment of troops in U.S. communities, framing public safety around civilian control and limits on militarized responses.
SourceRyan proposed crime and law-enforcement legislation connected to domestic-violence public safety protections.
SourceRyan proposed legislation to increase support for the Community Oriented Policing Services program and strengthen resources for local police departments.
SourceRyan proposed crime and law-enforcement legislation categorized as a public-safety measure in his congressional record.
SourceRyan publicly highlighted securing nearly $6 million for local law enforcement agencies across NY-18 and thanked police for their service and partnership in building a safer Hudson Valley.
SourceVote Smart
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Ballotpedia
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Ballotpedia News
https://news.ballotpedia.org/2024/08/22/incumbent-rep-pat-ryan-d-and-alison-esposito-r-are-running-in-the-general-election-for-new-yorks-18th-congressional-district/Fetched: biography, background
FEC API
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OpenWatchdog
https://www.openwatchdog.com/member/R000579Fetched: partyAlignment, missedVotes, keyVotes
OpenSecrets
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Vote Smart - Pat Ryan's Ratings and Endorsements
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New York League of Conservation Voters - 2026 April Endorsements
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League of Conservation Voters - LCV Action Fund and New York LCV Endorse Pat Ryan for Congress
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MoveOn - Pat Ryan 2026 Endorsement
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Planned Parenthood Action Fund - 2026 Endorsed Candidates
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New York League of Conservation Voters - Pat Ryan Candidate Page
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Congressman Pat Ryan official House website
https://patryan.house.gov/issues/economy-works-allFetched: issuePositions
Congressman Pat Ryan - An Economy that Works for All
https://patryan.house.gov/issues/economy-works-allFetched: issuePositions
Congress.gov - REPAIR Infrastructure Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6671Fetched: bills
Congress.gov - Strengthening Supply Chains Through Truck Driver Incentives Act of 2025
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2391Fetched: bills
Congress.gov - Mortgage Rate Reduction Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/892Fetched: bills
Congress.gov - Protecting Social Security Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/963Fetched: bills
Congress.gov - Faster Labor Contracts Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408Fetched: bills
Congressman Pat Ryan
https://patryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-pat-ryan-submits-petition-over-10000-signatures-dhs-communityFetched: issuePositions
Congressman Pat Ryan
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RealClearPolitics
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/02/04/dem_rep_pat_ryan_border_security_is_something_foundational_to_your_responsibility_as_a_sovereign_nation.htmlFetched: issuePositions
Times Union
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/pat-ryan-reject-ice-contractor-money-donate-funds-21333701.phpFetched: issuePositions
Congressman Pat Ryan
https://patryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/hudson-valley-students-return-school-congressman-pat-ryan-unveils-youth-agendaFetched: issuePositions
Congressman Pat Ryan
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Congressman Pat Ryan
https://patryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-pat-ryan-hold-fourth-annual-fall-service-academy-informationFetched: issuePositions
Congressman Pat Ryan official House website
https://patryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/during-national-police-week-congressman-pat-ryan-celebrates-nearly-6-millionFetched: issuePositions