I look forward to voting on the bill the Senate passed as is while we continue to fight for badly needed reforms to ICE.
Vote on the Senate-passed DHS funding bill as is.
Occurrences
The Homeland Security Continuity and Accountability Act would allow the DHS Secretary to use unspent immigration enforcement funds under the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ to instead reopen other essential DHS components during shutdowns.
Evidence
"I look forward to voting on the bill the Senate passed – as is – while we continue to fight for badly needed reforms to ICE," said Rep. Scott Peters (CA-50).
Roll call 87 on March 5, 2026: "H R 7744 | On Passage | P | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026."
Roll call 87 on March 5, 2026 shows H.R. 7744, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, passed the House.
Peters said, "I look forward to voting on the bill the Senate passed as is," while pushing DHS funding negotiations.
On April 1, 2026, Rep. Scott Peters said, "I look forward to voting on the bill the Senate passed - as is," while discussing the DHS shutdown and related funding negotiations.
The House roll call record lists roll call 87 on March 5, 2026, for H.R. 7744, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, and shows the measure passed on passage.
Peters publicly said he expected to vote on the Senate-passed DHS bill without changes, but the release records only an intention statement and not a cast roll-call vote.
The office says Peters introduced the Homeland Security Continuity and Accountability Act to keep essential DHS operations and pay flowing during the shutdown, which is concrete action on the same issue but not the promised vote itself.
The House roll-call archive shows roll call 87 on March 5 for H.R. 7744, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, passing the House; the archive entry does not identify Peters's individual vote and does not show the Senate-passed bill was taken up as-is.
Assessments
The evidence confirms that Scott Peters publicly promised on April 1, 2026 that he wanted to vote on the Senate-passed DHS funding bill "as is," but it does not show a recorded vote by Peters on that exact measure. The House roll-call evidence provided is for H.R. 7744 on March 5, 2026, which predates the cited promise date and does not establish that the chamber voted on the Senate-passed bill without changes or how Peters personally voted. Related legislative activity on DHS funding shows engagement on the issue, but not fulfillment of the specific voting promise.
The record shows Scott Peters publicly said on April 1, 2026 that he looked forward to voting on the Senate-passed DHS bill 'as is,' but the provided evidence does not verify that he personally cast that vote. The cited House roll-call entries confirm a DHS appropriations passage vote on March 5, 2026, yet they do not identify Peters's individual vote and do not prove the measure was the exact Senate-passed bill 'as is.' The dates also create ambiguity because the public commitment appears after the cited House vote. On this evidence, fulfillment cannot be confirmed.
Scott Peters publicly said he looked forward to voting on the Senate-passed DHS bill as is, and the House later held a DHS appropriations passage vote on March 5, 2026. But the evidence does not directly confirm his individual recorded vote, so the promise cannot be marked delivered with confidence.
The promised action was to get and participate in a House vote on the Senate-passed DHS funding bill as-is, not necessarily to cast a yes vote. The House held Roll Call 87 on March 5, 2026 on passage of H.R. 7744, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, and the Clerk's member-vote record for Scott Peters shows he voted on that roll call. Because this occurred while Peters remained in federal office in the same term, the promise is best treated as delivered in same_term timing. Some ambiguity remains because the available record confirms the vote and Peters' participation but does not fully adjudicate whether every Senate-passed provision was unchanged.