Ohio Representative Warren Davidson

Ohio Representative Warren Davidson

On May 22, Ohio Representative Warren Davidson joined Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie (our 2024 Hero of the Year) to cast a “no” vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In the current climate, it takes considerable courage to stand against the agenda of President Trump and the GOP leadership, as Rep. Massie knows only too well—Trump recently criticized Massie for trying to keep the federal budget under control and urged constituents to vote Massie out of office.

Reps. Davidson and Massie were the only two Republicans to vote against the massive bill. (Two other Republicans missed the vote and a third merely voted “present.”) In the “every vote counts” deliberations, the bill passed out of the House by just one vote (215-214).

According to the Congressional Budget Office,

“[T]he [bill’s] tax provisions would increase federal deficits by $3.8 trillion over the decade, while…changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other services would tally $1 trillion in reduced spending. The lowest-income households in the U.S. would see their resources drop, while the highest ones would see a boost.”

The bill also includes a dramatic 365% increase (on an annual basis and through 2029) in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention budget—“the single biggest increase in funding to immigration enforcement in the history of the United States,” according to one expert—as well as significant funding for border walls and barriers.

In what is arguably the bill’s worst provision, it would ban state regulation of AI for 10 years. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene admitted on June 3 that she had been unaware of the provision when she voted for the bill:

“I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there. We have no idea what AI will be capable of in the next 10 years and giving it free rein and tying states [sic] hands is potentially dangerous.”

The day after voting no on the bill, Rep. Davidson introduced the No Revolving Door in Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025 to address State Department and Department of Defense conflicts of interest in arms sales. In the past, he has also shown himself willing to question unbridled defense spending and the neocon agenda, once writing in an op-ed that “the neoconservative consensus has left America less free, less safe, and burdened by unprecedented debt.”

Rep. Davidson has represented Ohio’s 8th Congressional District since 2016, following an Army career, a subsequent MBA, and 15 years running a family business in the manufacturing sector. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee and chairs the Liberty Caucus as well as serving on the Second Amendment Caucus and holding a number of other caucus memberships.